03/11/2012
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Hamilton | McLaren | 1:42.130 | 121.652 mph |
| 2 | Button | McLaren | 1:42.420 | 0.290 |
| 3 | Vettel | Red Bull | 1:42.614 | 0.484 |
| 4 | Webber | Red Bull | 1:42.743 | 0.613 |
| 5 | Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:42.750 | 0.620 |
| 6 | Grosjean | Lotus | 1:43.015 | 0.885 |
| 7 | Maldonado | Williams | 1:43.064 | 0.934 |
| 8 | Alonso | Ferrari | 1:43.133 | 1.003 |
| 9 | Raikkonen | Lotus | 1:43.184 | 1.054 |
| 10 | Di Resta | Force India | 1:43.338 | 1.208 |
| 11 | Massa | Ferrari | 1:43.480 | 1.350 |
| 12 | Perez | Sauber | 1:43.571 | 1.441 |
| 13 | Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:43.593 | 1.463 |
| 14 | Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:43.635 | 1.505 |
| 15 | Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:44.010 | 1.880 |
| 16 | Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:44.025 | 1.895 |
| 17 | Senna | Williams | 1:44.071 | 1.941 |
| 18 | Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:44.149 | 2.019 |
| 19 | Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:45.301 | 3.171 |
| 20 | Glock | Marussia | 1:45.879 | 3.749 |
| 21 | Pic | Marussia | 1:46.036 | 3.906 |
| 22 | Petrov | Caterham | 1:46.261 | 4.131 |
| 23 | De la Rosa | HRT | 1:46.554 | 4.424 |
| 24 | Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:47.032 | 4.902 |
Note: 107% = 1:49.279