Pit Lane F1
Round 3 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2011-04-17
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) took pole for the 2011 Chinese Grand Prix with a 1:33.706 lap.
Jenson Button (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.715s shy of pole, with Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) third on the grid. Vitaly Petrov (Renault) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Adrian Sutil (Force India) missed the cut by 0.725s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.443s — pole to P10 — with Vitaly Petrov (Renault) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:35.674 | 1:34.776 | 1:33.706 | 1:33.706 |
| 2 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:35.924 | 1:34.662 | 1:34.421 | +0.715 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:36.091 | 1:34.486 | 1:34.463 | +0.757 |
| 4 |
| 6Nico Rosberg |
| Mercedes |
| 1:35.272 |
| 1:35.850 |
| 1:34.670 |
| +0.964 |
| 5 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:35.389 | 1:35.165 | 1:35.119 | +1.413 |
| 6 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:35.478 | 1:35.437 | 1:35.145 | +1.439 |
| 7 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:36.133 | 1:35.563 | 1:36.158 | +2.452 |
| 8 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:35.702 | 1:35.858 | 1:36.190 | +2.484 |
| 9 | SĂ©bastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:36.110 | 1:35.500 | 1:36.203 | +2.497 |
| 10 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:35.370 | 1:35.149 | — | +1.443 |
| 11 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:36.092 | 1:35.874 | — | +2.168 |
| 12 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:36.046 | 1:36.053 | — | +2.347 |
| 13 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:36.147 | 1:36.236 | — | +2.530 |
| 14 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:35.508 | 1:36.457 | — | +2.751 |
| 15 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:35.911 | 1:36.465 | — | +2.759 |
| 16 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1:35.910 | 1:36.611 | — | +2.905 |
| 17 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:36.121 | 1:36.956 | — | +3.250 |
| 18 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:36.468 | — | — | +2.762 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:37.894 | — | — | +4.188 |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:38.318 | — | — | +4.612 |
| 21 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:39.119 | — | — | +5.413 |
| 22 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:39.708 | — | — | +6.002 |
| 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | 1:40.212 | — | — | +6.506 |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:40.445 | — | — | +6.739 |