21/05/2011
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Vettel | Red Bull | 1:21.707 | 127.446 mph |
| 2 | Webber | Red Bull | 1:21.791 | 0.084 |
| 3 | Hamilton | McLaren | 1:22.509 | 0.802 |
| 4 | Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:23.057 | 1.350 |
| 5 | Button | McLaren | 1:23.188 | 1.481 |
| 6 | Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:23.397 | 1.690 |
| 7 | Alonso | Ferrari | 1:23.568 | 1.861 |
| 8 | Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:23.669 | 1.962 |
| 9 | Petrov | Renault | 1:24.043 | 2.336 |
| 10 | Massa | Ferrari | 1:24.278 | 2.571 |
| 11 | Barrichello | Williams | 1:24.318 | 2.611 |
| 12 | Perez | Sauber | 1:24.329 | 2.622 |
| 13 | Heidfeld | Renault | 1:24.366 | 2.659 |
| 14 | Maldonado | Williams | 1:24.399 | 2.692 |
| 15 | Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:24.535 | 2.828 |
| 16 | Sutil | Force India | 1:24.695 | 2.988 |
| 17 | Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:24.722 | 3.015 |
| 18 | Di Resta | Force India | 1:25.223 | 3.516 |
| 19 | Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:26.236 | 4.529 |
| 20 | Trulli | Lotus | 1:27.000 | 5.293 |
| 21 | Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:27.471 | 5.764 |
| 22 | Glock | Virgin | 1:27.706 | 5.999 |
| 23 | Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:28.027 | 6.320 |
| 24 | D'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:28.036 | 6.329 |
| 25 | Liuzzi | Hispania | 1:28.330 | 6.623 |
| 26 | Karthikeyan | Hispania | 1:29.469 | 7.762 |