Despite the fact that McLaren has been dominant throughout the free practice sessions, Sebastian Vettel made it to the top of the grid once more this Saturday. He took the pole with a lap time of 1:38.481, 0.141sec ahead of Lewis Hamilton. Jenson Button took third, just 0.009sec adrift his team mate leaving Mark Webber in fourth place. Alonso and Massa followed, ahead of the two Mercedes drivers, Rosberg and Schumacher.

The qualification session was stopped for four minutes, after Falipe Massa hit a bollard which broke and stopped inside the track.

The qualification results are as follows :

01. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m38.481
02. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m38.622 + 0.141
03. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m38.631 + 0.150
04. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m38.858 + 0.377
05. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m39.058 + 0.577
06. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m39.695 + 1.214
07. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m39.773 + 1.292
08. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m40.662 + 2.181
09. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m40.768 + 2.287
10. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes
11. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m40.874 + 2.440
12. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m40.919 + 2.485
13. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m41.009 + 2.575
14. Bruno Senna Renault 1m41.079 + 2.645
15. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m41.162 + 2.728
16. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m41.240 + 2.806
17. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1m41.760 + 3.326
18. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1m42.979 + 3.197
19. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1m43.884 + 4.102
20. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m44.515 + 4.733
21. Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 1m44.641 + 4.859
22. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1m44.699 + 4.917
23. Tonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1m45.159 + 5.377
24. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosoworth no time