| Pos | Num | Pilote | Equipe | Temps | Ecart | Tours |
| 1 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:39.143 | | 12 |
| 2 | 17 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:39.247 | 0.104 | 12 |
| 3 | 5 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:39.513 | 0.370 | 12 |
| 4 | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:39.553 | 0.410 | 8 |
| 5 | 16 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:39.732 | 0.589 | 11 |
| 6 | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Mercedes | 1:39.764 | 0.621 | 12 |
| 7 | 22 | Jenson Button | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:39.883 | 0.740 | 10 |
| 8 | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:39.950 | 0.807 | 12 |
| 9 | 9 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:40.017 | 0.874 | 11 |
| 10 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Renault | 1:40.088 | 0.945 | 11 |
| 11 | 12 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:40.118 | 0.975 | 12 |
| 12 | 23 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:40.192 | 1.049 | 10 |
| 13 | 6 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:40.230 | 1.087 | 12 |
| 14 | 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:40.260 | 1.117 | 12 |
| 15 | 7 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:40.402 | 1.259 | 9 |
| 16 | 10 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:40.443 | 1.300 | 10 |
| 17 | 14 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:40.879 | 1.736 | 10 |
| 18 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:40.916 | 1.773 | 6 |
| 19 | 11 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:41.125 | 1.982 | 12 |
| 20 | 3 | Luca Badoer | Ferrari | 1:42.198 | 3.055 | 14 |
