06/10/2012
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Vettel | Red Bull | 1:32.136 | 140.990 mph |
| 2 | Webber | Red Bull | 1:32.371 | 0.235 |
| 3 | Massa | Ferrari | 1:32.824 | 0.688 |
| 4 | Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:32.918 | 0.782 |
| 5 | Perez | Sauber | 1:32.920 | 0.784 |
| 6 | Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:32.924 | 0.788 |
| 7 | Grosjean | Lotus | 1:33.008 | 0.872 |
| 8 | Button | McLaren | 1:33.025 | 0.889 |
| 9 | Di Resta | Force India | 1:33.094 | 0.958 |
| 10 | Maldonado | Williams | 1:33.160 | 1.024 |
| 11 | Alonso | Ferrari | 1:33.184 | 1.048 |
| 12 | Raikkonen | Lotus | 1:33.224 | 1.088 |
| 13 | Hamilton | McLaren | 1:33.569 | 1.433 |
| 14 | Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:33.722 | 1.586 |
| 15 | Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:33.899 | 1.763 |
| 16 | Senna | Williams | 1:33.984 | 1.848 |
| 17 | Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:34.023 | 1.887 |
| 18 | Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:34.369 | 2.233 |
| 19 | Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:35.568 | 3.432 |
| 20 | Petrov | Caterham | 1:36.355 | 4.219 |
| 21 | Glock | Marussia | 1:36.389 | 4.253 |
| 22 | Pic | Marussia | 1:36.517 | 4.381 |
| 23 | Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:36.649 | 4.513 |
| 24 | De la Rosa | HRT | 1:36.875 | 4.739 |