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* Lewis Hamilton (1:21.707) was disqualified from the qualifying session, and sent to the back of the grid after stewards deemed he did not have enough fuel in his car, following the session; Hamilton had stopped on track following his qualifying lap. Hamilton excluded from qualifying results; Maldonado on pole
† Vettel did not complete a flying lap during the third part of qualifying.
‡ Schumacher did not start a flying lap during the third part of qualifying.
§ Kobayashi stopped at the end of the second part of qualifying, and was not permitted to compete in the third part.
† Vettel did not complete a flying lap during the third part of qualifying.
‡ Pastor Maldonado (1:15.245) was given a ten-place grid penalty for an avoidable collision with Sergio Pérez in the third free practice session. He was also given a five-place grid penalty for a change of gearbox. Maldonado takes grid penalty after Perez incident