| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1.48.650 | 31 | |
| 2 | 7 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1.48.924 | 0.274 | 27 |
| 3 | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1.48.952 | 0.302 | 30 |
| 4 | 6 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1.49.098 | 0.448 | 31 |
| 5 | 22 | Jenson Button | Brawn-Mercedes | 1.49.311 | 0.661 | 34 |
| 6 | 14 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1.49.317 | 0.667 | 14 |
| 7 | 16 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1.49.333 | 0.683 | 33 |
| 8 | 10 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1.49.342 | 0.692 | 30 |
| 9 | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1.49.358 | 0.708 | 28 |
| 10 | 5 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1.49.609 | 0.959 | 24 |
| 11 | 23 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn-Mercedes | 1.49.616 | 0.966 | 30 |
| 12 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1.49.710 | 1.06 | 31 |
| 13 | 9 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1.49.795 | 1.145 | 29 |
| 14 | 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1.49.941 | 1.291 | 29 |
| 15 | 17 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1.50.023 | 1.373 | 34 |
| 16 | 3 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Ferrari | 1.50.253 | 1.603 | 31 |
| 17 | 12 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1.50.527 | 1.877 | 29 |
| 18 | 21 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1.50.605 | 1.955 | 28 |
| 19 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Renault | 1.50.972 | 2.322 | 17 |
| 20 | 11 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1.51.423 | 2.773 | 31 |
