| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:47.261 | 5 | |
| 2 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:47.923 | 0.662 | 6 |
| 3 | 21 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:47.931 | 0.670 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:47.983 | 0.722 | 5 |
| 5 | 17 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:48.058 | 0.797 | 8 |
| 6 | 12 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:48.691 | 1.430 | 9 |
| 7 | 7 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:48.693 | 1.432 | 5 |
| 8 | 9 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:48.737 | 1.476 | 7 |
| 9 | 11 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:48.802 | 1.541 | 11 |
| 10 | 5 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:48.861 | 1.600 | 6 |
| 11 | 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:48.886 | 1.625 | 5 |
| 12 | 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Toyota | 1:49.054 | 1.793 | 7 |
| 13 | 14 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:49.382 | 2.121 | 7 |
| 14 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Renault | 1:49.405 | 2.144 | 6 |
| 15 | 3 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Ferrari | 1:49.553 | 2.292 | 5 |
| 16 | 16 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:49.872 | 2.611 | 8 |
| 17 | 6 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:50.179 | 2.918 | 10 |
| 18 | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | No time | 0 | |
| 19 | 22 | Jenson Button | Brawn-Mercedes | No time | 0 | |
| 20 | 23 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn-Mercedes | No time | 0 |
