21/04/2012
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:32.816 | 130.437 mph |
| 2 | Webber | Red Bull | 1:33.262 | 0.446 |
| 3 | Vettel | Red Bull | 1:33.401 | 0.585 |
| 4 | Hamilton | McLaren | 1:33.572 | 0.756 |
| 5 | Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:33.796 | 0.980 |
| 6 | Button | McLaren | 1:33.899 | 1.083 |
| 7 | Raikkonen | Lotus | 1:33.976 | 1.160 |
| 8 | Di Resta | Force India | 1:34.150 | 1.334 |
| 9 | Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:34.197 | 1.381 |
| 10 | Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:34.344 | 1.528 |
| 11 | Grosjean | Lotus | 1:34.401 | 1.585 |
| 12 | Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:34.411 | 1.595 |
| 13 | Alonso | Ferrari | 1:34.449 | 1.633 |
| 14 | Perez | Sauber | 1:34.893 | 2.077 |
| 15 | Maldonado | Williams | 1:34.918 | 2.102 |
| 16 | Massa | Ferrari | 1:34.941 | 2.125 |
| 17 | Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:34.977 | 2.161 |
| 18 | Bottas | Williams | 1:35.497 | 2.681 |
| 19 | Senna | Williams | 1:35.623 | 2.807 |
| 20 | Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:35.694 | 2.878 |
| 21 | Petrov | Caterham | 1:35.913 | 3.097 |
| 22 | Glock | Marussia | 1:36.587 | 3.771 |
| 23 | Pic | Marussia | 1:37.267 | 4.451 |
| 24 | De la Rosa | HRT | 1:37.812 | 4.996 |
| 25 | Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:39.221 | 6.405 |