21/04/2012
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:33.254 | 129.824 mph |
| 2 | Vettel | Red Bull | 1:33.401 | 0.147 |
| 3 | Webber | Red Bull | 1:33.663 | 0.409 |
| 4 | Hamilton | McLaren | 1:33.782 | 0.528 |
| 5 | Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:33.796 | 0.542 |
| 6 | Button | McLaren | 1:33.899 | 0.645 |
| 7 | Raikkonen | Lotus | 1:33.976 | 0.722 |
| 8 | Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:34.197 | 0.943 |
| 9 | Grosjean | Lotus | 1:34.401 | 1.147 |
| 10 | Alonso | Ferrari | 1:34.895 | 1.641 |
| 11 | Maldonado | Williams | 1:34.918 | 1.664 |
| 12 | Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:34.977 | 1.723 |
| 13 | Perez | Sauber | 1:35.067 | 1.813 |
| 14 | Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:35.128 | 1.874 |
| 15 | Di Resta | Force India | 1:35.336 | 2.082 |
| 16 | Massa | Ferrari | 1:35.536 | 2.282 |
| 17 | Senna | Williams | 1:35.623 | 2.369 |
| 18 | Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:35.694 | 2.440 |
| 19 | Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:35.773 | 2.519 |
| 20 | Petrov | Caterham | 1:36.532 | 3.278 |
| 21 | Pic | Marussia | 1:37.267 | 4.013 |
| 22 | Glock | Marussia | 1:37.654 | 4.400 |
| 23 | De la Rosa | HRT | 1:38.973 | 5.719 |
| 24 | Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:39.221 | 5.967 |
Note: 107% = 1:39.781