The top three from qualifying in India: (Left to right) Mark Webber (3rd), Sebastian Vettel (pole) and Lewis Hamilton (2nd) - Photo Credit: Mark Thompson/Getty Images
Indian Grand Prix 2011: Provisional Qualifying Result
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Time | Laps | |
| 1 | 1 |  Sebastian Vettel |
 Red Bull |
1:24.178 | 16 | Report |
| 2 | 3 |  Lewis Hamilton |
McLaren |
1:24.474 | 18 | Report |
| 3 | 2 |  Mark Webber |
Red Bull |
1:24.508 | 17 | Report |
| 4 | 5 |  Fernando Alonso |
 Ferrari |
1:24.519 | 19 | Report |
| 5 | 4 | Jenson Button |
McLaren |
1:24.950 | 20 | Report |
| 6 | 6 |  Felipe Massa |
Ferrari |
1:25.122 | 18 | Report |
| 7 | 8 | Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes |
1:25.451 | 19 | Report |
| 8 | 14 | Adrian Sutil |
 Force India |
No Q3 Time | 19 | Report |
| 9 | 18 |  Sebastien Buemi |
Toro Rosso |
No Q3 Time | 19 | Report |
| 10 | 19 | Jaime Alguersuari |
Toro Rosso |
No Q3 Time | 19 | Report |
| 11 | 10 |  Vitaly Petrov |
Renault |
1:26.319 | 20 | Report |
| 12 | 7 | Michael Schumacher |
Mercedes |
1:26.337 | 17 | Report |
| 13 | 15 | Paul di Resta |
Force India |
1:26.503 | 15 | Report |
| 14 | 12 |  Pastor Maldonado |
Williams |
1:26.537 | 18 | Report |
| 15 | 9 | Bruno Senna |
Renault |
1:26.651 | 16 | Report |
| 16 | 11 | Rubens Barrichello |
Williams |
1:27.247 | 17 | Report |
| 17 | 17 |  Sergio Perez |
Sauber |
1:27.562 | 10 | Report |
| 18 | 16 |  Kamui Kobayashi |
Sauber |
1:27.876 | 6 | Report |
| 19 | 20 |  Heikki Kovalainen |
Team Lotus |
1:28.565 | 13 | Report |
| 20 | 21 | Jarno Trulli |
Team Lotus |
1:28.752 | 13 | Report |
| 21 | 23 | Daniel Ricciardo |
HRT |
1:30.216 | 11 | Report |
| 22 | 22 | Narain Karthikeyan |
HRT |
1:30.238 | 11 | Report |
| 23 | 25 |  Jerome D'Ambrosio |
Virgin Racing |
1:30.866 | 14 | Report |
| DNQ | 24 | Timo Glock |
Virgin Racing |
1:34.046 | 3 | Report |
| 107% qualifying time | 1:32.222 |
Lewis Hamilton and Sergio Perez have three-place grid penalties that will be applied tomorrow. Vitaly Petrov and Daniel Ricciardo have five-place penalities.
Narain Karthikeyan was handed a five-place grid penalty after qualifying for blocking Hamilton during his final flying lap in Q1.
