| Pos. | Nº | Piloto | Equipo | Tiempo | Diferencia |
| 1 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:37,202 | |
| 2 | 10 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:37,420 | 0,218 |
| 3 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:37,464 | 0,262 |
| 4 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:37,531 | 0,329 |
| 5 | 9 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:37,679 | 0,477 |
| 6 | 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:38,038 | 0,836 |
| 7 | 4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:38,223 | 1,021 |
| 8 | 11 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:38,237 | 1,035 |
| 9 | 12 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:38,405 | 1,203 |
| 10 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 1:38,822 | 1,620 |
| 11 | 6 | Sergio Perez | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:38,362 | 1,160 |
| 12 | 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:38,365 | 1,163 |
| 13 | 19 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR-Ferrari | 1:38,417 | 1,215 |
| 14 | 15 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:38,431 | 1,229 |
| 15 | 14 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:38,718 | 1,516 |
| 16 | 18 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Ferrari | 1:38,781 | 1,579 |
| 17 | 17 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault | 1:39,470 | 2,268 |
| 18 | 16 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:39,987 | 2,785 |
| 19 | 20 | Charles Pic | Caterham-Renault | 1:40,864 | 3,662 |
| 20 | 21 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham-Renault | 1:40,871 | 3,669 |
| 21 | 22 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:41,169 | 3,967 |
| 22 | 23 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:41,322 | 4,120 |
| Promedio del 1º: 207.958 km/h | |||||