| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Webber WEB | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:38.397 | 1:38.220 | 1:37.242 | 17 |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel VET | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:38.208 | 1:37.767 | 1:37.316 | 13 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton HAM | McLaren Mercedes | 1:39.180 | 1:38.000 | 1:37.469 | 16 |
| 4 | Fernando Alonso ALO | Ferrari | 1:39.144 | 1:37.987 | 1:37.534 | 19 |
| 5 | Kimi Massa RAI | Lotus Renault | 1:38.887 | 1:38.227 | 1:37.625 | 17 |
| 6 | Felipe Massa MAS | Ferrari | 1:38.937 | 1:38.253 | 1:37.884 | 16 |
| 7 | Romain Grosjean GRO | Lotus Renault | 1:38.863 | 1:38.275 | 1:37.934 | 20 |
| 8 | Nico Hulkenberg HUL | Force India Mercedes | 1:38.981 | 1:38.428 | 1:38.266 | 18 |
| 9 | Nico Rosberg ROS | Mercedes | 1:38.999 | 1:38.417 | 1:38.361 | 17 |
| 10 | Michael Schumacher MSC | Mercedes | 1:38.808 | 1:38.436 | 1:38.513 | 18 |
| 11 | Jenson Button BUT | McLaren Mercedes | 1:38.615 | 1:38.441 | 11 | |
| 12 | Sergio Perez PER | Sauber Ferrari | 1:38.630 | 1:38.460 | 13 | |
| 13 | Kamui Kobayashi KOB | Sauber Ferrari | 1:38.719 | 1:38.594 | 14 | |
| 14 | Paul Maldonado DIR | Force India Mercedes | 1:38.942 | 1:38.643 | 15 | |
| 15 | Pastor Maldonado MAL | Williams Renault | 1:39.024 | 1:38.725 | 16 | |
| 16 | Daniel Ricciardo RIC | STR Ferrari | 1:38.784 | 1:39.084 | 13 | |
| 17 | Bruno Vergne VER | STR Ferrari | 1:38.744 | 1:39.340 | 14 | |
| 18 | Bruno Senna SEN | Williams Renault | 1:39.443 | 9 | ||
| 19 | Vitaly Petrov PET | Caterham Renault | 1:40.207 | 7 | ||
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen KOV | Caterham Renault | 1:40.333 | 10 | ||
| 21 | Charles Pic PIC | Marussia Cosworth | 1:41.317 | 8 | ||
| 22 | Timo Glock GLO | Marussia Cosworth | 1:41.371 | 8 | ||
| 23 | Pedro Karthikeyan DLR | HRT Cosworth | 1:42.881 | 7 | ||
| NC | Narain Karthikeyan KAR | HRT Cosworth | DNS | 1 |
