Paul di Resta today qualified 12th but will move one place up to 11th, just behind Felipe Massa of Ferrari.
The two Red Bull cars will line up in the front row with defending champion Sebastian Vettel taking the pole position ahead of teammate Mark Webber.
McLaren's Jenson Button was third but a five-place penalty pushes him to eighth.
After managing his fastest lap time in 1:32.272, which was marginally better than his Q1 timing (1:32.828), Hulkenberg did not set a time in Q3 to save tyres keeping in mind the penalty.
"The build-up to qualifying was quite intense because the guys were working hard to repair my car after the accident this morning. It was not a big impact, but the angle was unfortunate and there was quite a lot to fix
