| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | 9 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:31.709 | 24 | |
| 2 | 12 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:31.771 | 0.062 | 26 |
| 3 | 16 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:32.343 | 0.634 | 28 |
| 4 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:32.414 | 0.705 | 19 |
| 5 | 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:32.445 | 0.736 | 26 |
| 6 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:32.467 | 0.758 | 25 |
| 7 | 23 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:32.488 | 0.779 | 24 |
| 8 | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:32.546 | 0.837 | 22 |
| 9 | 22 | Jenson Button | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:32.668 | 0.959 | 25 |
| 10 | 11 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:32.689 | 0.980 | 20 |
| 11 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Renault | 1:32.717 | 1.008 | 25 |
| 12 | 6 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:32.736 | 1.027 | 21 |
| 13 | 7 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:32.742 | 1.033 | 21 |
| 14 | 10 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:32.749 | 1.040 | 26 |
| 15 | 17 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:32.752 | 1.043 | 23 |
| 16 | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:32.789 | 1.080 | 19 |
| 17 | 5 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:32.848 | 1.139 | 20 |
| 18 | 3 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Ferrari | 1:32.878 | 1.169 | 26 |
| 19 | 14 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:32.930 | 1.221 | 15 |
| 20 | 21 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:33.167 | 1.458 | 18 |
