Etapa 4 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2011-05-08
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) cravou a pole do Turkish Grand Prix de 2011 com uma volta de 1:25.049.
Mark Webber (Red Bull) completou a primeira fila a 0.405s da pole, com Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) em terceiro no grid. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Rubens Barrichello (Williams) ficou de fora por 0.369s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 1.346s — da pole ao P10 — com Felipe Massa (Ferrari) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:27.039 | 1:25.610 | 1:25.049 | 1:25.049 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:27.090 | 1:26.075 | 1:25.454 | +0.405 |
| 3 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:27.514 | 1:25.801 | 1:25.574 | +0.525 |
| 4 |
| 44Lewis Hamilton |
| McLaren |
| 1:27.091 |
| 1:26.066 |
| 1:25.595 |
| +0.546 |
| 5 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:27.349 | 1:26.152 | 1:25.851 | +0.802 |
| 6 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:27.374 | 1:26.485 | 1:25.982 | +0.933 |
| 7 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:27.475 | 1:26.654 | 1:26.296 | +1.247 |
| 8 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:27.697 | 1:26.121 | 1:26.646 | +1.597 |
| 9 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1:27.901 | 1:26.740 | 1:26.659 | +1.610 |
| 10 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:27.013 | 1:26.395 | — | +1.346 |
| 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:28.246 | 1:26.764 | — | +1.715 |
| 12 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:27.392 | 1:27.027 | — | +1.978 |
| 13 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:27.625 | 1:27.145 | — | +2.096 |
| 14 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:27.396 | 1:27.236 | — | +2.187 |
| 15 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:27.778 | 1:27.244 | — | +2.195 |
| 16 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:27.620 | 1:27.255 | — | +2.206 |
| 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:28.055 | 1:27.572 | — | +2.523 |
| 18 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:28.780 | — | — | +3.731 |
| 19 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:29.673 | — | — | +4.624 |
| 20 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:30.445 | — | — | +5.396 |
| 21 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | 1:30.692 | — | — | +5.643 |
| 22 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:30.813 | — | — | +5.764 |
| 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:31.564 | — | — | +6.515 |