| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:40.356 | 24 | |
| 2 | 17 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:40.648 | 0.292 | 18 |
| 3 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:40.806 | 0.450 | 14 |
| 4 | 3 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Ferrari | 1:40.985 | 0.629 | 27 |
| 5 | 12 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:41.421 | 1.065 | 26 |
| 6 | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:41.443 | 1.087 | 15 |
| 7 | 7 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:41.532 | 1.176 | 22 |
| 8 | 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:41.577 | 1.221 | 25 |
| 9 | 23 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:41.821 | 1.465 | 19 |
| 10 | 16 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:42.188 | 1.832 | 20 |
| 11 | 14 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:42.332 | 1.976 | 10 |
| 12 | 21 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:42.475 | 2.119 | 15 |
| 13 | 9 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:42.657 | 2.301 | 13 |
| 14 | 11 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:42.667 | 2.311 | 27 |
| 15 | 5 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:42.833 | 2.477 | 17 |
| 16 | 6 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:42.977 | 2.621 | 14 |
| 17 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:43.218 | 2.862 | 11 |
| 18 | 22 | Jenson Button | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:43.318 | 2.962 | 17 |
| 19 | 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Toyota | 1:43.407 | 3.051 | 16 |
| 20 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Renault | 1:43.572 | 3.216 | 22 |
