12/03/2010
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Sutil | Force India | 1:56.583 | 120.865 mph |
| 2 | Alonso | Ferrari | 1:56.766 | 0.183 |
| 3 | Kubica | Renault | 1:57.041 | 0.458 |
| 4 | Massa | Ferrari | 1:57.055 | 0.472 |
| 5 | Button | McLaren | 1:57.088 | 0.505 |
| 6 | Hamilton | McLaren | 1:57.163 | 0.580 |
| 7 | Liuzzi | Force India | 1:57.194 | 0.611 |
| 8 | Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:57.199 | 0.616 |
| 9 | Webber | Red Bull | 1:57.255 | 0.672 |
| 10 | Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:57.662 | 1.079 |
| 11 | Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:57.722 | 1.139 |
| 12 | Hulkenberg | Williams | 1:57.894 | 1.311 |
| 13 | Vettel | Red Bull | 1:57.943 | 1.360 |
| 14 | Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:58.399 | 1.816 |
| 15 | Barrichello | Williams | 1:58.782 | 2.199 |
| 16 | Petrov | Renault | 1:58.880 | 2.297 |
| 17 | de la Rosa | Sauber | 2:00.250 | 3.667 |
| 18 | Kobayashi | Sauber | 2:01.388 | 4.805 |
| 19 | Glock | Virgin | 2:03.680 | 7.097 |
| 20 | Kovalainen | Lotus | 2:03.848 | 7.265 |
| 21 | Trulli | Lotus | 2:03.970 | 7.387 |
| 22 | di Grassi | Virgin | No Time | - |
| 23 | Senna | HRT | No Time | - |
| 24 | Chandhok | HRT | No Time | - |