| Pos | Num | Piloto | Escuderia | Tiempo | Dif. | Vueltas | |
| 1 | 7 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:39.404 | 33 | ||
| 2 | 22 | Jenson Button | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:40.178 | 0.774 | 33 | |
| 3 | 23 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:40.209 | 0.805 | 34 | |
| 4 | 16 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:40.385 | 0.981 | 39 | |
| 5 | 17 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:40.503 | 1.099 | 35 | |
| 6 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:40.596 | 1.192 | 23 | |
| 7 | 5 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:40.643 | 1.239 | 34 | |
| 8 | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Mercedes | 1:40.681 | 1.277 | 31 | |
| 9 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:40.723 | 1.319 | 33 | |
| 10 | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:40.738 | 1.334 | 31 | |
| 11 | 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:40.739 | 1.335 | 39 | |
| 12 | 9 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:40.770 | 1.366 | 32 | |
| 13 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Renault | 1:40.787 | 1.383 | 35 | |
| 14 | 14 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:40.956 | 1.552 | 37 | |
| 15 | 10 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:40.985 | 1.581 | 30 | |
| 16 | 12 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:41.156 | 1.752 | 34 | |
| 17 | 6 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:41.350 | 1.946 | 29 | |
| 18 | 3 | Luca Badoer | Ferrari | 1:42.017 | 2.613 | 37 | |
| 19 | 11 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:42.089 | 2.685 | 34 | |
| 20 | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:43.214 | 3.810 | 3 | |