| 1. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 01:27.306 | 12 |
| 2. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 01:27.531 | 10 |
| 3. | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 01:27.592 | 18 |
| 4. | Heikki Kovalainen* | Lotus | 01:28.129 | 13 |
| 5. | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 01:28.147 | 9 |
| 6. | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 01:28.405 | 11 |
| 7. | Felipe Massa | Scuderia Ferrari | 01:28.540 | 9 |
| 8. | Nico Hülkenberg | Sauber | 01:28.560 | 20 |
| 9. | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 01:28.739 | 20 |
| 10. | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 01:28.891 | 12 |
| 11. | Fernando Alonso | Scuderia Ferrari | 01:28.928 | 10 |
| 12. | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber | 01:29.049 | 17 |
| 13. | Paul di Resta | Force India | 01:29.174 | 11 |
| 14. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 01:29.717 | 13 |
| 15. | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 01:29.783 | 7 |
| 16. | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 01:30.425 | 15 |
| 17. | Sergio Perez | McLaren | 01:30.748 | 8 |
| 18. | Jules Bianchi | Marussia | 01:31.061 | 18 |
| 19. | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham | 01:31.118 | 16 |
| 20. | Charles Pic | Caterham | 01:31.165 | 15 |
| 21. | Max Chilton | Marussia | 01:31.211 | 19 |
| 22. | Jenson Button | McLaren | 01:31.770 | 6 |
*Substitute for Kimi Räikkönen
