| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / Gap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BUT Jenson Button | McLaren | 1 | 1:29:08.530 | 25 |
| 2 | VET Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 10 | +13.624 | 18 |
| 3 | RAI Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus | 3 | +25.334 | 15 |
| 4 | HUL Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 11 | +27.843 | 12 |
| 5 | MAS Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 14 | +29.845 | 10 |
| 6 | WEB Mark Webber | Red Bull | 12 | +31.244 | 8 |
| 7 | MSC Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 13 | +53.374 | 6 |
| 8 | VER Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 15 | +58.865 | 4 |
| 9 | RIC Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 16 | +1:02.982 | 2 |
| 10 | DIR Paul di Resta | Force India | 9 | +1:03.783 | 1 |
| 11 | ROS Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 23 | +1:05.111 | — |
| 12 | SEN Bruno Senna FL | Williams | 17 | +1:11.529 | — |
| 13 | KOB Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 2 | +1:56.119 | — |
| 14 | PET Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 19 | +1 lap | — |
| 15 | GLO Timo Glock | Marussia | 20 | +1 lap | — |
| 16 | PIC Charles Pic | Marussia | 22 | +1 lap | — |
| 17 | KOV Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 18 | +1 lap | — |
| 18 | DLR Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 21 | +1 lap | — |
| DNF | KAR Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 24 | Accident | — |
| DNF | MAL Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 6 | Collision damage | — |
| DNF | PER Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 4 | Collision damage | — |
| DNF | ALO Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 5 | Collision | — |
| DNF | HAM Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 7 | Collision | — |
| DNF | GRO Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 8 | Collision | — |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BUT Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:49.250 | 1:47.654 | 1:47.573 |
| 2 | KOB Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:49.686 | 1:48.569 | 1:47.871 |
| 3 | MAL Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:48.993 | 1:48.780 | 1:47.893 |
| 4 | RAI Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus | 1:49.546 | 1:48.414 | 1:48.205 |
| 5 | PER Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:49.642 | 1:47.980 | 1:48.219 |
| 6 | ALO Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:49.401 | 1:48.598 | 1:48.313 |
| 7 | WEB Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:49.859 | 1:48.546 | 1:48.392 |
| 8 | HAM Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:49.605 | 1:48.563 | 1:48.394 |
| 9 | GRO Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 1:50.126 | 1:48.714 | 1:48.538 |
| 10 | DIR Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:50.033 | 1:48.729 | 1:48.890 |
| 11 | VET Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:49.722 | 1:48.792 | — |
| 12 | HUL Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:49.362 | 1:48.855 | — |
| 13 | MSC Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:49.742 | 1:49.081 | — |
| 14 | MAS Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:49.588 | 1:49.147 | — |
| 15 | VER Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:49.763 | 1:49.354 | — |
| 16 | RIC Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:49.572 | 1:49.543 | — |
| 17 | SEN Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:49.958 | 1:50.088 | — |
| 18 | ROS Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:50.181 | — | — |
| 19 | KOV Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:51.739 | — | — |
| 20 | PET Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:51.967 | — | — |
| 21 | GLO Timo Glock | Marussia | 1:52.336 | — | — |
| 22 | DLR Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:53.030 | — | — |
| 23 | PIC Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:53.493 | — | — |
| 24 | KAR Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:54.989 | — | — |