05/10/2012
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Button | McLaren | 1:34.507 | 137.453 mph |
| 2 | Hamilton | McLaren | 1:34.740 | 0.233 |
| 3 | Webber | Red Bull | 1:34.856 | 0.349 |
| 4 | Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:35.059 | 0.552 |
| 5 | Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:35.122 | 0.615 |
| 6 | Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:35.199 | 0.692 |
| 7 | Massa | Ferrari | 1:35.283 | 0.776 |
| 8 | Di Resta | Force India | 1:35.299 | 0.792 |
| 9 | Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:35.474 | 0.967 |
| 10 | Maldonado | Williams | 1:35.478 | 0.971 |
| 11 | Alonso | Ferrari | 1:35.484 | 0.977 |
| 12 | Perez | Sauber | 1:35.584 | 1.077 |
| 13 | Raikkonen | Lotus | 1:35.691 | 1.184 |
| 14 | Grosjean | Lotus | 1:35.724 | 1.217 |
| 15 | Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:36.123 | 1.616 |
| 16 | Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:36.222 | 1.715 |
| 17 | Vettel | Red Bull | 1:36.366 | 1.859 |
| 18 | Bottas | Williams | 1:36.389 | 1.882 |
| 19 | Glock | Marussia | 1:37.716 | 3.209 |
| 20 | Petrov | Caterham | 1:38.295 | 3.788 |
| 21 | Pic | Marussia | 1:38.616 | 4.109 |
| 22 | Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:39.043 | 4.536 |
| 23 | Van der Garde | Caterham | 1:39.374 | 4.867 |
| 24 | De la Rosa | HRT | 1:39.688 | 5.181 |
Check out our Friday gallery, here.