Saturday's qualifying was not a surprise, as Sebastian Vettel took the pole again, by just a hundredth of a second from McLaren's Jenson Button. Lewis Hamilton came 3rd with 1:30.617, very close to Jenson Button's 1:30.475. The two Ferrari took the next two positions, with Felipe Massa in 4th place and Fernando Alonso in 5ht place. Surpisingly the second Red Bull took the 6th place, and was nowhere near his teammate Sebstian Vettel, making a lap of 1:31.156 7 tenths of a second slower than his teammate. The rest of the drivers did not make any laps in Q3. Based on the times of Q2 Michael Schumacher took the 7th place, while Renault's Bruno Sena was 8th and teammate Vitaly Petrov was 9th. Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi completed the first ten drivers.

The qualification results are as follows:

1 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:30.466
2 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:30.475
3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:30.617
4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:30.804
5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:30.886
6 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:31.156
7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:32.116
8 Bruno Senna Renault 1:32.297
9 Vitaly Petrov Renault 1:32.245
10 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:32.380
11 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:32.463
12 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:32.746
13 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:33.079
14 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1:33.224
15 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1:33.227
16 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 1:33.427
17 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1:34.704
18 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1:35.454
19 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1:35.514
20 Jerome d'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1:36.439
21 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:36.507
22 Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 1:37.846
23 Nico Rosberg Mercedes
24 Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth