Bagaimanapun, rakan sepasukannya Lewis Hamilton terkeluar daripada saingan apabila mengalami masalah brek pada sesi kelayakan hari ini.
Pelumba pasukan William, Valtteri Bottas meraih petak kedua sementara Felipe Massa berjaya meraih petak ketiga. Pemandu Mc Laren, Kevin Magnussen ditempat keempat sementara Daniel Ricciardo daripada pasukan Red Bull berjaya meraih petak kelima
Berikut adalah keputusan penuh sesi kelayakan pada tengah hari Sabtu:
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:17.631 | 1:17.109 | 1:16.540 | 17 |
| 2 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 1:18.215 | 1:17.353 | 1:16.759 | 15 |
| 3 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1:18.381 | 1:17.370 | 1:17.078 | 21 |
| 4 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:18.260 | 1:17.788 | 1:17.214 | 17 |
| 5 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:18.117 | 1:17.855 | 1:17.273 | 19 |
| 6 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:18.194 | 1:17.646 | 1:17.577 | 16 |
| 7 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:18.389 | 1:17.866 | 1:17.649 | 19 |
| 8 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | STR-Renault | 1:18.530 | 1:18.103 | 1:17.965 | 22 |
| 9 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:18.927 | 1:18.017 | 1:18.014 | 21 |
| 10 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 1:18.916 | 1:18.161 | 1:18.035 | 21 |
| 11 | 22 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:18.425 | 1:18.193 | 15 | |
| 12 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:18.534 | 1:18.273 | 13 | |
| 13 | 25 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Renault | 1:18.496 | 1:18.285 | 14 | |
| 14 | 21 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:18.739 | 1:18.787 | 14 | |
| 15 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:18.894 | 1:18.983 | 14 | |
| 16 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:18.683 | 5 | ||
| 17 | 99 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:19.142 | 8 | ||
| 18 | 17 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Ferrari | 1:19.676 | 8 | ||
| 19 | 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus-Renault | 1:20.195 | 7 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham-Renault | 1:20.408 | 7 | ||
| 21 | 4 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Ferrari | 1:20.489 | 9 | ||
| DNS | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham-Renault | ||||
| Q1 107% Time | 1:23.065 |
