Round 10 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2011-07-24
Mark Webber (Red Bull) took pole for the 2011 German Grand Prix with a 1:30.079 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.055s shy of pole, with Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) third on the grid. Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Nick Heidfeld (Renault) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.403s — pole to P10 — with Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:33.096 | 1:31.311 | 1:30.079 | 1:30.079 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:32.934 | 1:30.998 | 1:30.134 | +0.055 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:32.973 | 1:31.017 | 1:30.216 | +0.137 |
| 14Fernando Alonso |
| Ferrari |
| 1:32.916 |
| 1:31.150 |
| 1:30.442 |
| +0.363 |
| 5 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:31.826 | 1:31.582 | 1:30.910 | +0.831 |
| 6 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:32.785 | 1:31.343 | 1:31.263 | +1.184 |
| 7 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:33.224 | 1:31.532 | 1:31.288 | +1.209 |
| 8 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:32.286 | 1:31.809 | 1:32.010 | +1.931 |
| 9 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:33.187 | 1:31.985 | 1:32.187 | +2.108 |
| 10 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:32.603 | 1:32.180 | 1:32.482 | +2.403 |
| 11 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1:32.505 | 1:32.215 | — | +2.136 |
| 12 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:32.651 | 1:32.560 | — | +2.481 |
| 13 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:33.003 | 1:32.635 | — | +2.556 |
| 14 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:33.664 | 1:33.043 | — | +2.964 |
| 15 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:33.295 | 1:33.176 | — | +3.097 |
| 16 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:33.635 | 1:33.546 | — | +3.467 |
| 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:33.658 | 1:33.698 | — | +3.619 |
| 18 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:33.786 | — | — | +3.707 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:35.599 | — | — | +5.520 |
| 20 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:36.400 | — | — | +6.321 |
| 21 | Karun Chandhok | Lotus | 1:36.422 | — | — | +6.343 |
| 22 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:36.641 | — | — | +6.562 |
| 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | 1:37.011 | — | — | +6.932 |
| 24 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | HRT | 1:37.036 | — | — | +6.957 |