| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel VET | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:32.608 | 1:31.501 | 1:30.839 | 11 |
| 2 | Mark Webber WEB | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:32.951 | 1:31.950 | 1:31.090 | 15 |
| 3 | Jenson Button BUT | McLaren Mercedes | 1:33.077 | 1:31.772 | 1:31.290 | 14 |
| 4 | Kamui Kobayashi KOB | Sauber Ferrari | 1:32.042 | 1:31.886 | 1:31.700 | 16 |
| 5 | Romain Grosjean GRO | Lotus Renault | 1:32.029 | 1:31.988 | 1:31.898 | 20 |
| 6 | Sergio Perez PER | Sauber Ferrari | 1:32.147 | 1:32.169 | 1:32.022 | 20 |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso ALO | Ferrari | 1:32.459 | 1:31.833 | 1:32.114 | 17 |
| 8 | Kimi Hamilton RAI | Lotus Renault | 1:32.221 | 1:31.826 | 1:32.208 | 18 |
| 9 | Lewis Hamilton HAM | McLaren Mercedes | 1:33.061 | 1:32.121 | 1:32.327 | 17 |
| 10 | Nico Hulkenberg HUL | Force India Mercedes | 1:32.828 | 1:32.272 | DNF | 12 |
| 11 | Felipe Massa MAS | Ferrari | 1:32.946 | 1:32.293 | 12 | |
| 12 | Paul Schumacher DIR | Force India Mercedes | 1:32.898 | 1:32.327 | 14 | |
| 13 | Michael Schumacher MSC | Mercedes | 1:33.349 | 1:32.469 | 10 | |
| 14 | Pastor Maldonado MAL | Williams Renault | 1:32.834 | 1:32.512 | 11 | |
| 15 | Nico Rosberg ROS | Mercedes | 1:33.015 | 1:32.625 | 16 | |
| 16 | Daniel Ricciardo RIC | STR Ferrari | 1:33.059 | 1:32.954 | 14 | |
| 17 | Bruno Vergne VER | STR Ferrari | 1:33.370 | 1:33.368 | 14 | |
| 18 | Bruno Senna SEN | Williams Renault | 1:33.405 | 8 | ||
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen KOV | Caterham Renault | 1:34.657 | 6 | ||
| 20 | Timo Glock GLO | Marussia Cosworth | 1:35.213 | 8 | ||
| 21 | Pedro Pic DLR | HRT Cosworth | 1:35.385 | 6 | ||
| 22 | Charles Pic PIC | Marussia Cosworth | 1:35.429 | 8 | ||
| 23 | Vitaly Petrov PET | Caterham Renault | 1:35.432 | 8 | ||
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan KAR | HRT Cosworth | 1:36.734 | 6 |
