| Qualifying Session - Saturday |
| 1 |  | Sebastian Vettel |  | Red Bull | 1:30.883 | 1:30.341 | 1:32.160 |
| 2 |  | Jarno Trulli |  | Toyota | 1:31.063 | 1:30.737 | 1:32.220 |
| 3 |  | Lewis Hamilton |  | McLaren | 1:30.917 | 1:30.627 | 1:32.395 |
| 4 | | Adrian Sutil |  | Force India | 1:31.386 | 1:31.222 | 1:32.466 |
| 5 |  | Rubens Barrichello |  | Brawn | 1:31.272 | 1:31.055 | 1:32.660 |
| 6 | | Nick Heidfeld |  | BMW Sauber | 1:31.501 | 1:31.260 | 1:32.945 |
| 7 | | Jenson Button | | Brawn | 1:31.041 | 1:30.880 | 1:32.962 |
| 8 |  | Kimi Raikkonen |  | Ferrari | 1:31.228 | 1:31.052 | 1:32.980 |
| 9 | | Heikki Kovalainen | | McLaren | 1:31.499 | 1:31.223 | no time |
| 10 |  | Sebastien Buemi |  | Toro Rosso | 1:31.196 | 1:31.103 | no time |
| 11 | | Nico Rosberg |  | Williams | 1:31.286 | 1:31.482 |
| 12 |  | Fernando Alonso |  | Renault | 1:31.401 | 1:31.638 |
| 13 |  | Robert Kubica | | BMW Sauber | 1:31.417 | 1:32.341 |
| 14 | | Timo Glock | | Toyota | 1:31.550 | no time |
| 15 | | Jaime Alguersuari | | Toro Rosso | 1:31.571 | no time |
| 16 | | Giancarlo Fisichella | | Ferrari | 1:31.704 |
| 17 |  | Kazuki Nakajima | | Williams | 1:31.718 |
| 18 |  | Romain Grosjean | | Renault | 1:32.073 |
| 19 | | Vitantonio Liuzzi | | Force India | 1:32.087 |
| 20 |  | Mark Webber | | Red Bull | no time |
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