| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton HAM | McLaren Mercedes | 1:41.497 | 1:40.901 | 1:40.630 | 15 |
| 2 | Mark Webber WEB | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:41.933 | 1:41.277 | 1:40.978 | 17 |
| 3 | Pastor Maldonado MAL | Williams Renault | 1:41.981 | 1:41.907 | 1:41.226 | 22 |
| 4 | Kimi Button RAI | Lotus Renault | 1:42.222 | 1:41.532 | 1:41.260 | 20 |
| 5 | Jenson Button BUT | McLaren Mercedes | 1:42.342 | 1:41.873 | 1:41.290 | 20 |
| 6 | Fernando Alonso ALO | Ferrari | 1:41.939 | 1:41.514 | 1:41.582 | 17 |
| 7 | Nico Rosberg ROS | Mercedes | 1:41.926 | 1:41.698 | 1:41.603 | 17 |
| 8 | Felipe Massa MAS | Ferrari | 1:41.974 | 1:41.846 | 1:41.723 | 17 |
| 9 | Romain Grosjean GRO | Lotus Renault | 1:42.046 | 1:41.620 | 1:41.778 | 24 |
| 10 | Nico Hulkenberg HUL | Force India Mercedes | 1:42.579 | 1:42.019 | 16 | |
| 11 | Sergio Perez PER | Sauber Ferrari | 1:42.624 | 1:42.084 | 17 | |
| 12 | Paul Schumacher DIR | Force India Mercedes | 1:42.572 | 1:42.218 | 16 | |
| 13 | Michael Schumacher MSC | Mercedes | 1:42.735 | 1:42.289 | 14 | |
| 14 | Bruno Senna SEN | Williams Renault | 1:43.298 | 1:42.330 | 18 | |
| 15 | Kamui Kobayashi KOB | Sauber Ferrari | 1:43.582 | 1:42.606 | 17 | |
| 16 | Daniel Ricciardo RIC | STR Ferrari | 1:43.280 | 1:42.765 | 14 | |
| 17 | Heikki Vergne VER | STR Ferrari | 1:44.058 | 9 | ||
| 18 | Heikki Kovalainen KOV | Caterham Renault | 1:44.956 | 11 | ||
| 19 | Charles Pic PIC | Marussia Cosworth | 1:45.089 | 10 | ||
| 20 | Vitaly Petrov PET | Caterham Renault | 1:45.151 | 11 | ||
| 21 | Timo Glock GLO | Marussia Cosworth | 1:45.426 | 9 | ||
| 22 | Pedro Karthikeyan DLR | HRT Cosworth | 1:45.766 | 8 | ||
| 23 | Narain Karthikeyan KAR | HRT Cosworth | 1:46.382 | 9 |
