03/11/2012
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Vettel | Red Bull | 1:41.751 | 122.105 mph |
| 2 | Hamilton | McLaren | 1:41.919 | 0.168 |
| 3 | Button | McLaren | 1:42.412 | 0.661 |
| 4 | Webber | Red Bull | 1:42.466 | 0.715 |
| 5 | Grosjean | Lotus | 1:42.500 | 0.749 |
| 6 | Raikkonen | Lotus | 1:42.532 | 0.781 |
| 7 | Alonso | Ferrari | 1:42.587 | 0.836 |
| 8 | Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:42.750 | 0.999 |
| 9 | Massa | Ferrari | 1:42.823 | 1.072 |
| 10 | Maldonado | Williams | 1:42.998 | 1.247 |
| 11 | Perez | Sauber | 1:43.106 | 1.355 |
| 12 | Senna | Williams | 1:43.191 | 1.440 |
| 13 | Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:43.200 | 1.449 |
| 14 | Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:43.267 | 1.516 |
| 15 | Di Resta | Force India | 1:43.338 | 1.587 |
| 16 | Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:43.689 | 1.938 |
| 17 | Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:44.025 | 2.274 |
| 18 | Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:44.149 | 2.398 |
| 19 | Petrov | Caterham | 1:45.245 | 3.494 |
| 20 | Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:45.301 | 3.550 |
| 21 | Bottas | Williams | 1:45.347 | 3.596 |
| 22 | Bianchi | Force India | 1:45.769 | 4.018 |
| 23 | Glock | Marussia | 1:45.879 | 4.128 |
| 24 | Pic | Marussia | 1:46.036 | 4.285 |
| 25 | De la Rosa | HRT | 1:46.554 | 4.803 |
| 26 | Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:47.032 | 5.281 |
| 27 | Chilton | Marussia | 1:48.887 | 7.136 |
| 28 | Ma | HRT | 1:50.487 | 8.736 |
| 29 | Van der Garde | Caterham | No Time | - |