Pit Lane F1
Round 2 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2011-04-10
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) took pole for the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix with a 1:34.870 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.104s shy of pole, with Mark Webber (Red Bull) third on the grid. Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) missed the cut by 0.215s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.950s — pole to P10 — with Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:37.468 | 1:35.934 | 1:34.870 | 1:34.870 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:36.861 | 1:35.852 | 1:34.974 | +0.104 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:37.924 | 1:36.080 | 1:35.179 | +0.309 |
| 22Jenson Button |
| McLaren |
| 1:37.033 |
| 1:35.569 |
| 1:35.200 |
| +0.330 |
| 5 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:36.897 | 1:36.320 | 1:35.802 | +0.932 |
| 6 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1:37.224 | 1:36.811 | 1:36.124 | +1.254 |
| 7 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:36.744 | 1:36.557 | 1:36.251 | +1.381 |
| 8 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:37.210 | 1:36.642 | 1:36.324 | +1.454 |
| 9 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:37.316 | 1:36.388 | 1:36.809 | +1.939 |
| 10 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:36.994 | 1:36.691 | 1:36.820 | +1.950 |
| 11 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:36.904 | 1:37.035 | — | +2.165 |
| 12 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:37.693 | 1:37.160 | — | +2.290 |
| 13 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:37.677 | 1:37.347 | — | +2.477 |
| 14 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:38.045 | 1:37.370 | — | +2.500 |
| 15 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:38.163 | 1:37.496 | — | +2.626 |
| 16 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:37.759 | 1:37.528 | — | +2.658 |
| 17 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:37.693 | 1:37.593 | — | +2.723 |
| 18 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:38.276 | — | — | +3.406 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:38.645 | — | — | +3.775 |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:38.791 | — | — | +3.921 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:40.648 | — | — | +5.778 |
| 22 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:41.001 | — | — | +6.131 |
| 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | 1:41.549 | — | — | +6.679 |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:42.574 | — | — | +7.704 |