Pit Lane F1
Round 8 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2011-06-26
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) took pole for the 2011 European Grand Prix with a 1:36.975 lap.
Mark Webber (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.188s shy of pole, with Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) third on the grid. Adrian Sutil (Force India) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Vitaly Petrov (Renault) missed the cut by 0.034s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.059s — pole to P10 — with Adrian Sutil (Force India) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:39.116 | 1:37.305 | 1:36.975 | 1:36.975 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:39.956 | 1:38.058 | 1:37.163 | +0.188 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:39.244 | 1:37.727 | 1:37.380 | +0.405 |
| 14Fernando Alonso |
| Ferrari |
| 1:39.725 |
| 1:37.930 |
| 1:37.454 |
| +0.479 |
| 5 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:38.413 | 1:38.566 | 1:37.535 | +0.560 |
| 6 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:39.453 | 1:37.749 | 1:37.645 | +0.670 |
| 7 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:39.266 | 1:38.373 | 1:38.231 | +1.256 |
| 8 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:39.198 | 1:38.365 | 1:38.240 | +1.265 |
| 9 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1:39.877 | 1:38.781 | — | +1.806 |
| 10 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:39.329 | 1:39.034 | — | +2.059 |
| 11 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:39.690 | 1:39.068 | — | +2.093 |
| 12 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:39.852 | 1:39.422 | — | +2.447 |
| 13 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:39.602 | 1:39.489 | — | +2.514 |
| 14 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:40.131 | 1:39.525 | — | +2.550 |
| 15 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:39.690 | 1:39.645 | — | +2.670 |
| 16 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:39.494 | 1:39.657 | — | +2.682 |
| 17 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:39.679 | 1:39.711 | — | +2.736 |
| 18 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:40.232 | — | — | +3.257 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:41.664 | — | — | +4.689 |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:42.234 | — | — | +5.259 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:42.553 | — | — | +5.578 |
| 22 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | 1:43.584 | — | — | +6.609 |
| 23 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:43.735 | — | — | +6.760 |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:44.363 | — | — | +7.388 |