| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | 23 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:50.2 | 19 | |
| 2 | 22 | Jenson Button | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:50.4 | 0.177 | 22 |
| 3 | 14 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:50.4 | 0.237 | 21 |
| 4 | 7 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:50.6 | 0.388 | 16 |
| 5 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:50.6 | 0.435 | 16 |
| 6 | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:50.7 | 0.52 | 21 |
| 7 | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:50.7 | 0.536 | 17 |
| 8 | 5 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:50.8 | 0.636 | 15 |
| 9 | 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:50.9 | 0.686 | 19 |
| 10 | 17 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:51.1 | 0.91 | 25 |
| 11 | 16 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:51.4 | 1.248 | 23 |
| 12 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:51.5 | 1.365 | 14 |
| 13 | 12 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:51.6 | 1.464 | 28 |
| 14 | 6 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:51.7 | 1.477 | 15 |
| 15 | 10 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:52.1 | 1.904 | 20 |
| 16 | 9 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:52.1 | 1.956 | 20 |
| 17 | 3 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Ferrari | 1:52.4 | 2.211 | 24 |
| 18 | 21 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:52.9 | 2.726 | 23 |
| 19 | 11 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:53.2 | 3.053 | 25 |
| 20 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Renault | 1:53.5 | 3.279 | 9 |
