Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) partira de la position de tête du Grand Prix d’Italie, devant Jenson Button (McLaren) et Felipe Massa (Ferrari). Mark Webber (Red Bull) partira 4e, tandis que son coéquiper, Sebastian Vettel partira 6e. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) est 5e et Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) est 7e. Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) n’a pu faire mieux que le 12e rang.
| 1 | 8 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:22.646 | 1:22.297 | 1:21.962 | 23 |
| 2 | 1 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:23.085 | 1:22.354 | 1:22.084 | 21 |
| 3 | 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:22.421 | 1:22.610 | 1:22.293 | 25 |
| 4 | 6 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:23.431 | 1:22.706 | 1:22.433 | 26 |
| 5 | 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:22.830 | 1:22.394 | 1:22.623 | 17 |
| 6 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:23.235 | 1:22.701 | 1:22.675 | 23 |
| 7 | 4 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes GP | 1:23.529 | 1:23.055 | 1:23.027 | 23 |
| 8 | 10 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | 1:23.516 | 1:22.989 | 1:23.037 | 23 |
| 9 | 11 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:23.234 | 1:22.880 | 1:23.039 | 18 |
| 10 | 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:23.695 | 1:23.142 | 1:23.328 | 26 |
| 11 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:23.493 | 1:23.199 | 16 | |
| 12 | 3 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes GP | 1:23.840 | 1:23.388 | 19 | |
| 13 | 23 | Kamui Kobayashi | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:24.273 | 1:23.659 | 17 | |
| 14 | 16 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:23.744 | 1:23.681 | 19 | |
| 15 | 12 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:24.086 | 1:23.819 | 17 | |
| 16 | 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:24.083 | 1:23.919 | 19 | |
| 17 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:24.442 | 1:24.044 | 16 | |
| 18 | 18 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:25.540 | 10 | ||
| 19 | 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:25.742 | 11 | ||
| 20 | 15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:25.774 | 3 | ||
| 21 | 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:25.934 | 11 | ||
| 22 | 25 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:25.974 | 10 | ||
| 23 | 21 | Bruno Senna | HRT-Cosworth | 1:26.847 | 11 | ||
| 24 | 20 | Sakon Yamamoto | HRT-Cosworth | 1:27.020 | 10 |