Round 5 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2011-05-22
Mark Webber (Red Bull) took pole for the 2011 Spanish Grand Prix with a 1:20.981 lap.
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.200s shy of pole, with Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) third on the grid. Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Sébastien Buemi (Toro Rosso) missed the cut by 0.560s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.690s — pole to P10 — with Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:23.619 | 1:21.773 | 1:20.981 | 1:20.981 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:24.142 | 1:21.540 | 1:21.181 | +0.200 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:24.370 | 1:22.148 | 1:21.961 | +0.980 |
| 14Fernando Alonso |
| Ferrari |
| 1:23.485 |
| 1:22.813 |
| 1:21.964 |
| +0.983 |
| 5 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:24.428 | 1:22.050 | 1:21.996 | +1.015 |
| 6 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:23.069 | 1:22.948 | 1:22.471 | +1.490 |
| 7 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:23.507 | 1:22.569 | 1:22.599 | +1.618 |
| 8 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:23.506 | 1:23.026 | 1:22.888 | +1.907 |
| 9 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:23.406 | 1:22.854 | 1:22.952 | +1.971 |
| 10 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:22.960 | 1:22.671 | — | +1.690 |
| 11 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:23.962 | 1:23.231 | — | +2.250 |
| 12 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:24.209 | 1:23.367 | — | +2.386 |
| 13 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:24.049 | 1:23.694 | — | +2.713 |
| 14 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:23.656 | 1:23.702 | — | +2.721 |
| 15 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:25.874 | 1:25.403 | — | +4.422 |
| 16 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:24.332 | 1:26.126 | — | +5.145 |
| 17 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:24.648 | 1:26.571 | — | +5.590 |
| 18 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:26.521 | — | — | +5.540 |
| 19 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:26.910 | — | — | +5.929 |
| 20 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:27.315 | — | — | +6.334 |
| 21 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | 1:27.809 | — | — | +6.828 |
| 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:27.908 | — | — | +6.927 |
| 23 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:28.556 | — | — | +7.575 |