| P | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap | % | Avg Speed | Laps | |
| 1 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1:19.815 | 100.0 | 197.602 | 14 | ||
| 2 | 3 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:19.978 | 0.163 | 100.2 | 197.199 | 12 | |
| 3 | 4 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:20.024 | 0.209 | 100.3 | 197.086 | 15 | |
| 4 | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:20.350 | 0.535 | 100.7 | 196.286 | 15 | |
| 5 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:20.365 | 0.550 | 100.7 | 196.250 | 15 | |
| 6 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:20.474 | 0.659 | 100.8 | 195.984 | 16 | |
| 7 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:21.098 | 1.283 | 101.6 | 194.476 | 12 | |
| 8 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:21.445 | 1.630 | 102.0 | 193.647 | 19 | |
| 9 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:21.907 | 2.092 | 102.6 | 192.555 | 17 | |
| 10 | 17 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber-Ferrari | No Time | 16 | ||||
| 11 | 15 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:22.256 | 2.441 | 103.1 | 191.738 | 13 | |
| 12 | 10 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:22.284 | 2.469 | 103.1 | 191.673 | 14 | |
| 13 | 16 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:22.435 | 2.620 | 103.3 | 191.322 | 16 | |
| 14 | 9 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1:22.470 | 2.655 | 103.3 | 191.240 | 14 | |
| 15 | 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:22.684 | 2.869 | 103.6 | 190.745 | 16 | |
| 16 | 19 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:22.979 | 3.164 | 104.0 | 190.067 | 10 | |
| 17 | 12 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Cosworth | No Time | 9 | ||||
| 18 | 18 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:24.070 | 4.255 | 105.3 | 187.601 | 9 | |
| 19 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 1:24.362 | 4.547 | 105.7 | 186.951 | 8 | |
| 20 | 21 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Renault | 1:24.534 | 4.719 | 105.9 | 186.571 | 7 | |
| 21 | 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:26.294 | 6.479 | 108.1 | 182.766 | 10 | |
| 22 | 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT-Cosworth | 1:26.323 | 6.508 | 108.2 | 182.704 | 11 | |
| 23 | 22 | Daniel Ricciardo | HRT-Cosworth | 1:26.479 | 6.664 | 108.3 | 182.375 | 11 | |
| 24 | 25 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:26.510 | 6.695 | 108.4 | 182.310 | 8 |