28/07/2012
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Webber | Red Bull | 1:21.550 | 120.175 mph |
| 2 | Hamilton | McLaren | 1:21.643 | 0.093 |
| 3 | Vettel | Red Bull | 1:21.671 | 0.121 |
| 4 | Senna | Williams | 1:21.876 | 0.326 |
| 5 | Alonso | Ferrari | 1:21.884 | 0.334 |
| 6 | Raikkonen | Lotus | 1:21.953 | 0.403 |
| 7 | Grosjean | Lotus | 1:22.110 | 0.560 |
| 8 | Massa | Ferrari | 1:22.136 | 0.586 |
| 9 | Di Resta | Force India | 1:22.191 | 0.641 |
| 10 | Button | McLaren | 1:22.233 | 0.683 |
| 11 | Maldonado | Williams | 1:22.381 | 0.831 |
| 12 | Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:22.387 | 0.837 |
| 13 | Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:22.492 | 0.942 |
| 14 | Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:22.530 | 0.980 |
| 15 | Perez | Sauber | 1:22.597 | 1.047 |
| 16 | Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:22.716 | 1.166 |
| 17 | Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:22.868 | 1.318 |
| 18 | Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:22.931 | 1.381 |
| 19 | Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:24.036 | 2.486 |
| 20 | Petrov | Caterham | 1:24.547 | 2.997 |
| 21 | Pic | Marussia | 1:25.224 | 3.674 |
| 22 | Glock | Marussia | 1:25.497 | 3.947 |
| 23 | De la Rosa | HRT | 1:26.785 | 5.235 |
| 24 | Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:26.898 | 5.348 |
Note: 107% = 1:27.258