14/04/2012
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Hamilton | McLaren | 1:35.940 | 127.099 mph |
| 2 | Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:35.973 | 0.033 |
| 3 | Button | McLaren | 1:36.063 | 0.123 |
| 4 | Vettel | Red Bull | 1:36.160 | 0.220 |
| 5 | Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:36.389 | 0.449 |
| 6 | Webber | Red Bull | 1:36.433 | 0.493 |
| 7 | Maldonado | Williams | 1:36.765 | 0.825 |
| 8 | Perez | Sauber | 1:36.781 | 0.841 |
| 9 | Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:36.880 | 0.940 |
| 10 | Di Resta | Force India | 1:36.966 | 1.026 |
| 11 | Raikkonen | Lotus | 1:37.061 | 1.121 |
| 12 | Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:37.191 | 1.251 |
| 13 | Grosjean | Lotus | 1:37.274 | 1.334 |
| 14 | Alonso | Ferrari | 1:37.316 | 1.376 |
| 15 | Senna | Williams | 1:37.425 | 1.485 |
| 16 | Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:37.493 | 1.553 |
| 17 | Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:37.616 | 1.676 |
| 18 | Massa | Ferrari | 1:37.831 | 1.891 |
| 19 | Petrov | Caterham | 1:38.701 | 2.761 |
| 20 | Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:38.990 | 3.050 |
| 21 | Glock | Marussia | 1:39.651 | 3.711 |
| 22 | Pic | Marussia | 1:40.048 | 4.108 |
| 23 | Bottas | Williams | 1:40.298 | 4.358 |
| 24 | De la Rosa | HRT | 1:40.343 | 4.403 |
| 25 | Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:41.125 | 5.185 |
| 26 | Van der Garde | Caterham | 1:42.521 | 6.581 |
| 27 | Bianchi | Force India | 1:44.118 | 8.178 |