17/03/2012
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Hamilton | McLaren | 1:24.922 | 139.690 mph |
| 2 | Button | McLaren | 1:25.074 | 0.152 |
| 3 | Grosjean | Lotus | 1:25.302 | 0.380 |
| 4 | Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:25.336 | 0.414 |
| 5 | Webber | Red Bull | 1:25.651 | 0.729 |
| 6 | Vettel | Red Bull | 1:25.668 | 0.746 |
| 7 | Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:25.686 | 0.764 |
| 8 | Maldonado | Williams | 1:25.908 | 0.986 |
| 9 | Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:26.451 | 1.529 |
| 10 | Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | No Time | |
| 11 | Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:26.429 | |
| 12 | Alonso | Ferrari | 1:26.494 | |
| 13 | Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:26.590 | |
| 14 | Senna | Williams | 1:26.663 | |
| 15 | Di Resta | Force India | 1:27.086 | |
| 16 | Massa | Ferrari | 1:27.497 | |
| 17 | Perez | Sauber | No Time | |
| 18 | Raikkonen | Lotus | 1:27.758 | |
| 19 | Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:28.679 | |
| 20 | Petrov | Caterham | 1:29.018 | |
| 21 | Glock | Marussia | 1:30.923 | |
| 22 | Pic | Marussia | 1:31.670 | |
| 23 | De la Rosa | HRT | 1:33.495 | |
| 24 | Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:33.643 |
Note: Q1 107% = 1:32.214
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