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2011 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix · qualifying

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 2011 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix · qualifying

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/841-qualifying

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Historical source & scope

F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.

Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.

Grand Prix context

2011 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix · Sepang International Circuit

Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.

2011 Formula 1 World Championship · round 2

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:37:39.832 · 56 laps · renault	25
2	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:37:43.093 · 56 laps · mercedes	18
3	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	1:38:04.907 · 56 laps · renault	15
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:38:06.216 · 56 laps · renault	12
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:38:16.790 · 56 laps · ferrari	10
6	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:38:17.080 · 56 laps · ferrari	8
7	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:38:46.271 · 56 laps · ferrari	6
8	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:38:49.789 · 56 laps · mercedes	4
9	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:39:04.728 · 56 laps · mercedes	2
10	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:39:11.395 · 56 laps · mercedes	1
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:39:21.211 · 56 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
12	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Time not recorded · 55 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
13	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Time not recorded · 55 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
14	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	Time not recorded · 55 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
15	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	Time not recorded · 55 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
16	Timo Glock	Virgin	Time not recorded · 54 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
17	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	Accident · Time not recorded · 52 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	Rear wing · Time not recorded · 46 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin	Electrical · Time not recorded · 42 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	Clutch · Time not recorded · 31 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	Electrical · Time not recorded · 23 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	Hydraulics · Time not recorded · 22 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	Mechanical · Time not recorded · 14 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	Engine · Time not recorded · 8 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Q1 1:37.468 · 12 laps · renault
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Q1 1:36.861 · 19 laps · mercedes
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Q1 1:37.924 · 17 laps · renault
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	Q1 1:37.033 · 15 laps · mercedes
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Q1 1:36.897 · 14 laps · ferrari
6	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	Q1 1:37.224 · 9 laps · renault
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Q1 1:36.744 · 13 laps · ferrari
8	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	Q1 1:37.210 · 9 laps · renault
9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Q1 1:37.316 · 17 laps · mercedes
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Q1 1:36.994 · 13 laps · ferrari
11	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	Q1 1:36.904 · 12 laps · mercedes
12	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:37.693 · 13 laps · ferrari
13	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:37.677 · 12 laps · ferrari
14	Paul di Resta	Force India	Q1 1:38.045 · 12 laps · mercedes
15	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	Q1 1:38.163 · 15 laps · cosworth
16	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	Q1 1:37.759 · 10 laps · ferrari
17	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Q1 1:37.693 · 9 laps · mercedes
18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	Q1 1:38.276 · 8 laps · cosworth
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	Q1 1:38.645 · 8 laps · renault
20	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	Q1 1:38.791 · 8 laps · renault
21	Timo Glock	Virgin	Q1 1:40.648 · 8 laps · cosworth
22	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin	Q1 1:41.001 · 7 laps · cosworth
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	Q1 1:41.549 · 7 laps · cosworth
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	Q1 1:42.574 · 7 laps · cosworth

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:34.870 · renault
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:34.974 · mercedes
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:35.179 · renault
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:35.200 · mercedes
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:35.802 · ferrari
6	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	1:36.124 · renault
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:36.251 · ferrari
8	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:36.324 · renault
9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:36.809 · mercedes
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:36.820 · ferrari
11	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:37.035 · mercedes
12	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:37.160 · ferrari
13	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:37.347 · ferrari
14	Paul di Resta	Force India	1:37.370 · mercedes
15	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	1:37.496 · cosworth
16	Sergio Pérez	Sauber	1:37.528 · ferrari
17	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:37.593 · mercedes
18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1:38.276 · cosworth
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	1:38.645 · renault
20	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	1:38.791 · renault
21	Timo Glock	Virgin	1:40.648 · cosworth
22	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin	1:41.001 · cosworth
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	1:41.549 · cosworth
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	1:42.574 · cosworth

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	50
2	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	26
3	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	22
4	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	22
5	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	20
6	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	16
7	Nick Heidfeld	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	15
8	Vitaly Petrov	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	15
9	Kamui Kobayashi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
10	Sébastien Buemi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
11	Adrian Sutil	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
12	Michael Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
13	Paul di Resta	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
14	Jaime Alguersuari	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
15	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
16	Jarno Trulli	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
17	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
19	Timo Glock	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0

Practice & warm-up observations

Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.

