21/04/2012
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Vettel | Red Bull | 1:32.422 | 130.993 mph |
| 2 | Hamilton | McLaren | 1:32.520 | 0.098 |
| 3 | Webber | Red Bull | 1:32.637 | 0.215 |
| 4 | Button | McLaren | 1:32.711 | 0.289 |
| 5 | Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:32.821 | 0.399 |
| 6 | Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:32.912 | 0.490 |
| 7 | Grosjean | Lotus | 1:33.008 | 0.586 |
| 8 | Perez | Sauber | 1:33.394 | 0.972 |
| 9 | Alonso | Ferrari | No Time | |
| 10 | Di Resta | Force India | No Time | |
| 11 | Raikkonen | Lotus | 1:33.789 | |
| 12 | Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:33.806 | |
| 13 | Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:33.807 | |
| 14 | Massa | Ferrari | 1:33.912 | |
| 15 | Senna | Williams | 1:34.017 | |
| 16 | Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:36.132 | |
| 17 | Maldonado | Williams | No Time | |
| 18 | Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:34.865 | |
| 19 | Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:35.014 | |
| 20 | Petrov | Caterham | 1:35.823 | |
| 21 | Pic | Marussia | 1:37.683 | |
| 22 | De la Rosa | HRT | 1:37.883 | |
| 23 | Glock | Marussia | 1:37.905 | |
| 24 | Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:38.314 |
Note: Q1 107% = 1:40.380
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