| P | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap | % | Avg Speed | Laps | |
| 1 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:36.219 | 100.0 | 207.389 | 14 | ||
| 2 | 3 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:36.368 | 0.149 | 100.2 | 207.069 | 14 | |
| 3 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:36.391 | 0.172 | 100.2 | 207.019 | 14 | |
| 4 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:36.461 | 0.242 | 100.3 | 206.869 | 19 | |
| 5 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 1:36.461 | 0.242 | 100.3 | 206.869 | 13 | |
| 6 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1:36.634 | 0.415 | 100.4 | 206.499 | 14 | |
| 7 | 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:36.658 | 0.439 | 100.5 | 206.447 | 14 | |
| 8 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:36.664 | 0.445 | 100.5 | 206.435 | 14 | |
| 9 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:37.566 | 1.347 | 101.4 | 204.526 | 16 | |
| 10 | 15 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:37.698 | 1.479 | 101.5 | 204.250 | 17 | |
| 11 | 18 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:37.589 | 1.370 | 101.4 | 204.478 | 14 | |
| 12 | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:37.731 | 1.512 | 101.6 | 204.181 | 15 | |
| 13 | 19 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 1:37.841 | 1.622 | 101.7 | 203.951 | 13 | |
| 14 | 11 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:37.877 | 1.658 | 101.7 | 203.876 | 15 | |
| 15 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:37.883 | 1.664 | 101.7 | 203.864 | 14 | |
| 16 | 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:37.890 | 1.671 | 101.7 | 203.849 | 13 | |
| 17 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:38.069 | 1.850 | 101.9 | 203.477 | 12 | |
| 18 | 17 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:39.077 | 2.858 | 103.0 | 201.407 | 7 | |
| 19 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1:39.306 | 3.087 | 103.2 | 200.943 | 9 | |
| 20 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1:39.567 | 3.348 | 103.5 | 200.416 | 6 | |
| 21 | 24 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:40.903 | 4.684 | 104.9 | 197.762 | 8 | |
| 22 | 25 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:41.250 | 5.031 | 105.2 | 197.084 | 8 | |
| 23 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1:42.914 | 6.695 | 107.0 | 193.898 | 4 | |
| 24 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1:43.655 | 7.436 | 107.7 | 192.512 | 6 |