26/05/2012
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Schumacher* | Mercedes | 1:14.301 | 100.558 mph |
| 2 | Webber | Red Bull | 1:14.381 | 0.080 |
| 3 | Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:14.448 | 0.147 |
| 4 | Hamilton | McLaren | 1:14.583 | 0.282 |
| 5 | Grosjean | Lotus | 1:14.639 | 0.338 |
| 6 | Alonso | Ferrari | 1:14.948 | 0.647 |
| 7 | Massa | Ferrari | 1:15.049 | 0.748 |
| 8 | Raikkonen | Lotus | 1:15.199 | 0.898 |
| 9 | Maldonado** | Williams | 1:15.245 | 0.944 |
| 10 | Vettel | Red Bull | No Time | |
| 11 | Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:15.421 | |
| 12 | Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:15.508 | |
| 13 | Button | McLaren | 1:15.536 | |
| 14 | Senna | Williams | 1:15.709 | |
| 15 | Di Resta | Force India | 1:15.718 | |
| 16 | Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:15.878 | |
| 17 | Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:16.885 | |
| 18 | Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:16.538 | |
| 19 | Petrov | Caterham | 1:17.404 | |
| 20 | Glock | Marussia | 1:17.947 | |
| 21 | De la Rosa | HRT | 1:18.096 | |
| 22 | Pic | Marussia | 1:18.746 | |
| 23 | Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:19.310 | |
| 24 | Perez | Sauber | No Time |
Note: Q1 107% = 1:20.697
* Schumacher starts from 6th after incurring 5-place grid penalty
** Maldonado starts from 19th after incurring 10-place grid penalty
Check out our Qualifying gallery, here.