21/09/2012
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Vettel | Red Bull | 1:50.566 | 102.638 mph |
| 2 | Hamilton | McLaren | 1:50.615 | 0.049 |
| 3 | Button | McLaren | 1:51.459 | 0.893 |
| 4 | Alonso | Ferrari | 1:51.525 | 0.959 |
| 5 | Maldonado | Williams | 1:51.576 | 1.010 |
| 6 | Webber | Red Bull | 1:51.655 | 1.089 |
| 7 | Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:51.658 | 1.092 |
| 8 | Di Resta | Force India | 1:51.943 | 1.377 |
| 9 | Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:52.275 | 1.709 |
| 10 | Perez | Sauber | 1:52.296 | 1.730 |
| 11 | Senna | Williams | 1:52.629 | 2.063 |
| 12 | Raikkonen | Lotus | 1:52.716 | 2.150 |
| 13 | Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:52.839 | 2.273 |
| 14 | Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:52.986 | 2.420 |
| 15 | Grosjean | Lotus | 1:53.028 | 2.462 |
| 16 | Massa | Ferrari | 1:53.080 | 2.514 |
| 17 | Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:53.189 | 2.623 |
| 18 | Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:53.227 | 2.661 |
| 19 | Glock | Marussia | 1:54.908 | 4.342 |
| 20 | Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:55.091 | 4.525 |
| 21 | Pic | Marussia | 1:55.335 | 4.769 |
| 22 | Petrov | Caterham | 1:55.760 | 5.194 |
| 23 | De la Rosa | HRT | 1:56.656 | 6.090 |
| 24 | Ma | HRT | 1:58.053 | 7.487 |
Note: 107% = 1:58.305
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