Round 4 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2011-05-08
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) took pole for the 2011 Turkish Grand Prix with a 1:25.049 lap.
Mark Webber (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.405s shy of pole, with Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) third on the grid. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Rubens Barrichello (Williams) missed the cut by 0.369s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.346s — pole to P10 — with Felipe Massa (Ferrari) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:27.039 | 1:25.610 | 1:25.049 | 1:25.049 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:27.090 | 1:26.075 | 1:25.454 | +0.405 |
| 3 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:27.514 | 1:25.801 | 1:25.574 | +0.525 |
| 44Lewis Hamilton |
| McLaren |
| 1:27.091 |
| 1:26.066 |
| 1:25.595 |
| +0.546 |
| 5 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:27.349 | 1:26.152 | 1:25.851 | +0.802 |
| 6 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:27.374 | 1:26.485 | 1:25.982 | +0.933 |
| 7 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:27.475 | 1:26.654 | 1:26.296 | +1.247 |
| 8 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:27.697 | 1:26.121 | 1:26.646 | +1.597 |
| 9 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1:27.901 | 1:26.740 | 1:26.659 | +1.610 |
| 10 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:27.013 | 1:26.395 | — | +1.346 |
| 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:28.246 | 1:26.764 | — | +1.715 |
| 12 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:27.392 | 1:27.027 | — | +1.978 |
| 13 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:27.625 | 1:27.145 | — | +2.096 |
| 14 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:27.396 | 1:27.236 | — | +2.187 |
| 15 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:27.778 | 1:27.244 | — | +2.195 |
| 16 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:27.620 | 1:27.255 | — | +2.206 |
| 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:28.055 | 1:27.572 | — | +2.523 |
| 18 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:28.780 | — | — | +3.731 |
| 19 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:29.673 | — | — | +4.624 |
| 20 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:30.445 | — | — | +5.396 |
| 21 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | 1:30.692 | — | — | +5.643 |
| 22 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:30.813 | — | — | +5.764 |
| 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:31.564 | — | — | +6.515 |