Pit Lane F1
Round 19 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2011-11-27
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) took pole for the 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix with a 1:11.918 lap.
Mark Webber (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.181s shy of pole, with Jenson Button (McLaren) third on the grid. Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Paul di Resta (Force India) missed the cut by 0.013s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.653s — pole to P10 — with Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:13.664 | 1:12.446 | 1:11.918 | 1:11.918 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:13.467 | 1:12.658 | 1:12.099 | +0.181 |
| 3 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:13.281 | 1:12.820 | 1:12.283 | +0.365 |
| 44Lewis Hamilton |
| McLaren |
| 1:13.361 |
| 1:12.811 |
| 1:12.480 |
| +0.562 |
| 5 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:13.969 | 1:12.870 | 1:12.591 | +0.673 |
| 6 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:14.083 | 1:12.569 | 1:13.050 | +1.132 |
| 7 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:14.269 | 1:13.291 | 1:13.068 | +1.150 |
| 8 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:13.480 | 1:13.261 | 1:13.298 | +1.380 |
| 9 | Bruno Senna | Renault | 1:14.453 | 1:13.300 | 1:13.761 | +1.843 |
| 10 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:13.694 | 1:13.571 | — | +1.653 |
| 11 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:13.733 | 1:13.584 | — | +1.666 |
| 12 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:14.117 | 1:13.801 | — | +1.883 |
| 13 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:14.225 | 1:13.804 | — | +1.886 |
| 14 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:14.500 | 1:13.919 | — | +2.001 |
| 15 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:13.859 | 1:14.053 | — | +2.135 |
| 16 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:14.571 | 1:14.129 | — | +2.211 |
| 17 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:14.430 | 1:14.182 | — | +2.264 |
| 18 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:14.625 | — | — | +2.707 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:15.068 | — | — | +3.150 |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:15.358 | — | — | +3.440 |
| 21 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | 1:16.631 | — | — | +4.713 |
| 22 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | HRT | 1:16.890 | — | — | +4.972 |
| 23 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:17.019 | — | — | +5.101 |
| 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:17.060 | — | — | +5.142 |