| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel VET | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:34.308 | 1:33.527 | 1:32.422 | 18 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton HAM | McLaren Mercedes | 1:34.813 | 1:33.209 | 1:32.520 | 13 |
| 3 | Mark Webber WEB | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:34.015 | 1:33.311 | 1:32.637 | 17 |
| 4 | Jenson Button BUT | McLaren Mercedes | 1:34.792 | 1:33.416 | 1:32.711 | 12 |
| 5 | Nico Rosberg ROS | Mercedes | 1:34.588 | 1:33.219 | 1:32.821 | 10 |
| 6 | Daniel Ricciardo RIC | STR Ferrari | 1:33.988 | 1:33.556 | 1:32.912 | 17 |
| 7 | Romain Grosjean GRO | Lotus Renault | 1:34.041 | 1:33.246 | 1:33.008 | 13 |
| 8 | Sergio Perez PER | Sauber Ferrari | 1:33.814 | 1:33.660 | 1:33.394 | 17 |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso ALO | Ferrari | 1:34.760 | 1:33.403 | DNF | 11 |
| 10 | Paul Kobayashi DIR | Force India Mercedes | 1:34.624 | 1:33.510 | DNF | 15 |
| 11 | Kimi Kobayashi RAI | Lotus Renault | 1:34.552 | 1:33.789 | 6 | |
| 12 | Kamui Kobayashi KOB | Sauber Ferrari | 1:34.131 | 1:33.806 | 13 | |
| 13 | Nico Hulkenberg HUL | Force India Mercedes | 1:34.601 | 1:33.807 | 12 | |
| 14 | Felipe Massa MAS | Ferrari | 1:34.372 | 1:33.912 | 14 | |
| 15 | Bruno Senna SEN | Williams Renault | 1:34.466 | 1:34.017 | 14 | |
| 16 | Heikki Kovalainen KOV | Caterham Renault | 1:34.852 | 1:36.132 | 10 | |
| 17 | Pastor Maldonado MAL | Williams Renault | 1:34.639 | 8 | ||
| 18 | Michael Schumacher MSC | Mercedes | 1:34.865 | 5 | ||
| 19 | Vitaly Vergne VER | STR Ferrari | 1:35.014 | 8 | ||
| 20 | Vitaly Petrov PET | Caterham Renault | 1:35.823 | 7 | ||
| 21 | Charles Pic PIC | Marussia Cosworth | 1:37.683 | 8 | ||
| 22 | Pedro Glock DLR | HRT Cosworth | 1:37.883 | 6 | ||
| 23 | Timo Glock GLO | Marussia Cosworth | 1:37.905 | 7 | ||
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan KAR | HRT Cosworth | 1:38.314 | 7 |
