Ani kvalifikácia v uličkách Marina Bay nepriniesla žiadne prekvapenie. Už po štrnástykrát v tejto sezóne bude stáť na pole position auto Red Bullu. Prvý Sebastian Vettel, druhý Mark Webber.
Výsledky kvalifikácie:
| Pozícia | Jazdec | Tím | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Strata |
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:46,397 | 1:44,931 | 1:44,381 | |
| 2 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:47,332 | 1:45,651 | 1:44,732 | 0,351 |
| 3 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:46,956 | 1:45,472 | 1:44,804 | 0,423 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:47,014 | 1:46,829 | 1:44,809 | 0,428 |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:47,054 | 1:45,779 | 1:44,874 | 0,493 |
| 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:47,945 | 1:45,955 | 1:45,800 | 1,419 |
| 7 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:47,688 | 1:46,405 | 1:46,013 | 1,632 |
| 8 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:48,819 | 1:46,043 | - | |
| 9 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:47,952 | 1:47,093 | - | |
| 10 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:48,022 | 1:47,486 | - | |
| 11 | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:47,717 | 1:47,616 | ||
| 12 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1:48,061 | 1:48,082 | ||
| 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Cosworth | 1:49,710 | 1:48,270 | ||
| 14 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:48,753 | 1:48,634 | ||
| 15 | Bruno Senna | Renault | 1:48,861 | 1:48,662 | ||
| 16 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:49,588 | 1:49,862 | ||
| 17 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:48,054 | - | ||
| 18 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:49,835 | |||
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 1:50,948 | |||
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Renault | 1:51,012 | |||
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:52,154 | |||
| 22 | Jerome d'Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth | 1:52,363 | |||
| 23 | Daniel Ricciardo | HRT-Cosworth | 1:52,404 | |||
| 24 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT-Cosworth | 1:52,810 | |||
| Q1 107 % | 1:53,844 |
