Sebastian Vettel celebrates a third consecutive pole position in Japan - Photo Credit: Mark Thompson/Getty Images
Japanese Grand Prix 2011: Provisional Qualifying Times
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Time | Laps | |
| 1 | 1 |  Sebastian Vettel |
 Red Bull |
1:30.466 | 14 | Report |
| 2 | 4 |  Jenson Button |
McLaren |
1:30.475 | 14 | Report |
| 3 | 3 | Lewis Hamilton |
McLaren |
1:30.617 | 14 | Report |
| 4 | 6 |  Felipe Massa |
 Ferrari |
1:30.804 | 15 | Report |
| 5 | 5 |  Fernando Alonso |
Ferrari |
1:30.886 | 13 | Report |
| 6 | 2 |  Mark Webber |
Red Bull |
1:31.156 | 14 | Report |
| 7 | 7 | Michael Schumacher |
Mercedes |
No Q3 Time | 10 | Report |
| 8 | 9 | Bruno Senna |
Renault |
No Q3 Time | 12 | Report |
| 9 | 10 |  Vitaly Petrov |
Renault |
No Q3 Time | 17 | Report |
| 10 | 16 |  Kamui Kobayashi |
 Sauber |
No Q3 Time | 15 | Report |
| 11 | 14 | Adrian Sutil |
 Force India |
1:32.463 | 14 | Report |
| 12 | 15 | Paul di Resta |
Force India |
1:32.746 | 10 | Report |
| 13 | 11 | Rubens Barrichello |
Williams |
1:33.079 | 13 | Report |
| 14 | 12 |  Pastor Maldonado |
Williams |
1:33.224 | 14 | Report |
| 15 | 18 | Sebastien Buemi |
Toro Rosso |
1:33.227 | 10 | Report |
| 16 | 19 | Jaime Alguersuari |
Toro Rosso |
1:33.427 | 10 | Report |
| 17 | 17 |  Sergio Perez |
Sauber |
No Q2 Time | 6 | Report |
| 18 | 20 |  Heikki Kovalainen |
Team Lotus |
1:35.454 | 3 | Report |
| 19 | 21 | Jarno Trulli |
Team Lotus |
1:35.514 | 6 | Report |
| 20 | 25 |  Jerome D'Ambrosio |
Virgin Racing |
1:36.439 | 8 | |
| 21 | 24 | Timo Glock |
Virgin Racing |
1:36.507 | 7 | |
| 22 | 22 | Daniel Ricciardo |
HRT |
1:37.846 | 7 | Report |
| DNQ | 8 | Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes |
No Q1 Time | 1 | Report |
| DNQ | 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi |
HRT |
No Q1 Time | 2 | Report |
| 107% qualifying time | 1:39.109 |
