Round 12 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2011-08-28
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) took pole for the 2011 Belgian Grand Prix with a 1:48.298 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.432s shy of pole, with Mark Webber (Red Bull) third on the grid. Vitaly Petrov (Renault) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Sébastien Buemi (Toro Rosso) missed the cut by 12.389s.
Q3 was settled inside 4.005s — pole to P10 — with Vitaly Petrov (Renault) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 2:03.029 | 2:03.317 | 1:48.298 | 1:48.298 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 2:03.008 | 2:02.823 | 1:48.730 | +0.432 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 2:02.827 | 2:03.302 | 1:49.376 | +1.078 |
| 19Felipe Massa |
| Ferrari |
| 2:05.834 |
| 2:04.507 |
| 1:50.256 |
| +1.958 |
| 5 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 2:05.091 | 2:03.723 | 1:50.552 | +2.254 |
| 6 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 2:05.419 | 2:04.561 | 1:50.773 | +2.475 |
| 7 | Bruno Senna | Renault | 2:05.047 | 2:04.452 | 1:51.121 | +2.823 |
| 8 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 2:04.450 | 2:02.768 | 1:51.251 | +2.953 |
| 9 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 2:06.284 | 2:04.625 | 1:51.374 | +3.076 |
| 10 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 2:05.292 | 2:03.466 | 1:52.303 | +4.005 |
| 11 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 2:04.744 | 2:04.692 | — | +16.394 |
| 12 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 2:07.194 | 2:04.757 | — | +16.459 |
| 13 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 2:01.813 | 2:05.150 | — | +16.852 |
| 14 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 2:05.720 | 2:07.349 | — | +19.051 |
| 15 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 2:06.000 | 2:07.777 | — | +19.479 |
| 16 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 2:05.621 | 2:08.106 | — | +19.808 |
| 17 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 2:06.780 | 2:08.354 | — | +20.056 |
| 18 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 2:07.758 | — | — | +19.460 |
| 19 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 2:08.773 | — | — | +20.475 |
| 20 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 2:09.566 | — | — | +21.268 |
| 21 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 2:11.601 | — | — | +23.303 |
| 22 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | 2:11.616 | — | — | +23.318 |
| 23 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | HRT | 2:13.077 | — | — | +24.779 |