Session	Driver	Position	Time
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	1	1:37.651
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	2	1:39.316
freePractice1Results	Michael Schumacher	3	1:39.791
freePractice1Results	Nico Hülkenberg	4	1:40.377
freePractice1Results	Pastor Maldonado	5	1:40.443
freePractice1Results	Felipe Massa	6	1:40.453
freePractice1Results	Nick Heidfeld	7	1:40.525
freePractice1Results	Rubens Barrichello	8	1:40.581
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	9	1:40.601
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	10	1:40.646
freePractice1Results	Adrian Sutil	11	1:40.734
freePractice1Results	Daniel Ricciardo	12	1:40.748
freePractice1Results	Jaime Alguersuari	13	1:40.770
freePractice1Results	Kamui Kobayashi	14	1:40.872
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	15	1:40.927
freePractice1Results	Jarno Trulli	16	1:41.620
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	17	1:41.627
freePractice1Results	Sergio Pérez	18	1:41.642
freePractice1Results	Timo Glock	19	1:42.154
freePractice1Results	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	20	1:42.540
freePractice1Results	Davide Valsecchi	21	1:44.054
freePractice1Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	22	1:45.228
freePractice1Results	Narain Karthikeyan	23	1:46.267
freePractice1Results	Vitaly Petrov	24	1:47.932
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	1	1:36.876
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	2	1:36.881
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	3	1:37.010
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	4	1:37.090
freePractice2Results	Michael Schumacher	5	1:38.088
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	6	1:38.089
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	7	1:38.565
freePractice2Results	Nick Heidfeld	8	1:38.570
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	9	1:38.583
freePractice2Results	Jaime Alguersuari	10	1:38.846
freePractice2Results	Pastor Maldonado	11	1:38.968
freePractice2Results	Rubens Barrichello	12	1:39.187
freePractice2Results	Vitaly Petrov	13	1:39.267
freePractice2Results	Kamui Kobayashi	14	1:39.398
freePractice2Results	Sergio Pérez	15	1:39.603
freePractice2Results	Paul di Resta	16	1:39.625
freePractice2Results	Adrian Sutil	17	1:39.809
freePractice2Results	Sébastien Buemi	18	1:40.115
freePractice2Results	Timo Glock	19	1:40.866
freePractice2Results	Jarno Trulli	20	1:41.890
freePractice2Results	Narain Karthikeyan	21	1:43.197
freePractice2Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	22	1:43.991
freePractice2Results	Heikki Kovalainen	23	1:44.886
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	1	1:36.340
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	2	1:36.630
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	3	1:36.762
freePractice3Results	Nick Heidfeld	4	1:37.115
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	5	1:37.175
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	6	1:37.284
freePractice3Results	Vitaly Petrov	7	1:37.297
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	8	1:37.762
freePractice3Results	Kamui Kobayashi	9	1:38.059
freePractice3Results	Michael Schumacher	10	1:38.300
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	11	1:38.307
freePractice3Results	Sergio Pérez	12	1:38.448
freePractice3Results	Adrian Sutil	13	1:38.464
freePractice3Results	Pastor Maldonado	14	1:38.597
freePractice3Results	Sébastien Buemi	15	1:38.665
freePractice3Results	Rubens Barrichello	16	1:38.681
freePractice3Results	Jaime Alguersuari	17	1:38.716
freePractice3Results	Paul di Resta	18	1:38.864
freePractice3Results	Heikki Kovalainen	19	1:39.260
freePractice3Results	Jarno Trulli	20	1:39.699
freePractice3Results	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	21	1:41.215
freePractice3Results	Timo Glock	22	1:41.414
freePractice3Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	23	1:43.147
freePractice3Results	Narain Karthikeyan	24	1:43.383

Recorded pit stops

F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Adrian Sutil	1	3	31.694
Rubens Barrichello	1	3	32.978
Mark Webber	1	10	22.572
Paul di Resta	1	11	22.773
Lewis Hamilton	1	12	22.552
Sebastian Vettel	1	13	23.019
Nick Heidfeld	1	13	23.900
Jenson Button	1	13	22.400
Felipe Massa	1	13	29.224
Jarno Trulli	1	13	25.516
Fernando Alonso	1	14	23.152
Michael Schumacher	1	14	22.576
Vitaly Petrov	1	15	23.182
Sébastien Buemi	1	15	23.280
Heikki Kovalainen	1	15	29.084
Nico Rosberg	1	15	24.967
Jaime Alguersuari	1	16	23.584
Adrian Sutil	2	16	22.046
Kamui Kobayashi	1	17	23.280
Sergio Pérez	1	17	23.597
Timo Glock	1	17	24.617
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	1	17	26.252
Vitantonio Liuzzi	1	17	27.815
Rubens Barrichello	2	17	24.502
Sébastien Buemi	2	20	29.843
Mark Webber	2	22	21.991
Jenson Button	2	23	22.471
Lewis Hamilton	2	24	22.611
Paul di Resta	2	24	22.419
Sebastian Vettel	2	25	21.893
Fernando Alonso	2	26	23.894
Nick Heidfeld	2	26	23.221
Felipe Massa	2	27	22.541
Vitaly Petrov	2	27	22.680
Michael Schumacher	2	28	22.261
Nico Rosberg	2	29	22.577
Mark Webber	3	32	22.069
Jaime Alguersuari	2	32	22.888
Adrian Sutil	3	32	22.550
Sébastien Buemi	3	32	27.439
Heikki Kovalainen	2	34	23.336
Timo Glock	2	34	24.429
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	2	35	24.416
Kamui Kobayashi	2	36	23.442
Lewis Hamilton	3	37	25.382
Paul di Resta	3	37	23.977
Jenson Button	3	38	22.483
Felipe Massa	3	38	22.893
Nick Heidfeld	3	39	22.602
Vitantonio Liuzzi	2	38	26.554
Nico Rosberg	3	40	22.526
Sebastian Vettel	3	41	22.313
Fernando Alonso	3	41	23.812
Michael Schumacher	3	42	22.227
Mark Webber	4	43	22.161
Vitaly Petrov	3	44	28.694
Fernando Alonso	4	46	27.182
Vitantonio Liuzzi	3	44	38.823
Lewis Hamilton	4	52	22.466