| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel VET | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:26.218 | 1:24.657 | 1:24.178 | 16 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton HAM | McLaren Mercedes | 1:26.563 | 1:25.019 | 1:24.474 | 18 |
| 3 | Mark Webber WEB | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:26.473 | 1:25.282 | 1:24.508 | 17 |
| 4 | Fernando Alonso ALO | Ferrari | 1:26.774 | 1:25.158 | 1:24.519 | 19 |
| 5 | Jenson Button BUT | McLaren Mercedes | 1:26.225 | 1:25.299 | 1:24.950 | 20 |
| 6 | Felipe Massa MAS | Ferrari | 1:27.012 | 1:25.522 | 1:25.122 | 18 |
| 7 | Nico Rosberg ROS | Mercedes | 1:26.364 | 1:25.555 | 1:25.451 | 19 |
| 8 | Adrian Sutil SUT | Force India Mercedes | 1:26.271 | 1:26.140 | DNF | 19 |
| 9 | Sebastien Buemi BUE | STR Ferrari | 1:26.608 | 1:26.161 | DNF | 19 |
| 10 | Jaime Alguersuari ALG | STR Ferrari | 1:26.557 | 1:26.319 | DNF | 19 |
| 11 | Vitaly Petrov PET | Renault | 1:26.189 | 1:26.319 | 20 | |
| 12 | Michael Schumacher MSC | Mercedes | 1:26.790 | 1:26.337 | 17 | |
| 13 | Paul Maldonado DIR | Force India Mercedes | 1:26.864 | 1:26.503 | 15 | |
| 14 | Pastor Maldonado MAL | Williams Cosworth | 1:26.829 | 1:26.537 | 18 | |
| 15 | Bruno Senna SEN | Renault | 1:26.766 | 1:26.651 | 16 | |
| 16 | Rubens Barrichello BAR | Williams Cosworth | 1:27.479 | 1:27.247 | 17 | |
| 17 | Sergio Perez PER | Sauber Ferrari | 1:27.249 | 1:27.562 | 10 | |
| 18 | Kamui Kobayashi KOB | Sauber Ferrari | 1:27.876 | 6 | ||
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen KOV | Lotus Renault | 1:28.565 | 13 | ||
| 20 | Jarno Trulli TRU | Lotus Renault | 1:28.752 | 13 | ||
| 21 | Daniel Ricciardo RIC | HRT Cosworth | 1:30.216 | 11 | ||
| 22 | Narain Karthikeyan KAR | HRT Cosworth | 1:30.238 | 11 | ||
| 23 | Jerome Glock DAM | Virgin Cosworth | 1:30.866 | 14 | ||
| NC | Timo Glock GLO | Virgin Cosworth | 1:34.046 | 3 |
