Unofficial timings for Friday 18th February
| Pos. | Driver | Car-Engine | Fastest Lap | Laps |
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1:24.374 | 37 |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:25.485 | 101 |
| 3 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:25.638 | 57 |
| 4 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:25.641 | 78 |
| 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:26.365 | 77 |
| 6 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:26.575 | 26 |
| 7 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:26.912 | 52 |
| 8 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:27.512 | 90 |
| 9 | Narain Kathikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1:28.393 | 116 |
| 10 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 1:30.065 | 54 |
| 11 | Jerome D’Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:30.950 | 116 |
| 12 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:35.174 | 20 |
| 13 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1:44.324 | 27 |
