| Pos. | Nº | Piloto | Equipo | Tiempo | Diferencia |
| 1 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:39,957 | |
| 2 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:40,075 | 0,118 |
| 3 | 9 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:40,419 | 0,462 |
| 4 | 10 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:40,501 | 0,544 |
| 5 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 1:40,542 | 0,585 |
| 6 | 11 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:40,576 | 0,619 |
| 7 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:40,997 | 1,040 |
| 8 | 4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:41,015 | 1,058 |
| 9 | 6 | Sergio Perez | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:41,068 | 1,111 |
| 10 | 19 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR-Ferrari | 1:41,111 | 1,154 |
| 11 | 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:41,093 | 1,136 |
| 12 | 14 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:41,133 | 1,176 |
| 13 | 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:41,200 | 1,243 |
| 14 | 18 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Ferrari | 1:41,279 | 1,322 |
| 15 | 16 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:41,395 | 1,438 |
| 16 | 17 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault | 1:41,447 | 1,490 |
| 17 | 12 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:41,999 | 2,042 |
| 18 | 15 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:42,051 | 2,094 |
| 19 | 21 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham-Renault | 1:43,252 | 3,295 |
| 20 | 22 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:43,398 | 3,441 |
| 21 | 20 | Charles Pic | Caterham-Renault | 1:43,528 | 3,571 |
| 22 | 23 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:44,198 | 4,241 |
| Promedio del 1º: 200.030 km/h | |||||