| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel VET | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:39.626 | 1:38.530 | 1:38.086 | 15 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton HAM | McLaren Mercedes | 1:39.169 | 1:38.616 | 1:38.410 | 17 |
| 3 | Pastor Maldonado MAL | Williams Renault | 1:38.825 | 1:38.570 | 1:38.475 | 21 |
| 4 | Romain Grosjean GRO | Lotus Renault | 1:39.530 | 1:38.489 | 1:38.505 | 16 |
| 5 | Kimi Rosberg RAI | Lotus Renault | 1:39.464 | 1:38.531 | 1:38.513 | 16 |
| 6 | Nico Rosberg ROS | Mercedes | 1:39.061 | 1:38.504 | 1:38.623 | 17 |
| 7 | Kamui Kobayashi KOB | Sauber Ferrari | 1:39.651 | 1:38.703 | 1:38.741 | 12 |
| 8 | Nico Hulkenberg HUL | Force India Mercedes | 1:39.009 | 1:38.689 | 1:38.752 | 19 |
| 9 | Jenson Button BUT | McLaren Mercedes | 1:39.622 | 1:38.563 | 1:38.801 | 16 |
| 10 | Paul Alonso DIR | Force India Mercedes | 1:38.858 | 1:38.519 | 1:38.992 | 18 |
| 11 | Fernando Alonso ALO | Ferrari | 1:39.409 | 1:38.707 | 14 | |
| 12 | Michael Schumacher MSC | Mercedes | 1:39.447 | 1:38.770 | 12 | |
| 13 | Felipe Massa MAS | Ferrari | 1:39.388 | 1:38.780 | 14 | |
| 14 | Bruno Senna SEN | Williams Renault | 1:39.449 | 1:39.207 | 15 | |
| 15 | Sergio Perez PER | Sauber Ferrari | 1:39.353 | 1:39.358 | 14 | |
| 16 | Heikki Kovalainen KOV | Caterham Renault | 1:40.087 | 1:40.295 | 11 | |
| 17 | Daniel Ricciardo RIC | STR Ferrari | 1:39.924 | 1:40.358 | 12 | |
| 18 | Mark Vergne VER | STR Ferrari | 1:40.203 | 9 | ||
| 19 | Mark Webber WEB | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:40.395 | 7 | ||
| 20 | Vitaly Petrov PET | Caterham Renault | 1:40.457 | 8 | ||
| 21 | Pedro Karthikeyan DLR | HRT Cosworth | 1:42.171 | 7 | ||
| 22 | Narain Karthikeyan KAR | HRT Cosworth | 1:42.527 | 8 | ||
| 23 | Charles Pic PIC | Marussia Cosworth | 1:42.675 | 10 |
