| P | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap | % | Avg Speed | Laps | |
| 1 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1:13.014 | 100.0 | 215.022 | 17 | ||
| 2 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:13.199 | 0.185 | 100.3 | 214.478 | 19 | |
| 3 | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:13.217 | 0.203 | 100.3 | 214.426 | 20 | |
| 4 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:13.429 | 0.415 | 100.6 | 213.807 | 22 | |
| 5 | 3 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:13.565 | 0.551 | 100.8 | 213.411 | 18 | |
| 6 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:13.814 | 0.800 | 101.1 | 212.691 | 14 | |
| 7 | 4 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:13.838 | 0.824 | 101.1 | 212.622 | 20 | |
| 8 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:13.864 | 0.850 | 101.2 | 212.547 | 14 | |
| 9 | 9 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1:14.062 | 1.048 | 101.4 | 211.979 | 27 | |
| 10 | 10 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:14.085 | 1.071 | 101.5 | 211.913 | 25 | |
| 11 | 15 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:14.752 | 1.738 | 102.4 | 210.022 | 19 | |
| 12 | 12 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Cosworth | 1:15.043 | 2.029 | 102.8 | 209.208 | 20 | |
| 13 | 16 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:15.285 | 2.271 | 103.1 | 208.536 | 21 | |
| 14 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:15.287 | 2.273 | 103.1 | 208.530 | 21 | |
| 15 | 18 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:15.334 | 2.320 | 103.2 | 208.400 | 18 | |
| 16 | 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:15.361 | 2.347 | 103.2 | 208.325 | 20 | |
| 17 | 17 | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:15.587 | 2.573 | 103.5 | 207.702 | 21 | |
| 18 | 19 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:16.294 | 3.280 | 104.5 | 205.778 | 10 | |
| 19 | 21 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Renault | 1:16.745 | 3.731 | 105.1 | 204.568 | 12 | |
| 20 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 1:16.786 | 3.772 | 105.2 | 204.459 | 10 | |
| 21 | 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT-Cosworth | 1:18.424 | 5.410 | 107.4 | 200.189 | 10 | |
| 22 | 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:18.537 | 5.523 | 107.6 | 199.901 | 12 | |
| 23 | 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1:18.574 | 5.560 | 107.6 | 199.807 | 11 | |
| 24 | 25 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:19.414 | 6.400 | 108.8 | 197.693 | 13 |