| Fredag: 1. fri træning |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Rubens Barrichello | BrawnGP | 1:42,460 | - |
| 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:42,636 | + 0,176 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:42,654 | + 0,194 |
| 4 | Jenson Button | BrawnGP | 1:43,074 | + 0,614 |
| 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:43,088 | + 0,628 |
| 6 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:43,209 | + 0,749 |
| 7 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:43,225 | + 0,765 |
| 8 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:43,243 | + 0,783 |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:43,345 | + 0,885 |
| 10 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:43,384 | + 0,924 |
| 11 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:43,389 | + 0,929 |
| 12 | Robert Kubica | Sauber | 1:43,419 | + 0,959 |
| 13 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:43,637 | + 1,177 |
| 14 | Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:43,746 | + 1,286 |
| 15 | Nick Heidfeld | Sauber | 1:44,040 | + 1,580 |
| 16 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 1:44,126 | + 1,666 |
| 17 | Romain Grosjean | Renault | 1:44,356 | + 1,896 |
| 18 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:44,638 | + 2,178 |
| 19 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:44,732 | + 2,272 |
| 20 | Luca Badoer | Ferrari | 1:45,840 | + 3,380 |
| 107% | 1:49,632 | |||