| Pos. | Nº | Piloto | Equipo | Tiempo | Diferencia |
| 1 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1'21"264 | |
| 2 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1'21"308 | 00"044 |
| 3 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 1'21"417 | 00"153 |
| 4 | 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1'21"426 | 00"162 |
| 5 | 4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1'21"544 | 00"280 |
| 6 | 10 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1'21"802 | 00"538 |
| 7 | 9 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1'21"991 | 00"727 |
| 8 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus | 1'22"011 | 00"747 |
| 9 | 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1'22"180 | 00"916 |
| 10 | 15 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1'22"304 | 01"040 |
| 11 | 14 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 1'22"526 | 01"262 |
| 12 | 6 | Sergio Pérez | McLaren | 1'22"529 | 01"265 |
| 13 | 16 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1'22"781 | 01"517 |
| 14 | 12 | Esteban Gutiérrez | Sauber | 1'22"837 | 01"573 |
| 15 | 11 | Nico Hülkenberg | Sauber | 1'22"841 | 01"577 |
| 16 | 18 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1'23"369 | 02"105 |
| 17 | 19 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1'23"411 | 02"147 |
| 18 | 17 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1'23"646 | 02"382 |
| 19 | 20 | Charles Pic | Caterham | 1'24"325 | 03"061 |
| 20 | 21 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham | 1'25"065 | 03"801 |
| 21 | 22 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia | 1'25"143 | 03"879 |
| 22 | 23 | Max Chilton | Marussia | 1'26"647 | 05"383 |
| Promedio del 1º: 194.078 km/h | |||||