| Pos. | Nº | Piloto | Equipo | Tiempo | Diferencia |
| 1 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:17.895 | |
| 2 | 15 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:18.248 | 0.353 |
| 3 | 10 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:18.732 | 0.837 |
| 4 | 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:18.977 | 1082 |
| 5 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:19.131 | 1236 |
| 6 | 9 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:19.457 | 1562 |
| 7 | 14 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:19.496 | 1601 |
| 8 | 4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:19.750 | 1855 |
| 9 | 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:19.790 | 1895 |
| 10 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 1:20.316 | 2421 |
| 11 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:20.596 | 2701 |
| 12 | 16 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:21.035 | 3140 |
| 13 | 19 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR-Ferrari | 1:21.364 | 3469 |
| 14 | 23 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:21.652 | 3757 |
| 15 | 11 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:22.021 | 4126 |
| 16 | 12 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:22.720 | 4825 |
| 17 | 18 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Ferrari | 1:23.058 | 5163 |
| 18 | 21 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham-Renault | 1:23.132 | 5237 |
| 19 | 6 | Sergio Perez | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:23.309 | 5414 |
| 20 | 20 | Charles Pic | Caterham-Renault | 1:23.620 | 5725 |
| 21 | 17 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault | 1:24.314 | 6419 |
| 22 | 22 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:26.195 | 8300 |
| Promedio del 1º: 201.548 km/h | |||||