12/10/2012
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Hamilton | McLaren | 1:39.148 | 126.687 mph |
| 2 | Alonso | Ferrari | 1:39.450 | 0.302 |
| 3 | Webber | Red Bull | 1:39.575 | 0.427 |
| 4 | Massa | Ferrari | 1:39.854 | 0.706 |
| 5 | Vettel | Red Bull | 1:40.088 | 0.940 |
| 6 | Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:40.221 | 1.073 |
| 7 | Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:40.396 | 1.248 |
| 8 | Grosjean | Lotus | 1:40.422 | 1.274 |
| 9 | Di Resta | Force India | 1:40.440 | 1.292 |
| 10 | Button | McLaren | 1:40.480 | 1.332 |
| 11 | Raikkonen | Lotus | 1:40.929 | 1.781 |
| 12 | Maldonado | Williams | 1:41.048 | 1.900 |
| 13 | Bianchi | Force India | 1:41.140 | 1.992 |
| 14 | Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:41.220 | 2.072 |
| 15 | Perez | Sauber | 1:41.514 | 2.366 |
| 16 | Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:41.596 | 2.448 |
| 17 | Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:42.021 | 2.873 |
| 18 | Bottas | Williams | 1:42.027 | 2.879 |
| 19 | Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:42.104 | 2.956 |
| 20 | Glock | Marussia | 1:42.175 | 3.027 |
| 21 | Pic | Marussia | 1:42.706 | 3.558 |
| 22 | Van der Garde | Caterham | 1:42.820 | 3.672 |
| 23 | De la Rosa | HRT | 1:44.517 | 5.369 |
| 24 | Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:45.735 | 6.587 |
Note: 107% = 1:46.088
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