Etapa 13 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2011-09-11
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) cravou a pole do Italian Grand Prix de 2011 com uma volta de 1:22.275.
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) completou a primeira fila a 0.450s da pole, com Jenson Button (McLaren) em terceiro no grid. Bruno Senna (Renault) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Paul di Resta (Force India) ficou de fora por 0.006s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 1.882s — da pole ao P10 — com Bruno Senna (Renault) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:24.002 | 1:22.914 | 1:22.275 | 1:22.275 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:23.976 | 1:23.172 | 1:22.725 | +0.450 |
| 3 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:24.013 | 1:23.031 | 1:22.777 | +0.502 |
| 4 |
| 14Fernando Alonso |
| Ferrari |
| 1:24.134 |
| 1:23.342 |
| 1:22.841 |
| +0.566 |
| 5 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:24.148 | 1:23.387 | 1:22.972 | +0.697 |
| 6 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:24.523 | 1:23.681 | 1:23.188 | +0.913 |
| 7 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:24.486 | 1:23.741 | 1:23.530 | +1.255 |
| 8 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:25.108 | 1:23.671 | 1:23.777 | +1.502 |
| 9 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:24.550 | 1:23.335 | 1:24.477 | +2.202 |
| 10 | Bruno Senna | Renault | 1:24.914 | 1:24.157 | — | +1.882 |
| 11 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:24.574 | 1:24.163 | — | +1.888 |
| 12 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:24.595 | 1:24.209 | — | +1.934 |
| 13 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:24.975 | 1:24.648 | — | +2.373 |
| 14 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:24.798 | 1:24.726 | — | +2.451 |
| 15 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:25.113 | 1:24.845 | — | +2.570 |
| 16 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:25.164 | 1:24.932 | — | +2.657 |
| 17 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:24.879 | 1:25.065 | — | +2.790 |
| 18 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:25.334 | — | — | +3.059 |
| 19 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:26.647 | — | — | +4.372 |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:27.184 | — | — | +4.909 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:27.591 | — | — | +5.316 |
| 22 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:27.609 | — | — | +5.334 |
| 23 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | HRT | 1:28.054 | — | — | +5.779 |
| 24 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | 1:28.231 | — | — | +5.956 |