| Qualifying Session - Saturday |
| 1 |  | Lewis Hamilton |  | McLaren | 1:39.873 | 1:39.695 | 1:40.948 |
| 2 |  | Sebastian Vettel |  | Red Bull | 1:40.666 | 1:39.984 | 1:41.615 |
| 3 |  | Mark Webber |  | Red Bull | 1:40.667 | 1:40.272 | 1:41.726 |
| 4 |  | Rubens Barrichello |  | Brawn | 1:40.574 | 1:40.421 | 1:41.786 |
| 5 |  | Jenson Button |  | Brawn | 1:40.378 | 1:40.148 | 1:41.892 |
| 6 |  | Jarno Trulli |  | Toyota | 1:40.517 | 1:40.373 | 1:41.897 |
| 7 |  | Robert Kubica |  | BMW Sauber | 1:40.520 | 1:40.545 | 1:41.992 |
| 8 |  | Nick Heidfeld |  | BMW Sauber | 1:40.558 | 1:40.635 | 1:42.343 |
| 9 |  | Nico Rosberg |  | Williams | 1:40.842 | 1:40.661 | 1:42.583 |
| 10 |  | Sebastien Buemi |  | Toro Rosso | 1:40.908 | 1:40.430 | 1:42.713 |
| 11 |  | Kimi Raikkonen |  | Ferrari | 1:41.100 | 1:40.726 |
| 12 |  | Kamui Kobayashi |  | Toyota | 1:41.035 | 1:40.777 |
| 13 |  | Heikki Kovalainen |  | McLaren | 1:40.808 | 1:40.983 |
| 14 |  | Kazuki Nakajima |  | Williams | 1:41.096 | 1:41.148 |
| 15 |  | Jaime Alguersuari |  | Toro Rosso | 1:41.503 | 1:41.689 |
| 16 |  | Fernando Alonso |  | Renault | 1:41.667 |
| 17 |  | Vitantonio Liuzzi |  | Force India | 1:41.701 |
| 18 |  | Adrian Sutil |  | Force India | 1:41.863 |
| 19 |  | Romain Grosjean |  | Renault | 1:41.950 |
| 20 |  | Giancarlo Fisichella |  | Ferrari | 1:42.184 |
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