Pit Lane F1
Round 17 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2011-10-30
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) took pole for the 2011 Indian Grand Prix with a 1:24.178 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.296s shy of pole, with Mark Webber (Red Bull) third on the grid. Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Vitaly Petrov (Renault) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.141s — pole to P10 — with Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:26.218 | 1:24.657 | 1:24.178 | 1:24.178 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:26.563 | 1:25.019 | 1:24.474 | +0.296 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:26.473 | 1:25.282 | 1:24.508 | +0.330 |
| 14Fernando Alonso |
| Ferrari |
| 1:26.774 |
| 1:25.158 |
| 1:24.519 |
| +0.341 |
| 5 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:26.225 | 1:25.299 | 1:24.950 | +0.772 |
| 6 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:27.012 | 1:25.522 | 1:25.122 | +0.944 |
| 7 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:26.364 | 1:25.555 | 1:25.451 | +1.273 |
| 8 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:26.271 | 1:26.140 | — | +1.962 |
| 9 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:26.608 | 1:26.161 | — | +1.983 |
| 10 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:26.557 | 1:26.319 | — | +2.141 |
| 11 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:26.189 | 1:26.319 | — | +2.141 |
| 12 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:26.790 | 1:26.337 | — | +2.159 |
| 13 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:26.864 | 1:26.503 | — | +2.325 |
| 14 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:26.829 | 1:26.537 | — | +2.359 |
| 15 | Bruno Senna | Renault | 1:26.766 | 1:26.651 | — | +2.473 |
| 16 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:27.479 | 1:27.247 | — | +3.069 |
| 17 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:27.249 | 1:27.562 | — | +3.384 |
| 18 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:27.876 | — | — | +3.698 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:28.565 | — | — | +4.387 |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:28.752 | — | — | +4.574 |
| 21 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | HRT | 1:30.216 | — | — | +6.038 |
| 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:30.238 | — | — | +6.060 |
| 23 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:30.866 | — | — | +6.688 |
| 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:34.046 | — | — | +9.868 |