Sebastian Vettel ha conseguido una nueva pole positions en India por delante de Mark Webber significando que Red Bull ha copado de nuevo la primera fila de la parrilla. Lewis Hamilton y Jenson Button ocupan la segunda fila mientras que Fernando Alonso y Felipe Massa ocupan la tercera fila
Resultado Clasificación Gran Premio de la India
| Pos | Piloto | Equipo | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 01:26.4 | 01:25.4 | 01:25.3 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 01:26.7 | 01:25.6 | 01:25.3 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 01:26.5 | 01:25.8 | 01:25.5 |
| 4 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 01:26.6 | 01:25.5 | 01:25.7 |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 01:26.8 | 01:25.8 | 01:25.8 |
| 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 01:26.9 | 01:26.1 | 01:25.9 |
| 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 01:26.7 | 01:26.1 | 01:26.2 |
| 8 | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 01:27.2 | 01:26.1 | 01:26.4 |
| 9 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 01:26.0 | 01:26.0 | 01:26.7 |
| 10 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 01:26.5 | 01:26.0 | |
| 11 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 01:26.9 | 01:26.1 | |
| 12 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 01:27.2 | 01:26.2 | |
| 13 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 01:26.9 | 01:26.3 | |
| 14 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 01:27.5 | 01:26.6 | |
| 15 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR-Ferrari | 01:27.0 | 01:26.8 | |
| 16 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 01:27.5 | 01:27.0 | |
| 17 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 01:27.5 | 01:27.2 | |
| 18 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Ferrari | 01:27.5 | ||
| 19 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 01:28.8 | ||
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 01:29.5 | ||
| 21 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 01:29.6 | ||
| 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 01:30.6 | ||
| 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 01:30.6 | ||
| 24 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 01:30.7 | ||
| Q1 107% | 01:32.1 |