| Pos. | Nº | Piloto | Equipo | Tiempo | Diferencia |
| 1 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:26,479 | |
| 2 | 9 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:27,102 | 0,623 |
| 3 | 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:27,539 | 1,060 |
| 4 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:27,572 | 1,093 |
| 5 | 10 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:27,677 | 1,198 |
| 6 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:27,737 | 1,258 |
| 7 | 19 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR-Ferrari | 1:28,052 | 1,573 |
| 8 | 18 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Ferrari | 1:28,081 | 1,602 |
| 9 | 4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:28,109 | 1,630 |
| 10 | 11 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:29,582 | 3,103 |
| 11 | 7 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 1:27,456 | 0,977 |
| 12 | 14 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:27,798 | 1,319 |
| 13 | 17 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault | 1:27,954 | 1,475 |
| 14 | 6 | Sergio Perez | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:28,269 | 1,790 |
| 15 | 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:28,308 | 1,829 |
| 16 | 15 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:28,586 | 2,107 |
| 17 | 16 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:27,367 | 0,888 |
| 18 | 12 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:27,445 | 0,966 |
| 19 | 20 | Charles Pic | Caterham-Renault | 1:27,843 | 1,364 |
| 20 | 21 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham-Renault | 1:28,320 | 1,841 |
| 21 | 22 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:28,366 | 1,887 |
| 22 | 23 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:28,950 | 2,471 |
| Promedio del 1º: 179.377 km/h | |||||