Manche 8 — chronos Q1, Q2 et Q3 - 2011-06-26
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) a signé la pole position du European Grand Prix 2011 en 1:36.975.
Mark Webber (Red Bull) complète la première ligne à 0.188s de la pole, avec Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) troisième sur la grille. Adrian Sutil (Force India) entrait en Q3 en P10, tandis que Vitaly Petrov (Renault) a manqué la coupure pour 0.034s.
La Q3 s'est jouée dans un mouchoir de 2.059s — de la pole à la P10 — Adrian Sutil (Force India) bouclant le top 10.
| Pos | Pilote | Écurie | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Écart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:39.116 | 1:37.305 | 1:36.975 | 1:36.975 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:39.956 | 1:38.058 | 1:37.163 | +0.188 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:39.244 | 1:37.727 | 1:37.380 | +0.405 |
| 4 |
| 14Fernando Alonso |
| Ferrari |
| 1:39.725 |
| 1:37.930 |
| 1:37.454 |
| +0.479 |
| 5 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:38.413 | 1:38.566 | 1:37.535 | +0.560 |
| 6 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:39.453 | 1:37.749 | 1:37.645 | +0.670 |
| 7 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:39.266 | 1:38.373 | 1:38.231 | +1.256 |
| 8 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:39.198 | 1:38.365 | 1:38.240 | +1.265 |
| 9 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1:39.877 | 1:38.781 | — | +1.806 |
| 10 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:39.329 | 1:39.034 | — | +2.059 |
| 11 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:39.690 | 1:39.068 | — | +2.093 |
| 12 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:39.852 | 1:39.422 | — | +2.447 |
| 13 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:39.602 | 1:39.489 | — | +2.514 |
| 14 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:40.131 | 1:39.525 | — | +2.550 |
| 15 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:39.690 | 1:39.645 | — | +2.670 |
| 16 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:39.494 | 1:39.657 | — | +2.682 |
| 17 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:39.679 | 1:39.711 | — | +2.736 |
| 18 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:40.232 | — | — | +3.257 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:41.664 | — | — | +4.689 |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:42.234 | — | — | +5.259 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:42.553 | — | — | +5.578 |
| 22 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | 1:43.584 | — | — | +6.609 |
| 23 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:43.735 | — | — | +6.760 |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:44.363 | — | — | +7.388 |