| P | No | Driver | Constructor | Lap | Time | Gap | Avg Speed | Race | ||||
| 1 | 4 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 52 | 1:36.568 | 216.482 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | 17 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber-Ferrari | 39 | 1:36.569 | 0.001 | 216.479 | 8 | ||||
| 3 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 50 | 1:36.614 | 0.046 | 216.379 | 10 | ||||
| 4 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 50 | 1:36.682 | 0.114 | 216.226 | 2 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 47 | 1:36.828 | 0.260 | 215.900 | 4 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 52 | 1:36.916 | 0.348 | 215.704 | 3 | ||||
| 7 | 10 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 47 | 1:37.053 | 0.485 | 215.400 | 9 | ||||
| 8 | 19 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 41 | 1:37.411 | 0.843 | 214.608 | 15 | ||||
| 9 | 3 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 49 | 1:37.645 | 1.077 | 214.094 | 5 | ||||
| 10 | 12 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Cosworth | 50 | 1:37.645 | 1.077 | 214.094 | 14 | ||||
| 11 | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 50 | 1:37.800 | 1.232 | 213.755 | 7 | ||||
| 12 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 53 | 1:37.916 | 1.348 | 213.501 | 6 | ||||
| 13 | 15 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 43 | 1:37.970 | 1.402 | 213.384 | 12 | ||||
| 14 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 43 | 1:38.133 | 1.565 | 213.029 | 11 | ||||
| 15 | 9 | Bruno Senna | Renault | 42 | 1:38.407 | 1.839 | 212.436 | 16 | ||||
| 16 | 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 53 | 1:39.080 | 2.512 | 210.993 | 17 | ||||
| 17 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 50 | 1:39.297 | 2.729 | 210.532 | 18 | ||||
| 18 | 21 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Renault | 49 | 1:39.561 | 2.993 | 209.974 | 19 | ||||
| 19 | 16 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 44 | 1:39.724 | 3.156 | 209.631 | 13 | ||||
| 20 | 22 | Daniel Ricciardo | HRT-Cosworth | 49 | 1:41.437 | 4.869 | 206.090 | 22 | ||||
| 21 | 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 46 | 1:41.704 | 5.136 | 205.549 | 20 | ||||
| 22 | 25 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth | 45 | 1:41.794 | 5.226 | 205.368 | 21 | ||||
| 23 | 18 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 6 | 1:42.107 | 5.539 | 204.738 | Ret | ||||
| 24 | 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT-Cosworth | 37 | 1:42.409 | 5.841 | 204.134 | 23 |
| Fastest lap progression | |||||||
| No | Driver | Time | Gain | Lap | Race time | ||
| 1 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | 1:40.120 | 2 | 3:20.377 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | 1:39.852 | 0.268 | 3 | 5:00.229 | |
| 3 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | 1:39.783 | 0.069 | 5 | 8:19.894 | |
| 4 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | 1:39.465 | 0.318 | 12 | 20:25.820 | |
| 5 | 4 | Jenson Button | 1:39.187 | 0.278 | 12 | 20:28.351 | |
| 6 | 4 | Jenson Button | 1:39.093 | 0.094 | 16 | 27:06.156 | |
| 7 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | 1:39.041 | 0.052 | 21 | 35:42.534 | |
| 8 | 2 | Mark Webber | 1:39.026 | 0.015 | 21 | 35:49.586 | |
| 9 | 4 | Jenson Button | 1:38.498 | 0.528 | 22 | 37:20.256 | |
| 10 | 4 | Jenson Button | 1:37.576 | 0.922 | 28 | 49:49.273 | |
| 11 | 4 | Jenson Button | 1:37.527 | 0.049 | 29 | 51:26.800 | |
| 12 | 4 | Jenson Button | 1:37.519 | 0.008 | 30 | 53:04.319 | |
| 13 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | 1:37.449 | 0.070 | 37 | 1:04:54.823 | |
| 14 | 4 | Jenson Button | 1:37.317 | 0.132 | 38 | 1:06:28.046 | |
| 15 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | 1:36.931 | 0.386 | 38 | 1:06:31.754 | |
| 16 | 17 | Sergio Pérez | 1:36.569 | 0.362 | 39 | 1:08:33.854 | |
| 17 | 4 | Jenson Button | 1:36.568 | 0.001 | 52 | 1:29:14.660 | |