| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes Benz GP | 1:55.409 | 23 | |
| 2 | 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:55.854 | 0.445 | 22 |
| 3 | 3 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes Benz GP | 1:55.903 | 0.494 | 23 |
| 4 | 1 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:56.076 | 0.667 | 28 |
| 5 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:56.459 | 1.050 | 18 |
| 6 | 10 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | 1:56.501 | 1.092 | 26 |
| 7 | 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:56.555 | 1.146 | 30 |
| 8 | 12 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:56.750 | 1.341 | 26 |
| 9 | 8 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:57.140 | 1.731 | 25 |
| 10 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:57.255 | 1.846 | 24 |
| 11 | 23 | Kamui Kobayashi | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:57.352 | 1.943 | 27 |
| 12 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:57.361 | 1.952 | 29 |
| 13 | 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:57.452 | 2.043 | 21 |
| 14 | 15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:57.833 | 2.424 | 29 |
| 15 | 11 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:58.155 | 2.746 | 29 |
| 16 | 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:59.799 | 4.390 | 31 |
| 17 | 6 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 2:00.444 | 5.035 | 12 |
| 18 | 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Cosworth | 2:00.873 | 5.464 | 23 |
| 19 | 18 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Cosworth | 2:00.990 | 5.581 | 14 |
| 20 | 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 2:02.037 | 6.628 | 3 |
| 21 | 25 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin-Cosworth | 2:02.188 | 6.779 | 21 |
| 22 | 21 | Bruno Senna | HRT-Cosworth | 2:06.968 | 11.559 | 17 |
| 23 | 16 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1 | ||
| 24 | 20 | Karun Chandhok | HRT-Cosworth |
