| Pos | Num | Piloto | Escuderia | Tiempo | Dif. | Vueltas | |
| 1 | 6 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:45.388 | 17 | ||
| 2 | 9 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:45.462 | 0.074 | 18 | |
| 3 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:45.677 | 0.289 | 20 | |
| 4 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Renault | 1:45.878 | 0.490 | 18 | |
| 5 | 10 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:45.908 | 0.520 | 18 | |
| 6 | 5 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:45.987 | 0.599 | 18 | |
| 7 | 16 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:46.040 | 0.652 | 19 | |
| 8 | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Mercedes | 1:46.114 | 0.726 | 21 | |
| 9 | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:46.301 | 0.913 | 17 | |
| 10 | 22 | Jenson Button | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:46.406 | 1.018 | 20 | |
| 11 | 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:46.409 | 1.021 | 19 | |
| 12 | 12 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:46.417 | 1.029 | 19 | |
| 13 | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:46.462 | 1.074 | 17 | |
| 14 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:46.747 | 1.359 | 14 | |
| 15 | 11 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:46.814 | 1.426 | 22 | |
| 16 | 23 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:46.815 | 1.427 | 19 | |
| 17 | 7 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:46.926 | 1.538 | 14 | |
| 18 | 3 | Luca Badoer | Ferrari | 1:47.055 | 1.667 | 20 | |
| 19 | 17 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:47.078 | 1.690 | 19 | |
| 20 | 14 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | Num time | 3 | ||