| Qualifying Session - Saturday |
| 1 |  | Sebastian Vettel |  | Red Bull | 1:39.116 | 1:37.305 | 1:36.975 |
| 2 |  | Mark Webber | | Red Bull | 1:39.956 | 1:38.058 | 1:37.163 |
| 3 |  | Lewis Hamilton |  | McLaren | 1:39.244 | 1:37.727 | 1:37.380 |
| 4 |  | Fernando Alonso |  | Ferrari | 1:39.725 | 1:37.930 | 1:37.454 |
| 5 |  | Felipe Massa | | Ferrari | 1:38.413 | 1:38.566 | 1:37.535 |
| 6 | | Jenson Button | | McLaren | 1:39.453 | 1:37.749 | 1:37.645 |
| 7 | | Nico Rosberg |  | Mercedes | 1:39.266 | 1:38.373 | 1:37.231 |
| 8 | | Michael Schumacher | | Mercedes | 1:39.198 | 1:38.365 | 1:38.240 |
| 9 | | Nick Heidfeld |  | Renault | 1:39.877 | 1:38.781 | 1:38.471 |
| 10 | | Adrian Sutil |  | Force India | 1:39.329 | 1:39.034 | no time |
| 11 |  | Vitaly Petrov | | Renault | 1:39.690 | 1:39.068 |
| 12 | | Paul di Resta | | Force India | 1:39.852 | 1:39.422 |
| 13 | | Rubens Barrichello |  | Williams | 1:39.602 | 1:39.489 |
| 14 |  | Kamui Kobayashi |  | Sauber | 1:40.131 | 1:39.525 |
| 15 |  | Pastor Maldonado | | Williams | 1:39.690 | 1:39.645 |
| 16 |  | Sergio Perez | | Sauber | 1:39.494 | 1:39.657 |
| 17 |  | Sebastien Buemi |  | Toro Rosso | 1:39.679 | 1:39.711 |
| 18 | | Jaime Alguersuari | | Toro Rosso | 1:40.232 |
| 19 |  | Heikki Kovalainen |  | Lotus | 1:41.664 |
| 20 |  | Jarno Trulli | | Lotus | 1:42.234 |
| 21 | | Timo Glock |  | Virgin | 1:42.553 |
| 22 | | Vitantonio Liuzzi |  | Hispania | 1:43.584 |
| 23 |  | Jerome d'Ambrosio | | Virgin | 1:43.735 |
| 24 |  | Narain Karthikeyan | | Hispania | 1:44.363 |
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