| Driver | Car | Best time | Laps | Difference | |
| 1 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari F150th Italia | 01:20.709 | 101 | |
| 2 | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari C30 | 01:21.483 | 94 | +0.774 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault RB7 | 01:21.522 | 94 | +0.813 |
| 4 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari STR6 | 01:21.755 | 31 | +1.046 |
| 5 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes MP4-26 | 01:21.914 | 58 | +1.205 |
| 6 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari STR6 | 01:22.689 | 42 | +1.980 |
| 7 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes VJM04 | 01:23.472 | 28 | +2.763 |
| 8 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault R31 | 01:23.504 | 57 | +2.795 |
| 9 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes W02 | 01:23.963 | 67 | +3.254 |
| 10 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Renault T128 | 01:24.458 | 54 | +3.749 |
| 11 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth MVR-02 | 01:25.086 | 42 | +4.377 |
| 12 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Cosworth FW33 | 01:34.968 | 14 | +14.259 |