| 1. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 01:47.947 | 15 |
| 2. | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 01:48.272 | 15 |
| 3. | Fernando Alonso | Scuderia Ferrari | 01:48.623 | 11 |
| 4. | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 01:48.859 | 16 |
| 5. | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus | 01:48.865 | 17 |
| 6. | Felipe Massa | Scuderia Ferrari | 01:49.458 | 13 |
| 7. | Paul di Resta | Force India | 01:49.684 | 15 |
| 8. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 01:49.699 | 16 |
| 9. | Bruno Senna | Williams | 01:49.715 | 14 |
| 10. | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 01:49.981 | 14 |
| 11. | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 01:50.110 | 12 |
| 12. | Jenson Button | McLaren | 01:50.524 | 10 |
| 13. | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 01:50.664 | 16 |
| 14. | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 01:50.777 | 15 |
| 15. | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 01:50.840 | 15 |
| 16. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 01:51.012 | 15 |
| 17. | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 01:51.059 | 17 |
| 18. | Sergio Perez | Sauber | 01:51.272 | 10 |
| 19. | Charles Pic | Marussia | 01:52.290 | 16 |
| 20. | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 01:53.781 | 12 |
| 21. | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 01:54.326 | 14 |
| 22. | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 01:54.421 | 14 |
| 23. | Timo Glock | Marussia | 01:54.630 | 9 |
| 24. | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 01:54.875 | 14 |
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