| Qualifying Session - Saturday |
| 1 |  | Sebastian Vettel |  | Red Bull | 1:35.674 | 1:34.776 | 1:33.706 |
| 2 |  | Jenson Button |  | McLaren | 1:35.924 | 1:34.662 | 1:34.421 |
| 3 | | Lewis Hamilton | | McLaren | 1:36.091 | 1:34.486 | 1:34.463 |
| 4 | | Nico Rosberg |  | Mercedes | 1:35.272 | 1:35.850 | 1:34.670 |
| 5 |  | Fernando Alonso |  | Ferrari | 1:35.389 | 1:35.165 | 1:35.119 |
| 6 |  | Felipe Massa | | Ferrari | 1:35.478 | 1:35.437 | 1:35.145 |
| 7 | | Jaime Alguersuari |  | Toro Rosso | 1:36.133 | 1:35.563 | 1:36.158 |
| 8 | | Paul di Resta |  | Force India | 1:35.702 | 1:35.858 | 1:36.190 |
| 9 |  | Sebastien Buemi | | Toro Rosso | 1:36.110 | 1:35.500 | 1:36.203 |
| 10 |  | Vitaly Petrov |  | Renault | 1:35.370 | 1:35.149 | no time |
| 11 | | Adrian Sutil | | Force India | 1:36.092 | 1:35.874 |
| 12 |  | Sergio Perez |  | Sauber | 1:36.046 | 1:36.053 |
| 13 |  | Kamui Kobayashi | | Sauber | 1:36.147 | 1:36.236 |
| 14 | | Michael Schumacher | | Mercedes | 1:35.508 | 1:36.457 |
| 15 | | Rubens Barrichello |  | Williams | 1:35.911 | 1:36.465 |
| 16 | | Nick Heidfeld | | Renault | 1:35.910 | 1:36.611 |
| 17 |  | Pastor Maldonado | | Williams | 1:36.121 | 1:36.956 |
| 18 |  | Mark Webber | | Red Bull | 1:36.468 |
| 19 |  | Heikki Kovalainen |  | Lotus | 1:37.894 |
| 20 |  | Jarno Trulli | | Lotus | 1:38.318 |
| 21 |  | Jerome d'Ambrosio |  | Virgin | 1:39.119 |
| 22 | | Timo Glock | | Virgin | 1:39.708 |
| 23 | | Vitantonio Liuzzi |  | Hispania | 1:40.212 |
| 24 |  | Narain Karthikeyan | | Hispania | 1:40.445 |
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