| Pos | Num | Piloto | Escuderia | Tiempo | Dif. | Vueltas | |
| 1 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:19.456 | 39 | ||
| 2 | 14 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:19.597 | 0.141 | 35 | |
| 3 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:20.141 | 0.685 | 41 | |
| 4 | 17 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:20.209 | 0.753 | 36 | |
| 5 | 7 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:20.237 | 0.781 | 36 | |
| 6 | 23 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:20.244 | 0.788 | 26 | |
| 7 | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:20.417 | 0.961 | 35 | |
| 8 | 9 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:20.458 | 1.002 | 40 | |
| 9 | 16 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:20.468 | 1.012 | 42 | |
| 10 | 8 | Nelsinho Piquet | Renault | 1:20.608 | 1.152 | 37 | |
| 11 | 5 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:20.622 | 1.166 | 23 | |
| 12 | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:20.733 | 1.277 | 37 | |
| 13 | 10 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:20.762 | 1.306 | 37 | |
| 14 | 22 | Jenson Button | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:20.767 | 1.311 | 28 | |
| 15 | 6 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:20.932 | 1.476 | 35 | |
| 16 | 11 | Sebastien Bourdais | STR-Ferrari | 1:20.945 | 1.489 | 36 | |
| 17 | 3 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:21.005 | 1.549 | 37 | |
| 18 | 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:21.132 | 1.676 | 38 | |
| 19 | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Mercedes | 1:21.413 | 1.957 | 40 | |
| 20 | 12 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:21.668 | 2.212 | 37 | |