| P | Driver | Team | Lap time | Gap | Laps | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 01:41.424 | 19 | ||
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 01:41.793 | 0.369 | 17 | |
| 3 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 01:42.429 | 1.005 | 18 | |
| 4 | Fernando Alonso | Scuderia Ferrari | 01:42.653 | 1.229 | 8 | |
| 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 01:42.679 | 1.255 | 19 | |
| 6 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 01:42.768 | 1.344 | 20 | |
| 7 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing | 01:42.773 | 1.349 | 14 | |
| 8 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 01:42.794 | 1.370 | 19 | |
| 9 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 01:42.809 | 1.385 | 20 | |
| 10 | Kimi Räikkönen | Scuderia Ferrari | 01:43.038 | 1.614 | 14 | |
| 11 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren | 01:43.112 | 1.688 | 13 | |
| 12 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 01:43.352 | 1.928 | 20 | |
| 13 | Sergio Perez | Force India | 01:43.360 | 1.936 | 19 | |
| 14 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 01:43.501 | 2.077 | 18 | |
| 15 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber | 01:43.643 | 2.219 | 24 | |
| 16 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus | 01:43.718 | 2.294 | 17 | |
| 17 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 01:43.778 | 2.354 | 18 | |
| 18 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber | 01:44.022 | 2.598 | 22 | |
| 19 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham | 01:45.044 | 3.620 | 16 | |
| 20 | Will Stevens* | Caterham | 01:45.959 | 4.535 | 21 |
*Replaced Marcus Ericsson
Note: The Caterham F1 team returned to the grid at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after having missed the last two rounds of the championship