17/11/2012
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Vettel | Red Bull | 1:36.490 | 127.881 mph |
| 2 | Hamilton | McLaren | 1:36.748 | 0.258 |
| 3 | Maldonado | Williams | 1:37.001 | 0.511 |
| 4 | Alonso | Ferrari | 1:37.180 | 0.690 |
| 5 | Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:37.247 | 0.757 |
| 6 | Massa | Ferrari | 1:37.262 | 0.772 |
| 7 | Webber | Red Bull | 1:37.298 | 0.808 |
| 8 | Perez | Sauber | 1:37.415 | 0.925 |
| 9 | Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:37.495 | 1.005 |
| 10 | Button | McLaren | 1:37.538 | 1.048 |
| 11 | Senna | Williams | 1:37.569 | 1.079 |
| 12 | Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:37.760 | 1.270 |
| 13 | Raikkonen | Lotus | 1:37.765 | 1.275 |
| 14 | Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:37.953 | 1.463 |
| 15 | Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:38.547 | 2.057 |
| 16 | Di Resta | Force India | 1:38.653 | 2.163 |
| 17 | Grosjean | Lotus | 1:38.753 | 2.263 |
| 18 | Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:39.689 | 3.199 |
| 19 | Glock | Marussia | 1:40.407 | 3.917 |
| 20 | Petrov | Caterham | 1:40.753 | 4.263 |
| 21 | Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:41.011 | 4.521 |
| 22 | Pic | Marussia | 1:41.466 | 4.976 |
| 23 | De la Rosa | HRT | 1:43.563 | 7.073 |
| 24 | Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:44.043 | 7.553 |
Note: 107% = 1:43.244