| Qualifying Session - Saturday |
| 1 |  | Sebastian Vettel |  | Red Bull | 1:32.035 | 1:31.184 | 1:30.785 |
| 2 |  | Mark Webber | | Red Bull | 1:32.476 | 1:31.241 | 1:30.853 |
| 3 |  | Lewis Hamilton |  | McLaren | 1:32.809 | 1:31.523 | 1:31.169 |
| 4 |  | Robert Kubica |  | Renault | 1:32.808 | 1:32.042 | 1:31.231 |
| 5 |  | Fernando Alonso |  | Ferrari | 1:32.555 | 1:31.819 | 1:31.352 |
| 6 | | Jenson Button | | Mclaren | 1:32.636 | 1:31.763 | 1:31.378 |
| 7 | | Nico Rosberg |  | Mercedes | 1:32.238 | 1:31.886 | 1:31.494 |
| 8 |  | Rubens Barrichello |  | Williams | 1:32.361 | 1:31.874 | 1:31.535 |
| 9 | | Nico Hulkenberg | | Williams | 1:32.211 | 1:31.926 | 1:31.559 |
| 10 | | Michael Schumacher | | Mercedes | 1:32.513 | 1:32.073 | 1:31.846 |
| 11 | | Nick Heidfeld |  | BMW Sauber | 1:33.011 | 1:32.187 |
| 12 | | Felipe Massa | | Ferrari | 1:32.721 | 1:32.321 |
| 13 |  | Vitaly Petrov | | Renault | 1:32.849 | 1:32.422 |
| 14 |  | Kamui Kobayashi | | BMW Sauber | 1:32.783 | 1:32.427 |
| 15 | | Adrian Sutil |  | Force India | 1:33.186 | 1:32.659 |
| 16 | | Jaime Alguersuari |  | Toro Rosso | 1:33.471 | 1:33.071 |
| 17 |  | Vitantonio Liuzzi | | Force India | 1:33.216 | 1:33.154 |
| 18 |  | Sebastien Buemi | | Toro Rosso | 1:33.568 |
| 19 | | Jarno Trulli |  | Lotus | 1:35.346 |
| 20 |  | Heikki Kovalainen | | Lotus | 1:35.464 |
| 21 | | Lucas di Grassi |  | Virgin | 1:36.265 |
| 22 | | Timo Glock | | Virgin | 1:36.332 |
| 23 | | Bruno Senna |  | Hispania | 1:37.270 |
| 24 | | Sakon Yamamoto | | Hispania | 1:37.365 |
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