27/10/2012
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Vettel | Red Bull | 1:25.842 | 133.555 mph |
| 2 | Button | McLaren | 1:26.034 | 0.192 |
| 3 | Webber | Red Bull | 1:26.108 | 0.266 |
| 4 | Hamilton | McLaren | 1:26.151 | 0.309 |
| 5 | Raikkonen | Lotus | 1:26.209 | 0.367 |
| 6 | Senna | Williams | 1:26.214 | 0.372 |
| 7 | Alonso | Ferrari | 1:26.521 | 0.679 |
| 8 | Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:26.531 | 0.689 |
| 9 | Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:26.652 | 0.810 |
| 10 | Grosjean | Lotus | 1:26.664 | 0.822 |
| 11 | Massa | Ferrari | 1:26.691 | 0.849 |
| 12 | Maldonado | Williams | 1:27.140 | 1.298 |
| 13 | Perez | Sauber | 1:27.162 | 1.320 |
| 14 | Di Resta | Force India | 1:27.193 | 1.351 |
| 15 | Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:27.229 | 1.387 |
| 16 | Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:27.374 | 1.532 |
| 17 | Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:27.711 | 1.869 |
| 18 | Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:27.983 | 2.141 |
| 19 | Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:29.035 | 3.193 |
| 20 | Petrov | Caterham | 1:29.237 | 3.395 |
| 21 | Glock | Marussia | 1:29.617 | 3.775 |
| 22 | Pic | Marussia | 1:30.298 | 4.456 |
| 23 | Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:30.824 | 4.982 |
| 24 | De la Rosa | HRT | 1:30.873 | 5.031 |
Note: 107% = 1:31.850