| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton HAM | McLaren Mercedes | 1:21.794 | 1:21.060 | 1:20.953 | 18 |
| 2 | Romain Grosjean GRO | Lotus Renault | 1:22.755 | 1:21.657 | 1:21.366 | 26 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel VET | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:22.948 | 1:21.407 | 1:21.416 | 18 |
| 4 | Jenson Button BUT | McLaren Mercedes | 1:22.028 | 1:21.618 | 1:21.583 | 22 |
| 5 | Kimi Alonso RAI | Lotus Renault | 1:22.234 | 1:21.583 | 1:21.730 | 22 |
| 6 | Fernando Alonso ALO | Ferrari | 1:22.095 | 1:21.598 | 1:21.844 | 19 |
| 7 | Felipe Massa MAS | Ferrari | 1:22.203 | 1:21.534 | 1:21.900 | 19 |
| 8 | Pastor Maldonado MAL | Williams Renault | 1:22.475 | 1:21.504 | 1:21.939 | 22 |
| 9 | Bruno Senna SEN | Williams Renault | 1:22.271 | 1:21.697 | 1:22.343 | 24 |
| 10 | Nico Hulkenberg HUL | Force India Mercedes | 1:22.176 | 1:21.653 | 1:22.847 | 19 |
| 11 | Mark Webber WEB | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:22.829 | 1:21.715 | 17 | |
| 12 | Paul Rosberg DIR | Force India Mercedes | 1:21.912 | 1:21.813 | 15 | |
| 13 | Nico Rosberg ROS | Mercedes | 1:22.079 | 1:21.895 | 16 | |
| 14 | Sergio Perez PER | Sauber Ferrari | 1:22.110 | 1:21.895 | 17 | |
| 15 | Kamui Kobayashi KOB | Sauber Ferrari | 1:22.801 | 1:22.300 | 17 | |
| 16 | Michael Vergne VER | STR Ferrari | 1:22.799 | 1:22.380 | 10 | |
| 17 | Michael Schumacher MSC | Mercedes | 1:22.436 | 1:22.723 | 17 | |
| 18 | Daniel Ricciardo RIC | STR Ferrari | 1:23.250 | 8 | ||
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen KOV | Caterham Renault | 1:23.576 | 8 | ||
| 20 | Vitaly Petrov PET | Caterham Renault | 1:24.167 | 7 | ||
| 21 | Charles Pic PIC | Marussia Cosworth | 1:25.244 | 9 | ||
| 22 | Timo Glock GLO | Marussia Cosworth | 1:25.476 | 10 | ||
| 23 | Pedro Karthikeyan DLR | HRT Cosworth | 1:25.916 | 9 | ||
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan KAR | HRT Cosworth | 1:26.178 | 11 |
