29/10/2011
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Vettel | Red Bull | 1:24.824 | 135.474 mph |
| 2 | Button | McLaren | 1:25.191 | 0.367 |
| 3 | Webber | Red Bull | 1:25.203 | 0.379 |
| 4 | Hamilton | McLaren | 1:25.288 | 0.464 |
| 5 | Alonso | Ferrari | 1:25.784 | 0.960 |
| 6 | Massa | Ferrari | 1:26.058 | 1.234 |
| 7 | Di Resta | Force India | 1:26.785 | 1.961 |
| 8 | Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:26.873 | 2.049 |
| 9 | Sutil | Force India | 1:26.958 | 2.134 |
| 10 | Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:27.146 | 2.322 |
| 11 | Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:27.217 | 2.393 |
| 12 | Senna | Renault | 1:27.235 | 2.411 |
| 13 | Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:27.262 | 2.438 |
| 14 | Petrov | Renault | 1:27.280 | 2.456 |
| 15 | Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:27.387 | 2.563 |
| 16 | Perez | Sauber | 1:27.749 | 2.925 |
| 17 | Maldonado | Williams | 1:27.793 | 2.969 |
| 18 | Barrichello | Williams | 1:27.875 | 3.051 |
| 19 | Trulli | Lotus | 1:29.355 | 4.531 |
| 20 | Kovalainen | Lotus | 1:29.750 | 4.926 |
| 21 | Glock | Virgin | 1:30.683 | 5.859 |
| 22 | Karthikeyan | Hispania | 1:30.900 | 6.076 |
| 23 | D'Ambrosio | Virgin | 1:32.851 | 8.027 |
| 24 | Ricciardo | Hispania | 1:33.246 | 8.422 |
Note: 107% = 1:30.761