Round 9 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2011-07-10
Mark Webber (Red Bull) took pole for the 2011 British Grand Prix with a 1:30.399 lap.
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.032s shy of pole, with Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) third on the grid. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Adrian Sutil (Force India) missed the cut by 0.241s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.977s — pole to P10 — with Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:32.670 | 1:31.673 | 1:30.399 | 1:30.399 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:32.977 | 1:32.379 | 1:30.431 | +0.032 |
| 3 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:32.986 | 1:31.727 | 1:30.516 | +0.117 |
| 19Felipe Massa |
| Ferrari |
| 1:32.760 |
| 1:31.640 |
| 1:31.124 |
| +0.725 |
| 5 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:34.230 | 1:32.273 | 1:31.898 | +1.499 |
| 6 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:34.472 | 1:32.569 | 1:31.929 | +1.530 |
| 7 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:32.702 | 1:32.588 | 1:31.933 | +1.534 |
| 8 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:34.324 | 1:32.399 | 1:32.128 | +1.729 |
| 9 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:34.186 | 1:32.295 | 1:32.209 | +1.810 |
| 10 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:33.581 | 1:32.505 | 1:32.376 | +1.977 |
| 11 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:34.454 | 1:32.617 | — | +2.218 |
| 12 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:34.145 | 1:32.624 | — | +2.225 |
| 13 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:34.160 | 1:32.656 | — | +2.257 |
| 14 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:34.428 | 1:32.734 | — | +2.335 |
| 15 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:33.532 | 1:33.119 | — | +2.720 |
| 16 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1:35.132 | 1:33.805 | — | +3.406 |
| 17 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:34.923 | 1:34.821 | — | +4.422 |
| 18 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:35.245 | — | — | +4.846 |
| 19 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:35.749 | — | — | +5.350 |
| 20 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:36.203 | — | — | +5.804 |
| 21 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:36.456 | — | — | +6.057 |
| 22 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:37.154 | — | — | +6.755 |
| 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | 1:37.484 | — | — | +7.085 |
| 24 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | HRT | 1:38.059 | — | — | +7.660 |