| Lewis Hamilton | Jenson Button | |
| Qualified ahead | 13 | 6 |
| Average qualifying gap | -0.204s | – |
| Finished race ahead | 7 | 7 |
| Laps spent ahead | 530 | 445 |
Qualifying gap
Gap in seconds between Lewis Hamilton and his team mate in the last part of qualifying where both set a time, for each race.
A positive time means the driver was slower than his team mate, a negative time means they were faster:
https://www.racefans.net/charts/2011drivercolours.csv
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | |
| Lewis Hamilton | -0.472000000000023 | -0.225999999999999 | 0.0420000000000158 | -0.387 | -0.0350000000000108 | 1.28300000000002 | -0.272999999999996 | -0.265000000000001 | 0.478000000000023 | -1.15399999999998 | -0.0460000000000207 | -2.32700000000001 | -0.0519999999999925 | 0.00500000000002387 | 0.141999999999996 | -0.305999999999997 | -0.476000000000013 | -0.00900000000000034 | 0.197000000000003 |