| P | No | Driver | Constructor | Lap | Time | Gap | Avg Speed | Race | ||||
| 1 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 50 | 1:34.661 | 224.037 | 5 | |||||
| 2 | 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 50 | 1:34.884 | 0.223 | 223.511 | 6 | ||||
| 3 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 52 | 1:34.897 | 0.236 | 223.480 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 49 | 1:34.934 | 0.273 | 223.393 | 1 | ||||
| 5 | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 50 | 1:35.041 | 0.380 | 223.142 | 4 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 52 | 1:35.191 | 0.530 | 222.790 | 7 | ||||
| 7 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 49 | 1:35.385 | 0.724 | 222.337 | 2 | ||||
| 8 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 49 | 1:35.448 | 0.787 | 222.190 | 13 | ||||
| 9 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 48 | 1:35.478 | 0.817 | 222.120 | 11 | ||||
| 10 | 17 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 49 | 1:35.514 | 0.853 | 222.037 | 14 | ||||
| 11 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 49 | 1:35.750 | 1.089 | 221.489 | 15 | ||||
| 12 | 19 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 48 | 1:35.863 | 1.202 | 221.228 | 9 | ||||
| 13 | 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 37 | 1:35.981 | 1.320 | 220.956 | 12 | ||||
| 14 | 3 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 52 | 1:36.086 | 1.425 | 220.715 | 10 | ||||
| 15 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 44 | 1:36.173 | 1.512 | 220.515 | 8 | ||||
| 16 | 24 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 50 | 1:37.422 | 2.761 | 217.688 | 18 | ||||
| 17 | 18 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 34 | 1:37.515 | 2.854 | 217.480 | 16 | ||||
| 18 | 25 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 50 | 1:38.008 | 3.347 | 216.386 | 19 | ||||
| 19 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 37 | 1:38.050 | 3.389 | 216.294 | 17 | ||||
| 20 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 50 | 1:38.339 | 3.678 | 215.658 | 21 | ||||
| 21 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 44 | 1:39.618 | 4.957 | 212.889 | 20 | ||||
| 22 | 15 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber-Ferrari | 3 | 1:39.781 | 5.120 | 212.541 | Ret |