08/10/2011
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Vettel | Red Bull | 1:30.466 | 143.589 mph |
| 2 | Button | McLaren | 1:30.475 | 0.009 |
| 3 | Hamilton | McLaren | 1:30.617 | 0.151 |
| 4 | Massa | Ferrari | 1:30.804 | 0.338 |
| 5 | Alonso | Ferrari | 1:30.886 | 0.420 |
| 6 | Webber | Red Bull | 1:31.156 | 0.690 |
| 7 | Kobayashi | Sauber | No Time | - |
| 8 | Schumacher | Mercedes | No Time | - |
| 9 | Senna | Renault | No Time | - |
| 10 | Petrov | Renault | No Time | - |
| 11 | Sutil | Force India | 1:32.463 | - |
| 12 | Di Resta | Force India | 1:32.746 | - |
| 13 | Barrichello | Williams | 1:33.079 | - |
| 14 | Maldonado | Williams | 1:33.224 | - |
| 15 | Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:33.227 | - |
| 16 | Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:33.427 | - |
| 17 | Perez | Sauber | No Time | - |
| 18 | Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:35.454 | - |
| 19 | Trulli | Lotus | 1:35.514 | - |
| 20 | D'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:36.439 | - |
| 21 | Glock | Virgin | 1:36.507 | - |
| 22 | Ricciardo | Hispania | 1:37.846 | - |
| 23 | Rosberg | Mercedes | No Time | - |
| 24 | Liuzzi | Hispania | No Time | - |
Note: Q1 107% = 1:39.109
Note: Kobayashi to start from 7th for even though he didn't post a time in Q3 he did start a flying lap whilst Schumacher, Senna and Petrov didn't.
Check out our Suzuka qualifying gallery, here.