2011 FORMULA 1 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING
07 - 09 Oct 2011
Suzuka Circuit, Japan
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sebastian VettelVET | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:33.051 | 1:31.424 | 1:30.466 | 14 |
| 2 | 4 | Jenson ButtonBUT | McLaren Mercedes | 1:32.947 | 1:31.434 | 1:30.475 | 14 |
| 3 | 3 | Lewis HamiltonHAM | McLaren Mercedes | 1:32.843 | 1:31.139 | 1:30.617 | 14 |
| 4 | 6 | Felipe MassaMAS | Ferrari | 1:33.235 | 1:31.909 | 1:30.804 | 15 |
| 5 | 5 | Fernando AlonsoALO | Ferrari | 1:32.817 | 1:31.612 | 1:30.886 | 13 |
| 6 | 2 | Mark WebberWEB | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:33.135 | 1:31.576 | 1:31.156 | 14 |
| 7 | 7 | Michael SchumacherMSC | Mercedes | 1:33.748 | 1:32.116 | DNF | 10 |
| 8 | 9 | Bruno SennaSEN | Renault | 1:33.359 | 1:32.297 | DNF | 12 |
| 9 | 10 | Vitaly PetrovPET | Renault | 1:32.877 | 1:32.245 | DNF | 17 |
| 10 | 16 | Kamui KobayashiKOB | Sauber Ferrari | 1:32.626 | 1:32.380 | DNF | 15 |
| 11 | 14 | Adrian SutilSUT | Force India Mercedes | 1:32.761 | 1:32.463 | 14 | |
| 12 | 15 | Paul di RestaDIR | Force India Mercedes | 1:33.499 | 1:32.746 | 10 | |
| 13 | 11 | Rubens BarrichelloBAR | Williams Cosworth | 1:33.921 | 1:33.079 | 13 | |
| 14 | 12 | Pastor MaldonadoMAL | Williams Cosworth | 1:33.781 | 1:33.224 | 14 | |
| 15 | 18 | Sebastien BuemiBUE | STR Ferrari | 1:33.064 | 1:33.227 | 10 | |
| 16 | 19 | Jaime AlguersuariALG | STR Ferrari | 1:35.111 | 1:33.427 | 10 | |
| 17 | 17 | Sergio PerezPER | Sauber Ferrari | 1:34.704 | 6 | ||
| 18 | 20 | Heikki KovalainenKOV | Lotus Renault | 1:35.454 | 3 | ||
| 19 | 21 | Jarno TrulliTRU | Lotus Renault | 1:35.514 | 6 | ||
| 20 | 25 | Jerome d'AmbrosioDAM | Virgin Cosworth | 1:36.439 | 8 | ||
| 21 | 24 | Timo GlockGLO | Virgin Cosworth | 1:36.507 | 7 | ||
| 22 | 22 | Daniel RicciardoRIC | HRT Cosworth | 1:37.846 | 7 | ||
| NC | 8 | Nico RosbergROS | Mercedes | DNS | 1 | ||
| NC | 23 | Vitantonio LiuzziLIU | HRT Cosworth | DNS | 2 |