| Pos | Num | Pilote | Equipe | Temps | Ecart | Tours |
| 1 | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:23.936 | | 26 |
| 2 | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:24.332 | 0.396 | 27 |
| 3 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:24.471 | 0.535 | 24 |
| 4 | 7 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:24.477 | 0.541 | 21 |
| 5 | 6 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:24.683 | 0.747 | 25 |
| 6 | 12 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:24.703 | 0.767 | 35 |
| 7 | 22 | Jenson Button | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:24.706 | 0.770 | 21 |
| 8 | 3 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Ferrari | 1:24.732 | 0.796 | 24 |
| 9 | 14 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:24.759 | 0.823 | 19 |
| 10 | 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:24.761 | 0.825 | 26 |
| 11 | 5 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:24.813 | 0.877 | 20 |
| 12 | 23 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:24.826 | 0.890 | 24 |
| 13 | 16 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:24.927 | 0.991 | 29 |
| 14 | 17 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:25.150 | 1.214 | 28 |
| 15 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Renault | 1:25.612 | 1.676 | 18 |
| 16 | 21 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:25.689 | 1.753 | 29 |
| 17 | 11 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:25.742 | 1.806 | 30 |
| 18 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:25.951 | 2.015 | 8 |
| 19 | 9 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:26.020 | 2.084 | 23 |
| 20 | 10 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:26.325 | 2.389 | 17 |
