Brezilya GP sıralama turlarında ilk sıra Lewis Hamilton'un oldu. Şampiyonluk için yarışan iki pilottan Vettel 4. olurken Alonso 8. sırada kaldı..
| # | Pilot | Takım | Derece | Fark | Tur | |
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton |  | McLaren | 1:12.458 | 21 | |
| 2 | Jenson Button | | McLaren | 1:12.513 | 0.055 | 20 |
| 3 | Mark Webber |  | Red Bull | 1:12.581 | 0.123 | 22 |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel |  | Red Bull | 1:12.760 | 0.302 | 19 |
| 5 | Felipe Massa |  | Ferrari | 1:12.987 | 0.529 | 25 |
| 6 | Pastor Maldonado |  | Williams | 1:13.174 | 0.716 | 24 |
| 7 | Nico Hulkenberg | | Force India | 1:13.206 | 0.748 | 23 |
| 8 | Fernando Alonso |  | Ferrari | 1:13.253 | 0.795 | 25 |
| 9 | Kimi Raikkonen |  | Lotus | 1:13.298 | 0.840 | 22 |
| 10 | Nico Rosberg | | Mercedes | 1:13.489 | 1.031 | 26 |
| 11 | Paul di Resta | | Force India | 1:14.121 | 0.273 | 18 |
| 12 | Bruno Senna | | Williams | 1:14.219 | 0.371 | 21 |
| 13 | Sergio Perez |  | Sauber | 1:14.234 | 0.386 | 21 |
| 14 | Michael Schumacher | | Mercedes | 1:14.334 | 0.486 | 17 |
| 15 | Kamui Kobayashi |  | Sauber | 1:14.380 | 0.532 | 24 |
| 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | | Toro Rosso | 1:14.574 | 0.726 | 22 |
| 17 | Jean-Eric Vergne |  | Toro Rosso | 1:14.619 | 0.771 | 23 |
| 18 | Romain Grosjean | | Lotus | 1:16.967 | 1.892 | 8 |
| 19 | Vitaly Petrov |  | Caterham | 1:17.073 | 1.998 | 14 |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | | Caterham | 1:17.086 | 2.011 | 14 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | | Marussia | 1:17.508 | 2.433 | 13 |
| 22 | Charles Pic | | Marussia | 1:18.104 | 3.029 | 14 |
| 23 | Narain Karthikeyan |  | HRT | 1:19.576 | 4.501 | 13 |
| 24 | Pedro de la Rosa | | HRT | 1:19.699 | 4.624 | 12 |
