07/09/2012
NEWS STORY
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:25.422 | 151.700 mph |
| 2 | Button | McLaren | 1:25.723 | 0.301 |
| 3 | Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:25.762 | 0.340 |
| 4 | Alonso | Ferrari | 1:25.800 | 0.378 |
| 5 | Massa | Ferrari | 1:25.861 | 0.439 |
| 6 | Hamilton | McLaren | 1:25.944 | 0.522 |
| 7 | Raikkonen | Lotus | 1:26.046 | 0.624 |
| 8 | Perez | Sauber | 1:26.323 | 0.901 |
| 9 | Webber | Red Bull | 1:26.390 | 0.968 |
| 10 | Maldonado | Williams | 1:26.504 | 1.082 |
| 11 | Vettel | Red Bull | 1:26.508 | 1.086 |
| 12 | Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:26.518 | 1.096 |
| 13 | Bottas | Williams | 1:26.641 | 1.219 |
| 14 | Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:26.746 | 1.324 |
| 15 | D'Ambrosio | Lotus | 1:27.180 | 1.758 |
| 16 | Bianchi | Force India | 1:27.192 | 1.770 |
| 17 | Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:27.373 | 1.951 |
| 18 | Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:27.789 | 2.367 |
| 19 | Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:27.855 | 2.433 |
| 20 | Petrov | Caterham | 1:28.578 | 3.156 |
| 21 | Pic | Marussia | 1:28.751 | 3.329 |
| 22 | Glock | Marussia | 1:29.207 | 3.785 |
| 23 | De la Rosa | HRT | 1:29.331 | 3.909 |
| 24 | Q Ma | HRT | 1:31.239 | 5.817 |
Note: 107% = 1:31.401
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