| Pos | Num | Piloto | Escuderia | Tiempo | Dif. | Vueltas | |
| 1 | 16 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:36.133 | 17 | ||
| 2 | 9 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:36.272 | 0.139 | 22 | |
| 3 | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:36.330 | 0.197 | 17 | |
| 4 | 22 | Jenson Button | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:36.463 | 0.330 | 16 | |
| 5 | 8 | Nelsinho Piquet | Renault | 1:36.464 | 0.331 | 16 | |
| 6 | 3 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:36.528 | 0.395 | 18 | |
| 7 | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:36.547 | 0.414 | 13 | |
| 8 | 17 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:36.560 | 0.427 | 17 | |
| 9 | 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:36.568 | 0.435 | 17 | |
| 10 | 23 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:36.642 | 0.509 | 17 | |
| 11 | 6 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:36.702 | 0.569 | 14 | |
| 12 | 5 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:36.742 | 0.609 | 14 | |
| 13 | 12 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:36.742 | 0.609 | 16 | |
| 14 | 11 | Sebastien Bourdais | STR-Ferrari | 1:36.834 | 0.701 | 17 | |
| 15 | 14 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:37.330 | 1.197 | 8 | |
| 16 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:37.349 | 1.216 | 7 | |
| 17 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:37.534 | 1.401 | 17 | |
| 18 | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Mercedes | 1:37.732 | 1.599 | 18 | |
| 19 | 7 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:38.003 | 1.870 | 6 | |
| 20 | 10 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:39.110 | 2.977 | 6 | |