Sebastian Vettel continues his amazing form, taking his 15th pole position this season, in Brazil, breaking Nigel Mansel's record who won 14 pole positions in 1992. Vettel made a fast lap of 1:11.918. Teammate Mark Webber took the 2nd place, leaving the McLaren to start from the 2nd row, with 1:12.099. Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton came 3rd and 4th respectively leaving Ferrari's Fernando Alonso in 5th place, with 1:12.591, just 1 tenth behind Lewis Hamilton. Mercedes' Nico Rosberg was 6th almost half a second behind Fernando Alonso. His teammate Michael Schumacher did not make a fast lap in Q3, resulting in starting from the 10th place. Ferrari's Felipe Massa came 7th, with Force India's Adrian Sutil and Renault's Bruno Senna completing the first ten, finishing in 8th and in 9th position respectively.

The results are as follows:
1 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:11.918
2 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:12.099
3 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:12.283
4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:12.480
5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:12.591
6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:13.050
7 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:13.068
8 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:13.298
9 Bruno Senna Renault 1:13.761
10 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:13.571
11 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:13.584
12 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:13.801
13 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 1:13.804
14 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1:13.919
15 Vitaly Petrov Renault 1:14.053
16 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:14.129
17 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1:14.182
18 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1:14.625
19 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1:15.068
20 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1:15.358
21 Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1:16.631
22 Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 1:16.890
23 Jerome d'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1:17.019
24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:17.060