| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel VET | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:26.387 | 1:25.435 | 1:25.283 | 13 |
| 2 | Mark Webber WEB | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:26.744 | 1:25.610 | 1:25.327 | 17 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton HAM | McLaren Mercedes | 1:26.516 | 1:25.816 | 1:25.544 | 23 |
| 4 | Jenson Button BUT | McLaren Mercedes | 1:26.564 | 1:25.467 | 1:25.659 | 21 |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso ALO | Ferrari | 1:26.829 | 1:25.834 | 1:25.773 | 21 |
| 6 | Felipe Massa MAS | Ferrari | 1:26.939 | 1:26.111 | 1:25.857 | 18 |
| 7 | Kimi Perez RAI | Lotus Renault | 1:26.740 | 1:26.101 | 1:26.236 | 25 |
| 8 | Sergio Perez PER | Sauber Ferrari | 1:27.179 | 1:26.076 | 1:26.360 | 23 |
| 9 | Pastor Maldonado MAL | Williams Renault | 1:26.048 | 1:25.983 | 1:26.713 | 24 |
| 10 | Nico Rosberg ROS | Mercedes | 1:26.458 | 1:25.976 | DNF | 23 |
| 11 | Romain Grosjean GRO | Lotus Renault | 1:26.897 | 1:26.136 | 16 | |
| 12 | Nico Hulkenberg HUL | Force India Mercedes | 1:27.185 | 1:26.241 | 20 | |
| 13 | Bruno Senna SEN | Williams Renault | 1:26.851 | 1:26.331 | 19 | |
| 14 | Michael Schumacher MSC | Mercedes | 1:27.482 | 1:26.574 | 19 | |
| 15 | Daniel Ricciardo RIC | STR Ferrari | 1:27.006 | 1:26.777 | 19 | |
| 16 | Paul Kobayashi DIR | Force India Mercedes | 1:27.462 | 1:26.989 | 19 | |
| 17 | Kamui Kobayashi KOB | Sauber Ferrari | 1:27.517 | 1:27.219 | 17 | |
| 18 | Vitaly Vergne VER | STR Ferrari | 1:27.525 | 11 | ||
| 19 | Vitaly Petrov PET | Caterham Renault | 1:28.756 | 10 | ||
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen KOV | Caterham Renault | 1:29.500 | 10 | ||
| 21 | Timo Glock GLO | Marussia Cosworth | 1:29.613 | 11 | ||
| 22 | Pedro Karthikeyan DLR | HRT Cosworth | 1:30.592 | 8 | ||
| 23 | Narain Karthikeyan KAR | HRT Cosworth | 1:30.593 | 10 | ||
| 24 | Charles Pic PIC | Marussia Cosworth | 1:30.662 | 11 |