| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fernando Alonso ALO | Ferrari | 1:46.515 | 1:56.921 | 1:51.746 | 25 |
| 2 | Mark Webber WEB | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:47.276 | 1:55.898 | 1:51.793 | 23 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher MSC | Mercedes | 1:46.571 | 1:55.799 | 1:52.020 | 22 |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel VET | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:46.279 | 1:56.931 | 1:52.199 | 23 |
| 5 | Felipe Massa MAS | Ferrari | 1:47.401 | 1:56.388 | 1:53.065 | 24 |
| 6 | Kimi Maldonado RAI | Lotus Renault | 1:47.309 | 1:56.469 | 1:53.290 | 24 |
| 7 | Pastor Maldonado MAL | Williams Renault | 1:46.449 | 1:56.802 | 1:53.539 | 25 |
| 8 | Lewis Hamilton HAM | McLaren Mercedes | 1:47.433 | 1:54.897 | 1:53.543 | 25 |
| 9 | Nico Hulkenberg HUL | Force India Mercedes | 1:46.334 | 1:55.556 | 1:54.382 | 22 |
| 10 | Romain Grosjean GRO | Lotus Renault | 1:47.043 | 1:56.388 | 20 | |
| 11 | Paul Kobayashi DIR | Force India Mercedes | 1:47.582 | 1:57.009 | 19 | |
| 12 | Kamui Kobayashi KOB | Sauber Ferrari | 1:46.649 | 1:57.071 | 18 | |
| 13 | Nico Rosberg ROS | Mercedes | 1:47.724 | 1:57.108 | 17 | |
| 14 | Daniel Ricciardo RIC | STR Ferrari | 1:47.266 | 1:57.132 | 18 | |
| 15 | Bruno Senna SEN | Williams Renault | 1:47.105 | 1:57.426 | 19 | |
| 16 | Sergio Vergne VER | STR Ferrari | 1:47.705 | 1:57.719 | 18 | |
| 17 | Sergio Perez PER | Sauber Ferrari | 1:46.494 | 1:57.895 | 19 | |
| 18 | Jenson Button BUT | McLaren Mercedes | 1:48.044 | 12 | ||
| 19 | Vitaly Petrov PET | Caterham Renault | 1:49.027 | 10 | ||
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen KOV | Caterham Renault | 1:49.477 | 10 | ||
| 21 | Timo Glock GLO | Marussia Cosworth | 1:51.618 | 10 | ||
| 22 | Pedro Karthikeyan DLR | HRT Cosworth | 1:52.742 | 11 | ||
| 23 | Narain Karthikeyan KAR | HRT Cosworth | 1:53.040 | 10 | ||
| NC | Charles Pic PIC | Marussia Cosworth | 1:54.143 | 10 |
