| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | 14 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:12.463 | 29 | |
| 2 | 23 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:12.874 | 0.411 | 32 |
| 3 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:12.932 | 0.469 | 27 |
| 4 | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:12.989 | 0.526 | 25 |
| 5 | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:13.048 | 0.585 | 25 |
| 6 | 17 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:13.067 | 0.604 | 21 |
| 7 | 22 | Jenson Button | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:13.141 | 0.678 | 29 |
| 8 | 16 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:13.147 | 0.684 | 23 |
| 9 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:13.232 | 0.769 | 23 |
| 10 | 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:13.321 | 0.858 | 24 |
| 11 | 9 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:13.326 | 0.863 | 26 |
| 12 | 6 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:13.464 | 1.001 | 28 |
| 13 | 12 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:13.503 | 1.040 | 24 |
| 14 | 5 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:13.563 | 1.100 | 24 |
| 15 | 3 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Ferrari | 1:13.619 | 1.156 | 23 |
| 16 | 7 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:13.787 | 1.324 | 28 |
| 17 | 21 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:13.829 | 1.366 | 26 |
| 18 | 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Toyota | 1:14.029 | 1.566 | 27 |
| 19 | 11 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:14.040 | 1.577 | 38 |
| 20 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Renault | 1:14.173 | 1.710 | 23 |
