| Pos | Num | Piloto | Escuderia | Tiempo | Dif. | Vueltas | |
| 1 | 16 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:15.243 | 45 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:15.445 | 0.202 | 35 | |
| 3 | 23 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:15.590 | 0.347 | 41 | |
| 4 | 22 | Jenson Button | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:15.774 | 0.531 | 36 | |
| 5 | 3 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:15.832 | 0.589 | 42 | |
| 6 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:15.847 | 0.604 | 33 | |
| 7 | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:15.984 | 0.741 | 45 | |
| 8 | 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:15.985 | 0.742 | 43 | |
| 9 | 17 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:16.260 | 1.017 | 43 | |
| 10 | 8 | Nelsinho Piquet | Renault | 1:16.286 | 1.043 | 43 | |
| 11 | 7 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:16.552 | 1.309 | 39 | |
| 12 | 14 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:16.579 | 1.336 | 27 | |
| 13 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:16.675 | 1.432 | 38 | |
| 14 | 9 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:16.915 | 1.672 | 43 | |
| 15 | 12 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:16.983 | 1.740 | 48 | |
| 16 | 11 | Sebastien Bourdais | STR-Ferrari | 1:17.052 | 1.809 | 48 | |
| 17 | 6 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:17.109 | 1.866 | 40 | |
| 18 | 10 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:17.207 | 1.964 | 45 | |
| 19 | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Mercedes | 1:17.504 | 2.261 | 45 | |
| 20 | 5 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | no time | 2 | ||