| Pos. | Nº | Piloto | Equipo | Tiempo | Diferencia |
| 1 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:36,338 | |
| 2 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:36,441 | 0,103 |
| 3 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:37,155 | 0,817 |
| 4 | 11 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:37,296 | 0,958 |
| 5 | 10 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:37,345 | 1,007 |
| 6 | 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:37,376 | 1,038 |
| 7 | 6 | Sergio Perez | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:37,452 | 1,114 |
| 8 | 7 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 1:37,715 | 1,377 |
| 9 | 17 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault | 1:37,836 | 1,498 |
| 10 | 12 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:38,034 | 1,696 |
| 11 | 19 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR-Ferrari | 1:38,131 | 1,793 |
| 12 | 14 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:38,139 | 1,801 |
| 13 | 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:38,217 | 1,879 |
| 14 | 9 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:38,364 | 2,026 |
| 15 | 4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:38,592 | 2,254 |
| 16 | 18 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Ferrari | 1:38,696 | 2,358 |
| 17 | 15 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:39,250 | 2,912 |
| 18 | 16 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:39,351 | 3,013 |
| 19 | 21 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham-Renault | 1:40,491 | 4,153 |
| 20 | 22 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:40,528 | 4,190 |
| 21 | 20 | Charles Pic | Caterham-Renault | 1:40,596 | 4,258 |
| 22 | 23 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:41,401 | 5,063 |
| Promedio del 1º: 206.012 km/h | |||||