Mark Webber (Red Bull) partira premier au Grand Prix de Grande-Bretagne. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) partira 2e. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) et Felipe Massa (Ferrari) sont respectivement 3e et 4e. Jenson Button (McLaren) est 5e, tandis que Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) est 10e.
| 1 | 2 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:32.670 | 1:31.673 | 1:30.399 | 19 |
| 2 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:32.977 | 1:32.379 | 1:30.431 | 19 |
| 3 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:32.986 | 1:31.727 | 1:30.516 | 20 |
| 4 | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:32.760 | 1:31.640 | 1:31.124 | 16 |
| 5 | 4 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:34.230 | 1:32.273 | 1:31.898 | 21 |
| 6 | 15 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:34.472 | 1:32.569 | 1:31.929 | 14 |
| 7 | 12 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Cosworth | 1:32.702 | 1:32.588 | 1:31.933 | 16 |
| 8 | 16 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:34.324 | 1:32.399 | 1:32.128 | 16 |
| 9 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:34.186 | 1:32.295 | 1:32.209 | 18 |
| 10 | 3 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:33.581 | 1:32.505 | 1:32.376 | 20 |
| 11 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:34.454 | 1:32.617 | 14 | |
| 12 | 17 | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:34.145 | 1:32.624 | 14 | |
| 13 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:34.160 | 1:32.656 | 15 | |
| 14 | 10 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:34.428 | 1:32.734 | 14 | |
| 15 | 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:33.532 | 1:33.119 | 12 | |
| 16 | 9 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1:35.132 | 1:33.805 | 15 | |
| 17 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 1:34.923 | 1:34.821 | 9 | |
| 18 | 19 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:35.245 | 7 | ||
| 19 | 18 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:35.749 | 7 | ||
| 20 | 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:36.203 | 7 | ||
| 21 | 21 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Renault | 1:36.456 | 4 | ||
| 22 | 25 | Jerome d’Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:37.154 | 6 | ||
| 23 | 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT-Cosworth | 1:37.484 | 7 | ||
| 24 | 22 | Daniel Ricciardo | HRT-Cosworth | 1:38.059 | 6 | ||
| Q1 107% Time | 1:39.156 |