Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) remporte le premier Grand Prix de Formule 1 de l’histoire de l’Inde. Jenson Button (McLaren) termine 2e et Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) monte sur la 3e marche du podium. Mark Webber (Red Bull) fini 4e. Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) a fait une belle remontée et termine 5e, suivi de Nico Rosberg (Mercedes). Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) est 7e. Les derniers points disponibles sont récoltés par Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso), Adrian Sutil (Force India) et Sergio Perez (Sauber).
| 1 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 60 | 1:30:35.002 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 60 | +8.4 secs | 4 | 18 |
| 3 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 60 | +24.3 secs | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | 2 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 60 | +25.5 secs | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 60 | +65.4 secs | 11 | 10 |
| 6 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 60 | +66.8 secs | 7 | 8 |
| 7 | 3 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 60 | +84.1 secs | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | 19 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 59 | +1 Lap | 10 | 4 |
| 9 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 59 | +1 Lap | 8 | 2 |
| 10 | 17 | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 59 | +1 Lap | 20 | 1 |
| 11 | 10 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 59 | +1 Lap | 16 | |
| 12 | 9 | Bruno Senna | Renault | 59 | +1 Lap | 14 | |
| 13 | 15 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 59 | +1 Lap | 12 | |
| 14 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 58 | +2 Laps | 18 | |
| 15 | 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 58 | +2 Laps | 15 | |
| 16 | 25 | Jerome d’Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth | 57 | +3 Laps | 21 | |
| 17 | 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 57 | +3 Laps | 23 | |
| 18 | 23 | Daniel Ricciardo | HRT-Cosworth | 57 | +3 Laps | 22 | |
| 19 | 21 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Renault | 55 | +5 Laps | 19 | |
| Ret | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 32 | +28 Laps | 6 | |
| Ret | 18 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 24 | Technical | 9 | |
| Ret | 12 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Cosworth | 12 | Gearbox | 13 | |
| Ret | 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 2 | Accident damage | 24 | |
| Ret | 16 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 0 | Accident damage | 17 |
Meilleur tour: Sebastian Vettel en 1:27.249 au 60e tour