22/09/2012
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Vettel | Red Bull | 1:47.947 | 105.128 mph |
| 2 | Hamilton | McLaren | 1:48.272 | 0.325 |
| 3 | Alonso | Ferrari | 1:48.623 | 0.676 |
| 4 | Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:48.859 | 0.912 |
| 5 | Raikkonen | Lotus | 1:48.865 | 0.918 |
| 6 | Massa | Ferrari | 1:49.458 | 1.511 |
| 7 | Di Resta | Force India | 1:49.684 | 1.737 |
| 8 | Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:49.699 | 1.752 |
| 9 | Senna | Williams | 1:49.715 | 1.768 |
| 10 | Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:49.981 | 2.034 |
| 11 | Webber | Red Bull | 1:50.110 | 2.163 |
| 12 | Button | McLaren | 1:50.524 | 2.577 |
| 13 | Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:50.664 | 2.717 |
| 14 | Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:50.777 | 2.830 |
| 15 | Grosjean | Lotus | 1:50.840 | 2.893 |
| 16 | Maldonado | Williams | 1:51.012 | 3.065 |
| 17 | Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:51.059 | 3.112 |
| 18 | Perez | Sauber | 1:51.272 | 3.325 |
| 19 | Pic | Marussia | 1:52.290 | 4.343 |
| 20 | Petrov | Caterham | 1:53.781 | 5.834 |
| 21 | Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:54.326 | 6.379 |
| 22 | Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:54.421 | 6.474 |
| 23 | Glock | Marussia | 1:54.630 | 6.683 |
| 24 | De la Rosa | HRT | 1:54.875 | 6.928 |
Note: 107% = 1:55.503