Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) signe la dernière position de tête de la saison 2010. À ses côtés on retrouvera Lewis Hamilton (McLaren). Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) partira 3e, tandis que son principal adversaire au championnat, Mark Webber (Red Bull) partira 5e. Jenson Button s’est pour sa part qualifié 4e en vue du Grand Prix Abou Dhabi.
| 1 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:40.318 | 1:39.874 | 1:39.394 | 17 |
| 2 | 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:40.335 | 1:40.119 | 1:39.425 | 19 |
| 3 | 8 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:40.170 | 1:40.311 | 1:39.792 | 21 |
| 4 | 1 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:40.877 | 1:40.014 | 1:39.823 | 23 |
| 5 | 6 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:40.690 | 1:40.074 | 1:39.925 | 20 |
| 6 | 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:40.942 | 1:40.323 | 1:40.202 | 19 |
| 7 | 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:40.904 | 1:40.476 | 1:40.203 | 26 |
| 8 | 3 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes GP | 1:41.222 | 1:40.452 | 1:40.516 | 20 |
| 9 | 4 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes GP | 1:40.231 | 1:40.060 | 1:40.589 | 25 |
| 10 | 12 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:41.018 | 1:40.658 | 1:40.901 | 21 |
| 11 | 11 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 1:41.336 | 1:40.780 | 13 | |
| 12 | 23 | Kamui Kobayashi | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:41.045 | 1:40.783 | 14 | |
| 13 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:41.473 | 1:40.914 | 18 | |
| 14 | 22 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 1:41.409 | 1:41.113 | 17 | |
| 15 | 10 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | 1:41.015 | 1:41.418 | 18 | |
| 16 | 15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:41.681 | 1:41.642 | 18 | |
| 17 | 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:41.707 | 1:41.738 | 18 | |
| 18 | 16 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:41.824 | 11 | ||
| 19 | 18 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:43.516 | 11 | ||
| 20 | 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Cosworth | 1:43.712 | 11 | ||
| 21 | 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:44.095 | 10 | ||
| 22 | 25 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:44.510 | 9 | ||
| 23 | 21 | Bruno Senna | HRT-Cosworth | 1:45.085 | 10 | ||
| 24 | 20 | Christian Klien | HRT-Cosworth | 1:45.296 | 10 |