Red Bull rules out everybody hopes, but only to the race.
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| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:38.516 | 1:37.065 | 1:36.338 | 12 |
| 2 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:38.161 | 1:37.312 | 1:36.441 | 14 |
| 3 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:38.676 | 1:37.523 | 1:37.155 | 17 |
| 4 | 11 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:38.339 | 1:37.828 | 1:37.296 | 20 |
| 5 | 10 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:37.959 | 1:37.854 | 1:37.345 | 20 |
| 6 | 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:38.929 | 1:37.368 | 1:37.376 | 19 |
| 7 | 6 | Sergio Perez | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:38.367 | 1:38.040 | 1:37.452 | 21 |
| 8 | 7 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 1:38.375 | 1:38.078 | 1:37.715 | 21 |
| 9 | 17 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault | 1:37.821 | 1:37.439 | 1:37.836 | 24 |
| 10 | 12 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:38.082 | 1:38.031 | 1:38.034 | |
| 11 | 19 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR-Ferrari | 1:38.882 | 1:38.131 | ||
| 12 | 14 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:38.894 | 1:38.139 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:38.588 | 1:38.217 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:38.743 | 1:38.364 | ||
| 15 | 4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:39.094 | 1:38.592 | ||
| 16 | 18 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Ferrari | 1:38.880 | 1:38.696 | ||
| 17 | 15 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:39.250 | |||
| 18 | 16 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:39.351 | |||
| 19 | 21 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham-Renault | 1:40.491 | |||
| 20 | 22 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:40.528 | |||
| 21 | 20 | Charles Pic | Caterham-Renault | 1:40.596 | |||
| 22 | 23 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:41.401 | |||
| Q1 107% Time | 1:44.668 |
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