| Pos | Num | Piloto | Escuderia | Tiempo | Dif. | Vueltas | |
| 1 | 16 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:25.808 | 21 | ||
| 2 | 9 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:25.811 | 0.003 | 19 | |
| 3 | 22 | Jenson Button | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:25.981 | 0.173 | 20 | |
| 4 | 3 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:26.020 | 0.212 | 17 | |
| 5 | 17 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:26.078 | 0.270 | 18 | |
| 6 | 23 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:26.348 | 0.540 | 19 | |
| 7 | 14 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:26.355 | 0.547 | 16 | |
| 8 | 10 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:26.410 | 0.602 | 25 | |
| 9 | 5 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:26.514 | 0.706 | 18 | |
| 10 | 6 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:26.555 | 0.747 | 19 | |
| 11 | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:26.652 | 0.844 | 13 | |
| 12 | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:26.714 | 0.906 | 18 | |
| 13 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:27.009 | 1.201 | 12 | |
| 14 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:27.062 | 1.254 | 12 | |
| 15 | 11 | Sebastien Bourdais | STR-Ferrari | 1:27.152 | 1.344 | 16 | |
| 16 | 12 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:27.192 | 1.384 | 17 | |
| 17 | 7 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:27.357 | 1.549 | 18 | |
| 18 | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Mercedes | 1:27.492 | 1.684 | 20 | |
| 19 | 8 | Nelsinho Piquet | Renault | 1:27.739 | 1.931 | 22 | |
| 20 | 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:28.801 | 2.993 | 5 | |