17/03/2012
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Hamilton | McLaren | 1:25.681 | 138.453 mph |
| 2 | Grosjean | Lotus | 1:25.758 | 0.077 |
| 3 | Webber | Red Bull | 1:25.900 | 0.219 |
| 4 | Button | McLaren | 1:25.906 | 0.225 |
| 5 | Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:25.929 | 0.248 |
| 6 | Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:26.078 | 0.397 |
| 7 | Vettel | Red Bull | 1:26.211 | 0.530 |
| 8 | Maldonado | Williams | 1:26.470 | 0.789 |
| 9 | Perez | Sauber | 1:26.632 | 0.951 |
| 10 | Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:26.723 | 1.042 |
| 11 | Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:26.733 | 1.052 |
| 12 | Raikkonen | Lotus | 1:26.737 | 1.056 |
| 13 | Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:26.755 | 1.074 |
| 14 | Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:27.029 | 1.348 |
| 15 | Senna | Williams | 1:27.119 | 1.438 |
| 16 | Alonso | Ferrari | 1:27.323 | 1.642 |
| 17 | Di Resta | Force India | 1:27.428 | 1.747 |
| 18 | Massa | Ferrari | 1:28.023 | 2.342 |
| 19 | Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:28.341 | 2.660 |
| 20 | Petrov | Caterham | 1:28.702 | 3.021 |
| 21 | Glock | Marussia | 1:30.728 | 5.047 |
| 22 | Pic | Marussia | 1:31.225 | 5.544 |
| 23 | De la Rosa | HRT | 1:33.114 | 7.433 |
| 24 | Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:33.261 | 7.580 |
Note: 107% = 1:31.678