| Pos. | Nº | Piloto | Equipo | Tiempo | Diferencia |
| 1 | 10 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:29,398 | |
| 2 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:29,501 | 0,103 |
| 3 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:29,608 | 0,210 |
| 4 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 1:29,892 | 0,494 |
| 5 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:29,959 | 0,561 |
| 6 | 19 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR-Ferrari | 1:30,528 | 1,130 |
| 7 | 4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:31,126 | 1,728 |
| 8 | 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:31,209 | 1,811 |
| 9 | 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:30,269 | 0,871 |
| 10 | 11 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:30,231 | 0,833 |
| 11 | 9 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:30,326 | 0,928 |
| 12 | 14 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:30,697 | 1,299 |
| 13 | 6 | Sergio Perez | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:30,933 | 1,535 |
| 14 | 12 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:31,010 | 1,612 |
| 15 | 15 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:31,010 | 1,612 |
| 16 | 18 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Ferrari | 1:31,104 | 1,706 |
| 17 | 17 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault | 1:31,693 | 2,295 |
| 18 | 16 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:31,707 | 2,309 |
| 19 | 20 | Charles Pic | Caterham-Renault | 1:32,937 | 3,539 |
| 20 | 22 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:33,063 | 3,665 |
| 21 | 21 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham-Renault | 1:33,734 | 4,336 |
| 22 | 23 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:34,098 | 4,700 |
| Promedio del 1º: 207.306 km/h | |||||