Este al 14-lea pole position in 2011 pentru dublul campion mondial, care cu aceasta ocazie a egalat recordul detinut de britanicul Nigel Mansell inca din 1992. In plus, germanul are posibilitatea de a dobori recordul daca va pleca din pole position si in ultima cursa a sezonului de la Interlagos.
Abu Dhabi - Rezultate calificari:
1. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull-Renault) 1m38.481s
2. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) 1m38.622s + 0.141
3. Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes) 1m38.631s + 0.150
4. Mark Webber (Red Bull-Renault) 1m38.858s + 0.377
5. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) 1m39.058s + 0.577
6. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) 1m39.695s + 1.214
7. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) 1m39.773s + 1.292
8. Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) 1m40.662s + 2.181
9. Adrian Sutil (Force India-Mercedes) 1m40.768s + 2.287
10. Paul di Resta (Force India-Mercedes)
Eliminati - Q2
11. Sergio Perez (Sauber-Ferrari) 1m40.874s + 2.440
12. Vitaly Petrov (Renault) 1m40.919s + 2.485
13. Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso-Ferrari) 1m41.009s + 2.575
14. Bruno Senna (Renault) 1m41.079s + 2.645
15. Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso 1m41.162s + 2.728
16. Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber-Ferrari) 1m41.240s + 2.806
17. Pastor Maldonado (Williams) 1m41.760s + 3.326
Eliminati - Q1
18. Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus-Renault) 1m42.979s + 3.197
19. Jarno Trulli (Lotus-Renault) 1m43.884s + 4.102
20. Timo Glock (Virgin-Cosworth) 1m44.515s + 4.733
21. Daniel Ricciardo (HRT-Cosworth) 1m44.641s + 4.859
22. Jerome D'Ambrosio (Virgin-Cosworth) 1m44.699s + 4.917
23. Tonio Liuzzi (HRT-Cosworth) 1m45.159s + 5.377
24. Rubens Barrichello (Williams-Cosoworth) -fara timp
Clasament general piloti:
1 Sebastian Vettel (RedBull) 374 puncte/ Campion mondial
2 Jenson Button (McLaren) 240
3 Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) 227
4 Mark Webber (RedBull) 221
5 Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) 202
6 Felipe Massa (Ferrari)98
7 Nico Rosberg (MercedesGP) 75
8 Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) 70
9 Vitaly Petrov (Renault) 36
10 Nick Heidfeld (Renault) 34
11 Adrian Sutil (Force India) 30
12 Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) 27
13 Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso) 26
14 Paul di Resta (Force India) 21
15 Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso) 15
16 Sergio Perez (Sauber) 14
17 Rubens Barrichello (Williams) 4
18 Bruno Senna (Renault) 2
19 Pastor Maldonado (Williams) 1.
Clasament general constructori:
1 RedBull 595 puncte
2 McLaren 442
3 Ferrari 325
4 Mercedes 145
5 Renault 72
6 Force India 51
7 Sauber 41
8 Toro Rosso 41
9 Williams 5.
Marele Premiu din Abu Dhabi va avea loc duminica cu incepere de la ora 15:00, ora Romaniei.