| Qualifying Session - Saturday |
| 1 |  | Rubens Barrichello |  | Brawn | 1:24.100 | 1:21.659 | 1:19.576 |
| 2 |  | Mark Webber |  | Red Bull | 1:24.722 | 1:20.803 | 1:19.668 |
| 3 |  | Adrian Sutil |  | Force India | 1:24.447 | 1:20.753 | 1:19.912 |
| 4 |  | Jarno Trulli |  | Toyota | 1:24.621 | 1:20.635 | 1:20.097 |
| 5 |  | Kimi Raikkonen |  | Ferrari | 1:23.047 | 1:21.378 | 1:20.168 |
| 6 |  | Sebastien Buemi |  | Toro Rosso | 1:24.591 | 1:20.701 | 1:20.250 |
| 7 |  | Nico Rosberg |  | Williams | 1:22.828 | 1:20.368 | 1:20.326 |
| 8 |  | Robert Kubica |  | BMW Sauber | 1:23.072 | 1:21.147 | 1:20.631 |
| 9 |  | Kazuki Nakajima |  | Williams | 1:23.161 | 1:20.427 | 1:20.674 |
| 10 |  | Fernando Alonso |  | Renault | 1:24.842 | 1:21.657 | 1:21.422 |
| 11 |  | Kamui Kobayashi |  | Toyota | 1:24.335 | 1:21.960 |
| 12 |  | Jaime Alguersuari |  | Toro Rosso | 1:24.773 | 1:22.231 |
| 13 |  | Romain Grosjean |  | Renault | 1:24.394 | 1:22.477 |
| 14 |  | Jenson Button |  | Brawn | 1:24.297 | 1:22.504 |
| 15 |  | Vitantonio Liuzzi |  | Force India | 1:24.645 | no time |
| 16 |  | Sebastian Vettel |  | Red Bull | 1:25.009 |
| 17 |  | Heikki Kovalainen |  | McLaren | 1:25.052 |
| 18 |  | Lewis Hamilton |  | McLaren | 1:25.192 |
| 19 |  | Nick Heidfeld |  | BMW Sauber | 1:25.515 |
| 20 |  | Giancarlo Fisichella |  | Ferrari | 1:40.703 |
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