Results from Day 1
| Pos | Driver | Team | Fastest lap | Laps |
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1:13.769 | 93 |
| 2 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:13.938 | 71 |
| 3 | Gary Paffett | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:14.292 | 91 |
| 4 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:14.461 | 28 |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari-Ferrari | 1:14.553 | 98 |
| 6 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:15.831 | 68 |
| 7 | Jerome d’Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:16.003 | 71 |
| 8 | Vitaly Petrov | Lotus Renault GP-Renault | 1:16.351 | 28 |
| 9 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes-Mercedes | 1:16.450 | 15 |
| 10 | Jaime Alguersuari | Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:17.214 | 20 |
| 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:17.335 | 78 |
| 12 | Narain Karthikeyan | Hispania-Cosworth | 1:18.029 | 45 |
| 13 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes-Mercedes | 1:19.930 | 9 |
