13/10/2012
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Webber | Red Bull | 1:37.242 | 129.170 mph |
| 2 | Vettel | Red Bull | 1:37.316 | 0.074 |
| 3 | Hamilton | McLaren | 1:37.469 | 0.227 |
| 4 | Alonso | Ferrari | 1:37.534 | 0.292 |
| 5 | Raikkonen | Lotus | 1:37.625 | 0.383 |
| 6 | Massa | Ferrari | 1:37.884 | 0.642 |
| 7 | Grosjean | Lotus | 1:37.934 | 0.692 |
| 8 | Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:38.266 | 1.024 |
| 9 | Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:38.361 | 1.119 |
| 10 | Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:38.513 | 1.271 |
| 11 | Button | McLaren | 1:38.441 | |
| 12 | Perez | Sauber | 1:38.460 | |
| 13 | Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:38.594 | |
| 14 | Di Resta | Force India | 1:38.643 | |
| 15 | Maldonado | Williams | 1:38.725 | |
| 16 | Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:39.084 | |
| 17 | Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:39.340 | |
| 18 | Senna | Williams | 1:39.443 | |
| 19 | Petrov | Caterham | 1:40.207 | |
| 20 | Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:40.333 | |
| 21 | Pic | Marussia | 1:41.317 | |
| 22 | Glock | Marussia | 1:41.371 | |
| 23 | De la Rosa | HRT | 1:42.881 | |
| 24 | Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:43.000 |
Note: Q1 107% = 1:45.082
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