01/09/2012
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Button | McLaren | 1:47.573 | 145.649 mph |
| 2 | Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:47.871 | 0.298 |
| 3 | Maldonado | Williams | 1:47.893 | 0.320 |
| 4 | Raikkonen | Lotus | 1:48.205 | 0.632 |
| 5 | Perez | Sauber | 1:48.219 | 0.646 |
| 6 | Alonso | Ferrari | 1:48.313 | 0.740 |
| 7 | Webber | Red Bull | 1:48.392 | 0.819 |
| 8 | Hamilton | McLaren | 1:48.394 | 0.821 |
| 9 | Grosjean | Lotus | 1:48.538 | 0.965 |
| 10 | Di Resta | Force India | 1:48.890 | 1.317 |
| 11 | Vettel | Red Bull | 1:48.792 | |
| 12 | Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:48.855 | |
| 13 | Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:49.081 | |
| 14 | Massa | Ferrari | 1:49.147 | |
| 15 | Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:49.354 | |
| 16 | Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:49.543 | |
| 17 | Senna | Williams | 1:50.088 | |
| 18 | Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:50.181 | |
| 19 | Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:51.739 | |
| 20 | Petrov | Caterham | 1:51.967 | |
| 21 | Glock | Marussia | 1:52.336 | |
| 22 | De la Rosa | HRT | 1:53.030 | |
| 23 | Pic | Marussia | 1:53.493 | |
| 24 | Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:54.989 |
Note: Q1 107% = 1:56.622
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