| Lørdag: Kvalifikation |
| Navn | Team | Tid | Gap | |
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes GP | 1:14,301 | - |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:14,381 | + 0,080 |
| 3 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes GP | 1:14,448 | + 0,147 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:14,583 | + 0,282 |
| 5 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:14,639 | + 0,338 |
| 6 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:14,948 | + 0,647 |
| 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:15,049 | + 0,748 |
| 8 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:15,199 | + 0,898 |
| 9 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:15,245 | + 0,944 |
| 10 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | ||
| 11 | Nicolas Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:15,421 | + 1,120 |
| 12 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:15,508 | + 1,207 |
| 13 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:15,536 | + 1,235 |
| 14 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:15,709 | + 1,408 |
| 15 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:15,718 | + 1,417 |
| 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:15,878 | + 1,577 |
| 17 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:16,885 | + 2,584 |
| 18 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | ||
| 19 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | ||
| 20 | Timo Glock | Marussia | ||
| 21 | Pedro de la Rosa | Hispania Racing | ||
| 22 | Charles Pic | Marussia | ||
| 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | Hispania Racing | ||
| 24 | Sergio Perez | Sauber | ||
| 107% | 1:19,502 | |||