Ani kvalifikácia na japonskej Suzuke nepriniesla nič iné ako pole position pre Sebastiana Vettela. Za zmienku azda stojí štvrté miesto Felipeho Massu.
Výsledky kvalifikácie na VC Japonska 2011:
| Pozícia | Jazdec | Tím | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Strata |
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:33,051 | 1:31,424 | 1:30,466 | |
| 2 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:32,947 | 1:31,434 | 1:30,475 | 0,009 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:32,843 | 1:31,139 | 1:30,617 | 0,151 |
| 4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:33,235 | 1:31,909 | 1:30,804 | 0,338 |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:32,817 | 1:31,612 | 1:30,886 | 0,420 |
| 6 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:33,135 | 1:31,576 | 1:31,156 | 0,690 |
| 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:33,748 | 1:32,116 | ||
| 8 | Bruno Senna | Renault | 1:33,359 | 1:32,297 | ||
| 9 | Vitalij Petrov | Renault | 1:32,877 | 1:32,245 | ||
| 10 | Kamuj Kobajaši | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:32,626 | 1:32,380 | ||
| 11 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:32,761 | 1:32,463 | ||
| 12 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:33,499 | 1:32,746 | ||
| 13 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:33,921 | 1:33,079 | ||
| 14 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Cosworth | 1:33,781 | 1:33,224 | ||
| 15 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:33,064 | 1:33,227 | ||
| 16 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:35,111 | 1:33,427 | ||
| 17 | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:34,704 | |||
| 18 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 1:35,454 | |||
| 19 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Renault | 1:35,514 | |||
| 20 | Jerome d'Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:36,439 | |||
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:36,507 | |||
| 22 | Daniel Ricciardo | HRT-Cosworth | 1:37,846 | |||
| Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | |||||
| Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT-Cosworth | |||||
| Q1 107 % | 1:39,109 |
