Etapa 5 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2011-05-22
Mark Webber (Red Bull) cravou a pole do Spanish Grand Prix de 2011 com uma volta de 1:20.981.
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) completou a primeira fila a 0.200s da pole, com Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) em terceiro no grid. Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Sébastien Buemi (Toro Rosso) ficou de fora por 0.560s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 1.690s — da pole ao P10 — com Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:23.619 | 1:21.773 | 1:20.981 | 1:20.981 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:24.142 | 1:21.540 | 1:21.181 | +0.200 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:24.370 | 1:22.148 | 1:21.961 | +0.980 |
| 4 |
| 14Fernando Alonso |
| Ferrari |
| 1:23.485 |
| 1:22.813 |
| 1:21.964 |
| +0.983 |
| 5 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:24.428 | 1:22.050 | 1:21.996 | +1.015 |
| 6 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:23.069 | 1:22.948 | 1:22.471 | +1.490 |
| 7 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:23.507 | 1:22.569 | 1:22.599 | +1.618 |
| 8 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:23.506 | 1:23.026 | 1:22.888 | +1.907 |
| 9 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:23.406 | 1:22.854 | 1:22.952 | +1.971 |
| 10 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:22.960 | 1:22.671 | — | +1.690 |
| 11 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:23.962 | 1:23.231 | — | +2.250 |
| 12 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:24.209 | 1:23.367 | — | +2.386 |
| 13 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:24.049 | 1:23.694 | — | +2.713 |
| 14 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:23.656 | 1:23.702 | — | +2.721 |
| 15 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:25.874 | 1:25.403 | — | +4.422 |
| 16 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:24.332 | 1:26.126 | — | +5.145 |
| 17 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:24.648 | 1:26.571 | — | +5.590 |
| 18 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:26.521 | — | — | +5.540 |
| 19 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:26.910 | — | — | +5.929 |
| 20 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:27.315 | — | — | +6.334 |
| 21 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | 1:27.809 | — | — | +6.828 |
| 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:27.908 | — | — | +6.927 |
| 23 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:28.556 | — | — | +7.575 |