| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jenson Button BUT | McLaren Mercedes | 1:49.250 | 1:47.654 | 1:47.573 | 14 |
| 2 | Kamui Kobayashi KOB | Sauber Ferrari | 1:49.686 | 1:48.569 | 1:47.871 | 18 |
| 3 | Pastor Maldonado MAL | Williams Renault | 1:48.993 | 1:48.780 | 1:47.893 | 20 |
| 4 | Kimi Perez RAI | Lotus Renault | 1:49.546 | 1:48.414 | 1:48.205 | 14 |
| 5 | Sergio Perez PER | Sauber Ferrari | 1:49.642 | 1:47.980 | 1:48.219 | 16 |
| 6 | Fernando Alonso ALO | Ferrari | 1:49.401 | 1:48.598 | 1:48.313 | 15 |
| 7 | Mark Webber WEB | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:49.859 | 1:48.546 | 1:48.392 | 13 |
| 8 | Lewis Hamilton HAM | McLaren Mercedes | 1:49.605 | 1:48.563 | 1:48.394 | 16 |
| 9 | Romain Grosjean GRO | Lotus Renault | 1:50.126 | 1:48.714 | 1:48.538 | 18 |
| 10 | Paul Vettel DIR | Force India Mercedes | 1:50.033 | 1:48.729 | 1:48.890 | 19 |
| 11 | Sebastian Vettel VET | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:49.722 | 1:48.792 | 12 | |
| 12 | Nico Hulkenberg HUL | Force India Mercedes | 1:49.362 | 1:48.855 | 13 | |
| 13 | Michael Schumacher MSC | Mercedes | 1:49.742 | 1:49.081 | 14 | |
| 14 | Felipe Massa MAS | Ferrari | 1:49.588 | 1:49.147 | 13 | |
| 15 | Daniel Vergne VER | STR Ferrari | 1:49.763 | 1:49.354 | 13 | |
| 16 | Daniel Ricciardo RIC | STR Ferrari | 1:49.572 | 1:49.543 | 13 | |
| 17 | Bruno Senna SEN | Williams Renault | 1:49.958 | 1:50.088 | 15 | |
| 18 | Nico Rosberg ROS | Mercedes | 1:50.181 | 10 | ||
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen KOV | Caterham Renault | 1:51.739 | 7 | ||
| 20 | Vitaly Petrov PET | Caterham Renault | 1:51.967 | 6 | ||
| 21 | Timo Glock GLO | Marussia Cosworth | 1:52.336 | 8 | ||
| 22 | Pedro Pic DLR | HRT Cosworth | 1:53.030 | 6 | ||
| 23 | Charles Pic PIC | Marussia Cosworth | 1:53.493 | 6 | ||
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan KAR | HRT Cosworth | 1:54.989 | 8 |
