Qualifying - how they line up on the Grid
| Grid Placing | Driver | Team | Time |
| 1. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:33.706 | |
| 2. | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:34.421 | |
| 3. | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:34.463 | |
| 4. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes GP | 1:34.670 | |
| 5. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:35.119 | |
| 6. | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:35.145 | |
| 7. | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:36.158 | |
| 8. | Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:36.190 | |
| 9. | Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:36.203 | |
| 10. | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | no Q3 time | |
| 11. | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:35.874 | |
| 12. | Sergio Perez | Sauber | 1:36.053 | |
| 13. | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:36.236 | |
| 14. | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes GP | 1:36.457 | |
| 15. | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:36.465 | |
| 16. | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1:36.611 | |
| 17. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:36.956 | |
| 18. | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:36.468 | |
| 19. | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:37.894 | |
| 20. | Jarno Trulli | Lotus | 1:38.318 | |
| 21. | Jerome D’Ambrosio | Virgin Racing | 1:39.119 | |
| 22. | Timo Glock | Virgin Racing | 1:39.708 | |
| 23. | Tonio Liuzzi | HRT | 1:40.212 | |
| 24. | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:40.445 | |
