24/03/2012
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:36.877 | 127.994 mph |
| 2 | Vettel | Red Bull | 1:37.320 | 0.443 |
| 3 | Webber | Red Bull | 1:37.338 | 0.461 |
| 4 | Raikkonen | Lotus | 1:37.356 | 0.479 |
| 5 | Grosjean | Lotus | 1:37.382 | 0.505 |
| 6 | Button | McLaren | 1:37.404 | 0.527 |
| 7 | Maldonado | Williams | 1:37.455 | 0.578 |
| 8 | Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:37.663 | 0.786 |
| 9 | Hamilton | McLaren | 1:37.776 | 0.899 |
| 10 | Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:37.977 | 1.100 |
| 11 | Senna | Williams | 1:38.091 | 1.214 |
| 12 | Perez | Sauber | 1:38.178 | 1.301 |
| 13 | Alonso | Ferrari | 1:38.246 | 1.369 |
| 14 | Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:38.285 | 1.408 |
| 15 | Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:38.423 | 1.546 |
| 16 | Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:38.640 | 1.763 |
| 17 | Di Resta | Force India | 1:38.794 | 1.917 |
| 18 | Massa | Ferrari | 1:39.209 | 2.332 |
| 19 | Petrov | Caterham | 1:39.704 | 2.827 |
| 20 | Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:40.189 | 3.312 |
| 21 | Pic | Marussia | 1:41.901 | 5.024 |
| 22 | Glock | Marussia | 1:42.007 | 5.130 |
| 23 | De la Rosa | HRT | 1:42.464 | 5.587 |
| 24 | Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:43.378 | 6.501 |
Note: 107% = 1:43.658