| Pos | Driver | Team | Lap | Time of Day | Time | Avg Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Hulkenberg HUL | Force India Mercedes | 52 | 1:51.033 | ||
| 2 | Kamui Kobayashi KOB | Sauber Ferrari | 52 | 1:51.690 | ||
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel VET | Red Bull Racing Renault | 50 | 1:52.134 | ||
| 4 | Jenson Button BUT | McLaren Mercedes | 47 | 1:52.625 | ||
| 5 | Fernando Alonso ALO | Ferrari | 53 | 1:52.709 | ||
| 6 | Mark Webber WEB | Red Bull Racing Renault | 51 | 1:52.778 | ||
| 7 | Paul Vergne DIR | Force India Mercedes | 54 | 1:52.931 | ||
| 8 | Bruno Vergne VER | STR Ferrari | 28 | 1:53.510 | ||
| 9 | Bruno Senna SEN | Williams Renault | 27 | 1:53.610 | ||
| 10 | Sergio Perez PER | Sauber Ferrari | 53 | 1:53.726 | ||
| 11 | Kimi Rosberg RAI | Lotus Renault | 53 | 1:53.785 | ||
| 12 | Nico Rosberg ROS | Mercedes | 55 | 1:53.897 | ||
| 13 | Felipe Massa MAS | Ferrari | 47 | 1:53.997 | ||
| 14 | Romain Grosjean GRO | Lotus Renault | 56 | 1:54.123 | ||
| 15 | Daniel Ricciardo RIC | STR Ferrari | 53 | 1:54.267 | ||
| 16 | Pastor Maldonado MAL | Williams Renault | 27 | 1:55.120 | ||
| 17 | Vitaly Petrov PET | Caterham Renault | 44 | 1:55.140 | ||
| 18 | Heikki Kovalainen KOV | Caterham Renault | 48 | 1:55.233 | ||
| 19 | Lewis Hamilton HAM | McLaren Mercedes | 14 | 1:55.541 | ||
| 20 | Michael Schumacher MSC | Mercedes | 26 | 1:56.047 | ||
| 21 | Timo Glock GLO | Marussia Cosworth | 30 | 1:56.057 | ||
| 22 | Charles Pic PIC | Marussia Cosworth | 37 | 1:56.486 | ||
| 23 | Pedro Karthikeyan DLR | HRT Cosworth | 48 | 1:57.671 | ||
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan KAR | HRT Cosworth | 26 | 1:58.507 |
