09/07/2010
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Bianchi | ART Grand Prix | 1:39.189 | 133.085 mph |
| 2 | Maldonado | Rapax | 1:39.325 | 0.136 |
| 3 | Vietoris | Racing Engineering | 1:39.423 | 0.234 |
| 4 | Clos | Racing Engineering | 1:39.653 | 0.464 |
| 5 | Turvey | iSport International | 1:39.701 | 0.512 |
| 6 | Bird | ART Grand Prix | 1:39.756 | 0.567 |
| 7 | Pic | Arden International | 1:39.791 | 0.602 |
| 8 | Van der Garde | Barwa Addax Team | 1:39.809 | 0.620 |
| 9 | Valerio | Scuderia Coloni | 1:39.811 | 0.622 |
| 10 | Perez | Barwa Addax Team | 1:39.894 | 0.705 |
| 11 | Valsecchi | iSport International | 1:39.901 | 0.712 |
| 12 | D'Ambrosio | DAMS | 1:39.941 | 0.752 |
| 13 | Filippi | Super Nova Racing | 1:39.984 | 0.795 |
| 14 | Ricci | DPR | 1:40.288 | 1.099 |
| 15 | Herck | DPR | 1:40.342 | 1.153 |
| 16 | Ericsson | Super Nova Racing | 1:40.511 | 1.322 |
| 17 | Razia | Rapax | 1:40.559 | 1.370 |
| 18 | Cecotto | Trident Racing | 1:40.747 | 1.558 |
| 19 | Zaugg | Trident Racing | 1:40.812 | 1.623 |
| 20 | Chilton | Ocean Racing Technology | 1:41.046 | 1.857 |
| 21 | Gonzalez | Arden International | 1:41.344 | 2.155 |
| 22 | Leimer | Ocean Racing Technology | 1:41.548 | 2.359 |
| 23 | Arabadzhiev | Scuderia Coloni | 1:41.654 | 2.465 |
Ho-Pin Tung did not take part in the session after he damaged his chassis on a kerb during the practice session.
Valerio, Vietoris and Cecotto will drop ten places on the grid following thei penalty picked up in Valencia.