27/10/2012
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Vettel | Red Bull | 1:25.283 | 134.430 mph |
| 2 | Webber | Red Bull | 1:25.327 | 0.044 |
| 3 | Hamilton | McLaren | 1:25.544 | 0.261 |
| 4 | Button | McLaren | 1:25.659 | 0.376 |
| 5 | Alonso | Ferrari | 1:25.773 | 0.490 |
| 6 | Massa | Ferrari | 1:25.857 | 0.574 |
| 7 | Raikkonen | Lotus | 1:26.236 | 0.953 |
| 8 | Perez | Sauber | 1:26.360 | 1.077 |
| 9 | Maldonado | Williams | 1:26.713 | 1.430 |
| 10 | Rosberg | Mercedes | No Time | |
| 11 | Grosjean | Lotus | 1:26.136 | |
| 12 | Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:26.241 | |
| 13 | Senna | Williams | 1:26.331 | |
| 14 | Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:26.574 | |
| 15 | Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:26.777 | |
| 16 | Di Resta | Force India | 1:26.989 | |
| 17 | Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:27.219 | |
| 18 | Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:27.525 | |
| 19 | Petrov | Caterham | 1:28.756 | |
| 20 | Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:29.500 | |
| 21 | Glock | Marussia | 1:29.613 | |
| 22 | De la Rosa | HRT | 1:30.592 | |
| 23 | Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:30.593 | |
| 24 | Pic | Marussia | 1:30.662 |
Note: Q1 107% = 1:32.071
Check out our qualifying gallery, here.