Pit Lane F1
Round 15 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2011-10-09
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) took pole for the 2011 Japanese Grand Prix with a 1:30.466 lap.
Jenson Button (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.009s shy of pole, with Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) third on the grid. Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Adrian Sutil (Force India) missed the cut by 0.083s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.914s — pole to P10 — with Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:33.051 | 1:31.424 | 1:30.466 | 1:30.466 |
| 2 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:32.947 | 1:31.434 | 1:30.475 | +0.009 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:32.843 | 1:31.139 | 1:30.617 | +0.151 |
| 4 |
| 19Felipe Massa |
| Ferrari |
| 1:33.235 |
| 1:31.909 |
| 1:30.804 |
| +0.338 |
| 5 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:32.817 | 1:31.612 | 1:30.886 | +0.420 |
| 6 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:33.135 | 1:31.576 | 1:31.156 | +0.690 |
| 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:33.748 | 1:32.116 | — | +1.650 |
| 8 | Bruno Senna | Renault | 1:33.359 | 1:32.297 | — | +1.831 |
| 9 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:32.877 | 1:32.245 | — | +1.779 |
| 10 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:32.626 | 1:32.380 | — | +1.914 |
| 11 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:32.761 | 1:32.463 | — | +1.997 |
| 12 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:33.499 | 1:32.746 | — | +2.280 |
| 13 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:33.921 | 1:33.079 | — | +2.613 |
| 14 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:33.781 | 1:33.224 | — | +2.758 |
| 15 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:33.064 | 1:33.227 | — | +2.761 |
| 16 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:35.111 | 1:33.427 | — | +2.961 |
| 17 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:34.704 | — | — | +4.238 |
| 18 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:35.454 | — | — | +4.988 |
| 19 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:35.514 | — | — | +5.048 |
| 20 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:36.439 | — | — | +5.973 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:36.507 | — | — | +6.041 |
| 22 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | HRT | 1:37.846 | — | — | +7.380 |
| 23 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | — | — | — | — |