Pit Lane F1
Round 16 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2011-10-16
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) took pole for the 2011 Korean Grand Prix with a 1:35.820 lap.
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.222s shy of pole, with Jenson Button (McLaren) third on the grid. Adrian Sutil (Force India) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso) missed the cut by 0.096s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.399s — pole to P10 — with Adrian Sutil (Force India) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:37.525 | 1:36.526 | 1:35.820 | 1:35.820 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:39.093 | 1:37.285 | 1:36.042 | +0.222 |
| 3 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:37.929 | 1:37.302 | 1:36.126 | +0.306 |
| 4 |
| Mark Webber |
| Red Bull |
| 1:39.071 |
| 1:37.292 |
| 1:36.468 |
| +0.648 |
| 5 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:38.670 | 1:37.313 | 1:36.831 | +1.011 |
| 6 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:38.393 | 1:37.352 | 1:36.980 | +1.160 |
| 7 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:38.426 | 1:37.892 | 1:37.754 | +1.934 |
| 8 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:38.378 | 1:38.186 | 1:38.124 | +2.304 |
| 9 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:38.549 | 1:38.254 | — | +2.434 |
| 10 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:38.789 | 1:38.219 | — | +2.399 |
| 11 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:39.392 | 1:38.315 | — | +2.495 |
| 12 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:38.502 | 1:38.354 | — | +2.534 |
| 13 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:39.352 | 1:38.508 | — | +2.688 |
| 14 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:39.464 | 1:38.775 | — | +2.955 |
| 15 | Bruno Senna | Renault | 1:39.316 | 1:38.791 | — | +2.971 |
| 16 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:39.436 | 1:39.189 | — | +3.369 |
| 17 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:39.097 | 1:39.443 | — | +3.623 |
| 18 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:39.538 | — | — | +3.718 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:40.522 | — | — | +4.702 |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:41.101 | — | — | +5.281 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:42.091 | — | — | +6.271 |
| 22 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:43.483 | — | — | +7.663 |
| 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | 1:43.758 | — | — | +7.938 |
| 24 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | HRT | — | — | — | — |