Manche 9 — chronos Q1, Q2 et Q3 - 2011-07-10
Mark Webber (Red Bull) a signé la pole position du British Grand Prix 2011 en 1:30.399.
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) complète la première ligne à 0.032s de la pole, avec Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) troisième sur la grille. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) entrait en Q3 en P10, tandis que Adrian Sutil (Force India) a manqué la coupure pour 0.241s.
La Q3 s'est jouée dans un mouchoir de 1.977s — de la pole à la P10 — Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) bouclant le top 10.
| Pos | Pilote | Écurie | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Écart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:32.670 | 1:31.673 | 1:30.399 | 1:30.399 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:32.977 | 1:32.379 | 1:30.431 | +0.032 |
| 3 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:32.986 | 1:31.727 | 1:30.516 | +0.117 |
| 4 |
| 19Felipe Massa |
| Ferrari |
| 1:32.760 |
| 1:31.640 |
| 1:31.124 |
| +0.725 |
| 5 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:34.230 | 1:32.273 | 1:31.898 | +1.499 |
| 6 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:34.472 | 1:32.569 | 1:31.929 | +1.530 |
| 7 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:32.702 | 1:32.588 | 1:31.933 | +1.534 |
| 8 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:34.324 | 1:32.399 | 1:32.128 | +1.729 |
| 9 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:34.186 | 1:32.295 | 1:32.209 | +1.810 |
| 10 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:33.581 | 1:32.505 | 1:32.376 | +1.977 |
| 11 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:34.454 | 1:32.617 | — | +2.218 |
| 12 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:34.145 | 1:32.624 | — | +2.225 |
| 13 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:34.160 | 1:32.656 | — | +2.257 |
| 14 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:34.428 | 1:32.734 | — | +2.335 |
| 15 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:33.532 | 1:33.119 | — | +2.720 |
| 16 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1:35.132 | 1:33.805 | — | +3.406 |
| 17 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:34.923 | 1:34.821 | — | +4.422 |
| 18 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:35.245 | — | — | +4.846 |
| 19 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:35.749 | — | — | +5.350 |
| 20 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:36.203 | — | — | +5.804 |
| 21 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:36.456 | — | — | +6.057 |
| 22 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:37.154 | — | — | +6.755 |
| 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | 1:37.484 | — | — | +7.085 |
| 24 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | HRT | 1:38.059 | — | — | +7.660 |