Round 13 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2011-09-11
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) took pole for the 2011 Italian Grand Prix with a 1:22.275 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.450s shy of pole, with Jenson Button (McLaren) third on the grid. Bruno Senna (Renault) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Paul di Resta (Force India) missed the cut by 0.006s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.882s — pole to P10 — with Bruno Senna (Renault) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:24.002 | 1:22.914 | 1:22.275 | 1:22.275 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:23.976 | 1:23.172 | 1:22.725 | +0.450 |
| 3 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:24.013 | 1:23.031 | 1:22.777 | +0.502 |
| 4 |
| 14Fernando Alonso |
| Ferrari |
| 1:24.134 |
| 1:23.342 |
| 1:22.841 |
| +0.566 |
| 5 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:24.148 | 1:23.387 | 1:22.972 | +0.697 |
| 6 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:24.523 | 1:23.681 | 1:23.188 | +0.913 |
| 7 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:24.486 | 1:23.741 | 1:23.530 | +1.255 |
| 8 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:25.108 | 1:23.671 | 1:23.777 | +1.502 |
| 9 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:24.550 | 1:23.335 | 1:24.477 | +2.202 |
| 10 | Bruno Senna | Renault | 1:24.914 | 1:24.157 | — | +1.882 |
| 11 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:24.574 | 1:24.163 | — | +1.888 |
| 12 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:24.595 | 1:24.209 | — | +1.934 |
| 13 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:24.975 | 1:24.648 | — | +2.373 |
| 14 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:24.798 | 1:24.726 | — | +2.451 |
| 15 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:25.113 | 1:24.845 | — | +2.570 |
| 16 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:25.164 | 1:24.932 | — | +2.657 |
| 17 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:24.879 | 1:25.065 | — | +2.790 |
| 18 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:25.334 | — | — | +3.059 |
| 19 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:26.647 | — | — | +4.372 |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:27.184 | — | — | +4.909 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:27.591 | — | — | +5.316 |
| 22 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:27.609 | — | — | +5.334 |
| 23 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | HRT | 1:28.054 | — | — | +5.779 |
| 24 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | 1:28.231 | — | — | +5.956 |