| Qualifying Session - Saturday |
| 1 |  | Sebastian Vettel |  | Red Bull | 1:36.317 | 1:35.280 | 1:34.558 |
| 2 |  | Mark Webber |  | Red Bull | 1:35.978 | 1:35.100 | 1:34.806 |
| 3 |  | Fernando Alonso |  | Ferrari | 1:35.987 | 1:35.235 | 1:34.913 |
| 4 |  | Nico Rosberg |  | Mercedes | 1:35.952 | 1:35.134 | 1:34.923 |
| 5 |  | Jenson Button |  | Mclaren | 1:36.122 | 1:35.443 | 1:34.979 |
| 6 |  | Lewis Hamilton |  | McLaren | 1:35.641 | 1:34.928 | 1:35.034 |
| 7 |  | Felipe Massa |  | Ferrari | 1:36.076 | 1:35.290 | 1:35.180 |
| 8 |  | Robert Kubica |  | Renault | 1:36.348 | 1:35.550 | 1:35.364 |
| 9 |  | Michael Schumacher |  | Mercedes | 1:36.484 | 1:35.715 | 1:35.646 |
| 10 |  | Adrian Sutil |  | Force India | 1:36.671 | 1:35.665 | 1:35.963 |
| 11 |  | Rubens Barrichello |  | Williams | 1:36.664 | 1:35.748 |
| 12 |  | Jaime Alguersuari |  | Toro Rosso | 1:36.618 | 1:36.047 |
| 13 |  | Sebastien Buemi |  | Toro Rosso | 1:36.793 | 1:36.149 |
| 14 |  | Vitaly Petrov |  | Renault | 1:37.031 | 1:36.311 |
| 15 |  | Kamui Kobayashi |  | BMW Sauber | 1:37.044 | 1:36.422 |
| 16 |  | Nico Hulkenberg |  | Williams | 1:37.049 | 1:36.647 |
| 17 |  | Pedro de la Rosa |  | BMW Sauber | 1:37.050 | 1:37.020 |
| 18 |  | Vitantonio Liuzzi |  | Force India | 1:37.161 |
| 19 |  | Timo Glock |  | Virgin | 1:39.278 |
| 20 |  | Jarno Trulli |  | Lotus | 1:39.399 |
| 21 |  | Heikki Kovalainen |  | Lotus | 1:39.520 |
| 22 |  | Lucas di Grassi |  | Virgin | 1:39.783 |
| 23 |  | Bruno Senna |  | Hispania | 1:40.469 |
| 24 |  | Karun Chandhok |  | Hispania | 1:40.578 |
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