29/10/2011
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Driver | Team |
| 1 | Vettel | Red Bull |
| 2 | Webber | Red Bull |
| 3 | Alonso | Ferrari |
| 4 | Button | McLaren |
| 5 | Hamilton | McLaren |
| 6 | Massa | Ferrari |
| 7 | Rosberg | Mercedes |
| 8 | Sutil | Force India |
| 9 | Buemi | Toro Rosso |
| 10 | Alguersuari | Toro Rosso |
| 11 | Schumacher | Mercedes |
| 12 | Di Resta | Force India |
| 13 | Maldonado | Williams |
| 14 | Senna | Renault |
| 15 | Barrichello | Williams |
| 16 | Petrov | Renault |
| 17 | Kobayashi | Sauber |
| 18 | Kovalainen | Lotus |
| 19 | Trulli | Lotus |
| 20 | Perez | Sauber |
| 21 | D'Ambrosio | Virgin |
| 22 | Ricciardo | HRT |
| 23 | Karthikeyan | HRT |
| 24 | Glock | Virgin |
Petrov (Car 10) received a 5 place penalty for causing a collision during the Korean Grand Prix.
Hamilton (Car 3) received a 3 place penalty for ignoring double waved yellow flags during FP1.
Perez (Car 17) received a 3 place penalty for ignoring double waved yellow flags during FP1.
Karthikeyan (Car 22) received a 5 place penalty for impeding another driver during Qualifying.
Ricciardo (Car 23) received a 5 place penalty for changing his gearbox.
Glock (Car 24) starts last after failing to post a time within 107% of the quickest time in Q1.
Check out our India qualifying gallery, here.