16/04/2011
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Vettel | Red Bull | 1:33.706 | 130.129 mph |
| 2 | Button | McLaren | 1:34.421 | 0.715 |
| 3 | Hamilton | McLaren | 1:34.463 | 0.757 |
| 4 | Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:34.670 | 0.964 |
| 5 | Alonso | Ferrari | 1:35.119 | 1.413 |
| 6 | Massa | Ferrari | 1:35.145 | 1.439 |
| 7 | Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:36.158 | 2.452 |
| 8 | Di Resta | Force India | 1:36.190 | 2.484 |
| 9 | Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:36.203 | 2.497 |
| 10 | Petrov | Renault | No Time | |
| 11 | Sutil | Force India | 1:35.874 | |
| 12 | Perez | Sauber | 1:36.053 | |
| 13 | Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:36.236 | |
| 14 | Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:36.457 | |
| 15 | Barrichello | Williams | 1:36.465 | |
| 16 | Heidfeld | Renault | 1:36.611 | |
| 17 | Maldonado | Williams | 1:36.956 | |
| 18 | Webber | Red Bull | 1:36.468 | |
| 19 | Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:37.894 | |
| 20 | Trulli | Lotus | 1:38.318 | |
| 21 | D'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:39.119 | |
| 22 | Glock | Virgin | 1:39.708 | |
| 23 | Liuzzi | Hispania | 1:40.212 | |
| 24 | Karthikeyan | Hispania | 1:40.445 |
Note: Q1 107% = 1:41.941
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