| P | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap | % | Avg Speed | Laps | |
| 1 | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:24.066 | 100.0 | 248.077 | 23 | ||
| 2 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:24.261 | 0.195 | 100.2 | 247.502 | 24 | |
| 3 | 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:24.523 | 0.457 | 100.5 | 246.735 | 28 | |
| 4 | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:24.845 | 0.779 | 100.9 | 245.799 | 27 | |
| 5 | 23 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:25.015 | 0.949 | 101.1 | 245.307 | 23 | |
| 6 | 22 | Jenson Button | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:25.030 | 0.964 | 101.1 | 245.264 | 26 | |
| 7 | 21 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:25.043 | 0.977 | 101.2 | 245.227 | 26 | |
| 8 | 7 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:25.072 | 1.006 | 101.2 | 245.143 | 25 | |
| 9 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1:25.180 | 1.114 | 101.3 | 244.832 | 23 | |
| 10 | 14 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:25.314 | 1.248 | 101.5 | 244.448 | 24 | |
| 11 | 9 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:23.611 | -0.455 | 99.5 | 249.427 | 20 | |
| 12 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Renault | 1:23.728 | -0.338 | 99.6 | 249.078 | 22 | |
| 13 | 5 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber-BMW | 1:23.866 | -0.200 | 99.8 | 248.668 | 17 | |
| 14 | 3 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Ferrari | 1:23.901 | -0.165 | 99.8 | 248.564 | 24 | |
| 15 | 6 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber-BMW | 1:24.275 | 0.209 | 100.2 | 247.461 | 14 | |
| 16 | 10 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:24.036 | -0.030 | 100.0 | 248.165 | 11 | |
| 17 | 17 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:24.074 | 0.008 | 100.0 | 248.053 | 9 | |
| 18 | 16 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:24.121 | 0.055 | 100.1 | 247.914 | 12 | |
| 19 | 12 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:24.220 | 0.154 | 100.2 | 247.623 | 12 | |
| 20 | 11 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:24.951 | 0.885 | 101.1 | 245.492 | 11 |