| P | No | Driver | Constructor | Lap | Time | Gap | Avg Speed | Race | ||||
| 1 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 33 | 1:49.883 | 229.466 | 2 | |||||
| 2 | 4 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 39 | 1:50.062 | 0.179 | 229.093 | 3 | ||||
| 3 | 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 42 | 1:50.424 | 0.541 | 228.342 | 16 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 36 | 1:50.451 | 0.568 | 228.286 | 1 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 41 | 1:51.107 | 1.224 | 226.938 | 4 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 34 | 1:51.137 | 1.254 | 226.877 | 5 | ||||
| 7 | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 42 | 1:51.564 | 1.681 | 226.008 | 8 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 39 | 1:52.263 | 2.380 | 224.601 | 6 | ||||
| 9 | 10 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 34 | 1:52.432 | 2.549 | 224.264 | 9 | ||||
| 10 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 33 | 1:52.591 | 2.708 | 223.947 | 7 | ||||
| 11 | 15 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 32 | 1:53.223 | 3.340 | 222.697 | 11 | ||||
| 12 | 12 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Cosworth | 43 | 1:53.362 | 3.479 | 222.424 | 10 | ||||
| 13 | 9 | Bruno Senna | Renault | 39 | 1:53.585 | 3.702 | 221.987 | 13 | ||||
| 14 | 16 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 35 | 1:53.871 | 3.988 | 221.430 | 12 | ||||
| 15 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 35 | 1:54.051 | 4.168 | 221.080 | 15 | ||||
| 16 | 17 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber-Ferrari | 26 | 1:54.244 | 4.361 | 220.707 | Ret | ||||
| 17 | 21 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Renault | 38 | 1:54.571 | 4.688 | 220.077 | 14 | ||||
| 18 | 3 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 8 | 1:55.647 | 5.764 | 218.029 | Ret | ||||
| 19 | 25 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth | 38 | 1:56.319 | 6.436 | 216.769 | 17 | ||||
| 20 | 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 37 | 1:56.540 | 6.657 | 216.358 | 18 | ||||
| 21 | 18 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 4 | 1:56.790 | 6.907 | 215.895 | Ret | ||||
| 22 | 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT-Cosworth | 42 | 1:58.061 | 8.178 | 213.571 | 19 | ||||
| 23 | 22 | Daniel Ricciardo | HRT-Cosworth | 10 | 1:59.831 | 9.948 | 210.416 | Ret |
| Fastest lap progression | |||||||
| No | Driver | Time | Gain | Lap | Race time | ||
| 1 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | 1:57.378 | 2 | 3:57.065 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | 1:57.207 | 0.171 | 2 | 3:57.379 | |
| 3 | 6 | Felipe Massa | 1:57.067 | 0.140 | 2 | 3:57.968 | |
| 4 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | 1:56.493 | 0.574 | 2 | 3:58.840 | |
| 5 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | 1:55.708 | 0.785 | 3 | 5:53.087 | |
| 6 | 2 | Mark Webber | 1:54.957 | 0.751 | 5 | 10:04.583 | |
| 7 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | 1:54.733 | 0.224 | 7 | 13:50.389 | |
| 8 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | 1:53.924 | 0.809 | 8 | 15:44.313 | |
| 9 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | 1:53.747 | 0.177 | 11 | 21:36.655 | |
| 10 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | 1:53.399 | 0.348 | 12 | 23:30.054 | |
| 11 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | 1:52.281 | 1.118 | 18 | 37:58.307 | |
| 12 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | 1:51.974 | 0.307 | 19 | 39:50.281 | |
| 13 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | 1:51.844 | 0.130 | 31 | 1:02:45.026 | |
| 14 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | 1:51.015 | 0.829 | 32 | 1:04:30.610 | |
| 15 | 2 | Mark Webber | 1:49.883 | 1.132 | 33 | 1:06:32.763 | |