| Qualifying Session - Saturday |
| 1 |  | Sebastian Vettel |  | Red Bull | 1:37.468 | 1:35.934 | 1:34.870 |
| 2 |  | Lewis Hamilton |  | McLaren | 1:36.861 | 1:35.852 | 1:34.974 |
| 3 |  | Mark Webber |  | Red Bull | 1:37.924 | 1:36.080 | 1:35.179 |
| 4 |  | Jenson Button |  | McLaren | 1:37.033 | 1:35.569 | 1:35.200 |
| 5 |  | Fernando Alonso |  | Ferrari | 1:36.897 | 1:36.320 | 1:35.802 |
| 6 |  | Nick Heidfeld |  | Renault | 1:37.224 | 1:36.811 | 1:36.124 |
| 7 |  | Felipe Massa |  | Ferrari | 1:36.744 | 1:36.557 | 1:36.251 |
| 8 |  | Vitaly Petrov |  | Renault | 1:37.210 | 1:36.642 | 1:36.324 |
| 9 |  | Nico Rosberg |  | Mercedes | 1:37.316 | 1:36.388 | 1:36.809 |
| 10 |  | Kamui Kobayashi |  | Sauber | 1:36.994 | 1:36.691 | 1:36.820 |
| 11 |  | Michael Schumacher |  | Mercedes | 1:36.904 | 1:37.035 |
| 12 |  | Sebastien Buemi |  | Toro Rosso | 1:37.693 | 1:37.160 |
| 13 |  | Jaime Alguersuari |  | Toro Rosso | 1:37.677 | 1:37.347 |
| 14 |  | Paul di Resta |  | Force India | 1:38.045 | 1:37.370 |
| 15 |  | Rubens Barrichello |  | Williams | 1:38.163 | 1:37.496 |
| 16 |  | Sergio Perez |  | Sauber | 1:37.759 | 1:37.528 |
| 17 |  | Adrian Sutil |  | Force India | 1:37.693 | 1:37.593 |
| 18 |  | Pastor Maldonado |  | Williams | 1:38.276 |
| 19 |  | Heikki Kovalainen |  | Lotus | 1:38.645 |
| 20 |  | Jarno Trulli |  | Lotus | 1:38.791 |
| 21 |  | Timo Glock |  | Virgin | 1:40.648 |
| 22 |  | Jerome d'Ambrosio |  | Virgin | 1:41.001 |
| 23 |  | Vitantonio Liuzzi |  | Hispania | 1:41.549 |
| 24 |  | Narain Karthikeyan |  | Hispania | 1:42.574 |
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