| Row 1 | 1. Sebastian Vettel 1’38.481 Red Bull |
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| 2. Lewis Hamilton 1’38.622 McLaren |
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| Row 2 | 3. Jenson Button 1’38.631 McLaren |
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| 4. Mark Webber 1’38.858 Red Bull |
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| Row 3 | 5. Fernando Alonso 1’39.058 Ferrari |
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| 6. Felipe Massa 1’39.695 Ferrari |
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| Row 4 | 7. Nico Rosberg 1’39.773 Mercedes |
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| 8. Michael Schumacher 1’40.662 Mercedes |
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| Row 5 | 9. Adrian Sutil 1’40.768 Force India |
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| 10. Paul di Resta No time Force India |
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| Row 6 | 11. Sergio Perez 1’40.874 Sauber |
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| 12. Vitaly Petrov 1’40.919 Renault |
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| Row 7 | 13. Sebastien Buemi 1’41.009 Toro Rosso |
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| 14. Bruno Senna 1’41.079 Renault |
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| Row 8 | 15. Jaime Alguersuari 1’41.162 Toro Rosso |
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| 16. Kamui Kobayashi 1’41.24 Sauber |
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| Row 9 | 17. Heikki Kovalainen 1’42.979 Lotus |
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| 18. Jarno Trulli 1’43.884 Lotus |
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| Row 10 | 19. Timo Glock 1’44.515 Virgin |
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| 20. Daniel Ricciardo 1’44.641 HRT |
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| Row 11 | 21. Jerome D’Ambrosio 1’44.699 Virgin |
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| 22. Vitantonio Liuzzi 1’45.159 HRT |
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| Row 12 | 23. Pastor Maldonado* No time Williams |
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| 24. Rubens Barrichello No time Williams |
*10-place grid penalty for engine change.
2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Prisoner Monkeys (@prisoner-monkeys)
12th November 2011, 14:11
Say what you will about Abu Dhabi and the quality of the racing that it provides, but I think qualifying showed us something that we haven’t really see this year: drivers absolutely attacking the kerbs.
David-A (@david-a)
12th November 2011, 14:12
Hamilton pulled it out of the bag…
When it didn’t matter.
Steph (@)
12th November 2011, 16:06
It was mean but I couldn’t help but laugh.
Bendanarama (@bendana)
12th November 2011, 14:13
Anyone who says Qualifying isn’t exciting this year didn’t just watch that session. Scorcher.
BBT (@bbt)
12th November 2011, 14:16
It hasn’t been. That now makes it 2 good Q3s out of 18 races.
~Not a great record is it?
Although that was great.
David-A (@david-a)
12th November 2011, 14:25
They have been pretty good. Malaysia, Japan and this one especially, if we’re not counting non-Vettel poles.
JamieFranklinF1 (@jamiefranklinf1)
12th November 2011, 14:20
Great qualifying session. All I need is Alonso to overtake Webber and I’ll have a perfect prediction score at the end of the race!
Paul A (@paul-a)
12th November 2011, 14:40
Question: at the end of Q2, when Schumacher’s car was being pushed back into the garage, I thought I saw intermediate tyres (front right seemed to have the typical “V” grooves. Has anyone got a replay of the BBC feed?
RU70 (@ru70)
12th November 2011, 15:40
They changed softs to inters just before pushing him into the garage.. pitstop practise I guess..
verstappen (@verstappen)
12th November 2011, 23:35
@Paul A it has become standard procedure, I think. Red Bull Does it as well. I guess drop off Has to start somewhere and they don’t want to spoil any metre too much.
Or Does anybody know another explanation?
sushant008 (@sushant008)
12th November 2011, 15:22
i have a question for u guys..what was the last time ”both the williams locking up the back of grid” happened?
verstappen (@verstappen)
12th November 2011, 23:36
According to our dutch commenter, it is à first
Scalextric (@scalextric)
12th November 2011, 15:49
@keithcollantine: Kov’s time is missing
Fixy (@)
12th November 2011, 16:26
Great laps by Perez and the Force India guys! Also compliments to Kovalainen for always looking set to beat someone of the established teams’ drivers (and this time it was a 7-time world champion)!
SimBri (@f1addict)
12th November 2011, 16:32
I wonder if they’ll start DiResta on the prime again.
Wilky112
12th November 2011, 20:10
Lets hope theres no chopping at the start hey
AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
12th November 2011, 21:11
A fair grid I think. Terrible to see Williams where they are, but at least they can’t finish any lower than they qualified.
Such a great last few moments, seeing Button and Hamilton flirting with the timing board and Vettel just comes out, after hanging back, and sorts them both out.