12/05/2012
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Vettel | Red Bull | 1:23.168 | 125.207 mph |
| 2 | Maldonado | Williams | 1:23.336 | 0.168 |
| 3 | Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:23.350 | 0.182 |
| 4 | Webber | Red Bull | 1:23.578 | 0.410 |
| 5 | Perez | Sauber | 1:23.742 | 0.574 |
| 6 | Alonso | Ferrari | 1:23.807 | 0.639 |
| 7 | Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:23.833 | 0.665 |
| 8 | Button | McLaren | 1:23.909 | 0.741 |
| 9 | Raikkonen | Lotus | 1:23.936 | 0.768 |
| 10 | Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:24.070 | 0.902 |
| 11 | Massa | Ferrari | 1:24.179 | 1.011 |
| 12 | Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:24.323 | 1.155 |
| 13 | Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:24.331 | 1.163 |
| 14 | Senna | Williams | 1:24.409 | 1.241 |
| 15 | Di Resta | Force India | 1:24.599 | 1.431 |
| 16 | Hamilton | McLaren | 1:24.778 | 1.610 |
| 17 | Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:24.825 | 1.657 |
| 18 | Petrov | Caterham | 1:25.911 | 2.743 |
| 19 | Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:26.587 | 3.419 |
| 20 | Pic | Marussia | 1:27.469 | 4.301 |
| 21 | Glock | Marussia | 1:27.689 | 4.521 |
| 22 | Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:28.207 | 5.039 |
| 23 | De la Rosa | HRT | 1:28.373 | 5.205 |
Note: 107% = 1:28.989