| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton HAM | McLaren Mercedes | 1:26.800 | 1:25.626 | 1:24.922 | 14 |
| 2 | Jenson Button BUT | McLaren Mercedes | 1:26.832 | 1:25.663 | 1:25.074 | 15 |
| 3 | Romain Grosjean GRO | Lotus Renault | 1:26.498 | 1:25.845 | 1:25.302 | 21 |
| 4 | Michael Schumacher MSC | Mercedes | 1:26.586 | 1:25.571 | 1:25.336 | 18 |
| 5 | Mark Webber WEB | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:27.117 | 1:26.297 | 1:25.651 | 17 |
| 6 | Sebastian Vettel VET | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:26.773 | 1:25.982 | 1:25.668 | 18 |
| 7 | Nico Rosberg ROS | Mercedes | 1:26.763 | 1:25.469 | 1:25.686 | 16 |
| 8 | Pastor Maldonado MAL | Williams Renault | 1:26.803 | 1:26.206 | 1:25.908 | 20 |
| 9 | Nico Hulkenberg HUL | Force India Mercedes | 1:27.464 | 1:26.314 | 1:26.451 | 18 |
| 10 | Daniel Ricciardo RIC | STR Ferrari | 1:27.024 | 1:26.319 | DNS | 16 |
| 11 | Fernando Vergne VER | STR Ferrari | 1:26.493 | 1:26.429 | 12 | |
| 12 | Fernando Alonso ALO | Ferrari | 1:26.688 | 1:26.494 | 12 | |
| 13 | Kamui Kobayashi KOB | Sauber Ferrari | 1:26.182 | 1:26.590 | 12 | |
| 14 | Bruno Senna SEN | Williams Renault | 1:27.004 | 1:26.663 | 16 | |
| 15 | Paul Massa DIR | Force India Mercedes | 1:27.469 | 1:27.086 | 16 | |
| 16 | Felipe Massa MAS | Ferrari | 1:27.633 | 1:27.497 | 16 | |
| 17 | Sergio Perez PER | Sauber Ferrari | 1:26.596 | DNF | 11 | |
| 18 | Kimi Kovalainen RAI | Lotus Renault | 1:27.758 | 9 | ||
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen KOV | Caterham Renault | 1:28.679 | 7 | ||
| 20 | Vitaly Petrov PET | Caterham Renault | 1:29.018 | 8 | ||
| 21 | Timo Glock GLO | Marussia Cosworth | 1:30.923 | 10 | ||
| 22 | Charles Pic PIC | Marussia Cosworth | 1:31.670 | 9 | ||
| NC | Pedro Karthikeyan DLR | HRT Cosworth | 1:33.495 | 6 | ||
| NC | Narain Karthikeyan KAR | HRT Cosworth | 1:33.643 | 6 |
