| Pos. | Nº | Piloto | Marca | Vueltas | Tiempo | Diferencia |
| 1 | 9 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 12 | 1:27.306 | |
| 2 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 10 | 1:27.531 | 0.225 |
| 3 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 18 | 1:27.592 | 0.286 |
| 4 | 7 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 13 | 1:28.129 | 0.823 |
| 5 | 10 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 9 | 1:28.147 | 0.841 |
| 6 | 18 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Ferrari | 11 | 1:28.405 | 1.099 |
| 7 | 4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 9 | 1:28.540 | 1.234 |
| 8 | 11 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber-Ferrari | 20 | 1:28.560 | 1.254 |
| 9 | 19 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR-Ferrari | 20 | 1:28.739 | 1.433 |
| 10 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 12 | 1:28.891 | 1.585 |
| 11 | 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 10 | 1:28.928 | 1.622 |
| 12 | 12 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 17 | 1:29.049 | 1.743 |
| 13 | 14 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 11 | 1:29.174 | 1.868 |
| 14 | 16 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 13 | 1:29.717 | 2.411 |
| 15 | 15 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 7 | 1:29.783 | 2.477 |
| 16 | 17 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault | 15 | 1:30.425 | 3.119 |
| 17 | 6 | Sergio Perez | McLaren-Mercedes | 8 | 1:30.748 | 3.442 |
| 18 | 22 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Cosworth | 18 | 1:31.061 | 3.755 |
| 19 | 21 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham-Renault | 16 | 1:31.118 | 3.812 |
| 20 | 20 | Charles Pic | Caterham-Renault | 15 | 1:31.165 | 3.859 |
| 21 | 23 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Cosworth | 19 | 1:31.211 | 3.905 |
| 22 | 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 6 | 1:31.770 | 4.464 |
| Promedio del 1º: 177.678 km/h | ||||||