Round 11 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2011-07-31
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) took pole for the 2011 Hungarian Grand Prix with a 1:19.815 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.163s shy of pole, with Jenson Button (McLaren) third on the grid. Sergio Pérez (Sauber) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Paul di Resta (Force India) missed the cut by 0.099s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.342s — pole to P10 — with Sergio Pérez (Sauber) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:21.740 | 1:21.095 | 1:19.815 | 1:19.815 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:21.636 | 1:21.105 | 1:19.978 | +0.163 |
| 3 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:22.038 | 1:20.578 | 1:20.024 | +0.209 |
| 4 |
| 19Felipe Massa |
| Ferrari |
| 1:22.130 |
| 1:21.099 |
| 1:20.350 |
| +0.535 |
| 5 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:21.578 | 1:20.262 | 1:20.365 | +0.550 |
| 6 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:22.208 | 1:20.890 | 1:20.474 | +0.659 |
| 7 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:22.996 | 1:21.243 | 1:21.098 | +1.283 |
| 8 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:22.237 | 1:22.000 | 1:21.445 | +1.630 |
| 9 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:22.876 | 1:21.852 | 1:21.907 | +2.092 |
| 10 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:23.067 | 1:22.157 | — | +2.342 |
| 11 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:22.976 | 1:22.256 | — | +2.441 |
| 12 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:23.070 | 1:22.284 | — | +2.469 |
| 13 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:23.278 | 1:22.435 | — | +2.620 |
| 14 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1:23.024 | 1:22.470 | — | +2.655 |
| 15 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:23.075 | 1:22.684 | — | +2.869 |
| 16 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:23.285 | 1:22.979 | — | +3.164 |
| 17 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:23.847 | — | — | +4.032 |
| 18 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:24.070 | — | — | +4.255 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:24.362 | — | — | +4.547 |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:24.534 | — | — | +4.719 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:26.294 | — | — | +6.479 |
| 22 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | 1:26.323 | — | — | +6.508 |
| 23 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | HRT | 1:26.479 | — | — | +6.664 |
| 24 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:26.510 | — | — | +6.695 |