| P | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap | % | Avg Speed | Laps | |
| 1 | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:47.891 | 100.0 | 169.071 | 14 | ||
| 2 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1:48.204 | 0.313 | 100.3 | 168.582 | 17 | |
| 3 | 16 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:48.348 | 0.457 | 100.4 | 168.358 | 15 | |
| 4 | 14 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:48.722 | 0.831 | 100.8 | 167.778 | 19 | |
| 5 | 23 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:48.828 | 0.937 | 100.9 | 167.615 | 20 | |
| 6 | 7 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:49.054 | 1.163 | 101.1 | 167.268 | 17 | |
| 7 | 10 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:49.180 | 1.289 | 101.2 | 167.075 | 18 | |
| 8 | 6 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber-BMW | 1:49.307 | 1.416 | 101.3 | 166.880 | 19 | |
| 9 | 5 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber-BMW | 1:49.514 | 1.623 | 101.5 | 166.565 | 18 | |
| 10 | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:49.778 | 1.887 | 101.7 | 166.164 | 18 | |
| 11 | 17 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:47.013 | -0.878 | 99.2 | 170.458 | 14 | |
| 12 | 22 | Jenson Button | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:47.141 | -0.750 | 99.3 | 170.254 | 16 | |
| 13 | 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:47.177 | -0.714 | 99.3 | 170.197 | 14 | |
| 14 | 12 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:47.369 | -0.522 | 99.5 | 169.893 | 16 | |
| 15 | 9 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:47.413 | -0.478 | 99.6 | 169.823 | 13 | |
| 16 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:48.231 | 0.340 | 100.3 | 168.540 | 10 | |
| 17 | 11 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:48.340 | 0.449 | 100.4 | 168.370 | 9 | |
| 18 | 3 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Ferrari | 1:48.350 | 0.459 | 100.4 | 168.354 | 11 | |
| 19 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Renault | 1:48.544 | 0.653 | 100.6 | 168.054 | 10 | |
| 20 | 21 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:48.792 | 0.901 | 100.8 | 167.670 | 8 |