| P | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap | % | Avg Speed | Laps | |
| 1 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:24.010 | 100.0 | 248.242 | 15 | ||
| 2 | 3 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:24.133 | 0.123 | 100.1 | 247.879 | 15 | |
| 3 | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:24.247 | 0.237 | 100.3 | 247.544 | 16 | |
| 4 | 11 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:24.304 | 0.294 | 100.3 | 247.376 | 17 | |
| 5 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:24.540 | 0.530 | 100.6 | 246.686 | 14 | |
| 6 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1:24.802 | 0.792 | 100.9 | 245.923 | 22 | |
| 7 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:24.833 | 0.823 | 101.0 | 245.834 | 15 | |
| 8 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 1:24.855 | 0.845 | 101.0 | 245.770 | 18 | |
| 9 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:25.109 | 1.099 | 101.3 | 245.036 | 18 | |
| 10 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:25.678 | 1.668 | 102.0 | 243.409 | 16 | |
| 11 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:24.809 | 0.799 | 101.0 | 245.903 | 21 | |
| 12 | 18 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:24.820 | 0.810 | 101.0 | 245.871 | 17 | |
| 13 | 15 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:24.901 | 0.891 | 101.1 | 245.637 | 14 | |
| 14 | 19 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 1:25.042 | 1.032 | 101.2 | 245.229 | 16 | |
| 15 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:25.312 | 1.302 | 101.5 | 244.453 | 20 | |
| 16 | 10 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Lotus-Renault | 1:25.408 | 1.398 | 101.7 | 244.179 | 19 | |
| 17 | 17 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:25.441 | 1.431 | 101.7 | 244.084 | 18 | |
| 18 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1:26.382 | 2.372 | 102.8 | 241.425 | 11 | |
| 19 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1:26.887 | 2.877 | 103.4 | 240.022 | 11 | |
| 20 | 24 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:27.039 | 3.029 | 103.6 | 239.603 | 10 | |
| 21 | 25 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:27.073 | 3.063 | 103.6 | 239.509 | 9 | |
| 22 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1:27.441 | 3.431 | 104.1 | 238.501 | 9 | |
| 23 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1:27.629 | 3.619 | 104.3 | 237.990 | 10 | |
| 24 | 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | No Time | 2 |