Pit Lane F1
Round 18 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2011-11-13
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) took pole for the 2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with a 1:38.481 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.141s shy of pole, with Jenson Button (McLaren) third on the grid. Paul di Resta (Force India) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Sergio PĂ©rez (Sauber) missed the cut by 0.460s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.933s — pole to P10 — with Paul di Resta (Force India) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:40.478 | 1:38.516 | 1:38.481 | 1:38.481 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:39.782 | 1:38.434 | 1:38.622 | +0.141 |
| 3 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:40.227 | 1:39.097 | 1:38.631 | +0.150 |
| 4 |
| Mark Webber |
| Red Bull |
| 1:40.167 |
| 1:38.821 |
| 1:38.858 |
| +0.377 |
| 5 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:41.380 | 1:39.058 | 1:39.058 | +0.577 |
| 6 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:41.592 | 1:39.623 | 1:39.695 | +1.214 |
| 7 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:41.120 | 1:39.420 | 1:39.773 | +1.292 |
| 8 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:42.605 | 1:40.554 | 1:40.662 | +2.181 |
| 9 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:40.595 | 1:40.205 | 1:40.768 | +2.287 |
| 10 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:41.064 | 1:40.414 | — | +1.933 |
| 11 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:41.311 | 1:40.874 | — | +2.393 |
| 12 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:40.955 | 1:40.919 | — | +2.438 |
| 13 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:41.737 | 1:41.009 | — | +2.528 |
| 14 | Bruno Senna | Renault | 1:41.391 | 1:41.079 | — | +2.598 |
| 15 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:41.386 | 1:41.162 | — | +2.681 |
| 16 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:41.613 | 1:41.240 | — | +2.759 |
| 17 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:42.258 | 1:41.760 | — | +3.279 |
| 18 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:42.979 | — | — | +4.498 |
| 19 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:43.884 | — | — | +5.403 |
| 20 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:44.515 | — | — | +6.034 |
| 21 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | HRT | 1:44.641 | — | — | +6.160 |
| 22 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:44.699 | — | — | +6.218 |
| 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | 1:45.159 | — | — | +6.678 |