Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber again led the way at the Circuit of The Americas on Saturday morning, but this time Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton at least got within three-tenths of the world champion.
Nico Hulkenberg was an impressive fourth for Sauber, while Romain Grosjean took fifth for Lotus ahead of McLaren’s Jenson Button. Nico Rosberg came seventh for Mercedes followed by Sergio Perez while Valtteri Bottas put his Williams in ninth place and was followed by Adrian Sutil who completed the top ten.
| Pos. | Drivers | Teams | Time | Laps |
| 01. |  Sebastian Vettel |
Red Bull Racing | 1:36.733 | 14 |
| 02. |  Mark Webber |
Red Bull Racing | 1:36.936 | 20 |
| 03. |  Lewis Hamilton |
Mercedes AMG Petronas | 1:37.064 | 22 |
| 04. | Nico Hulkenberg |
Sauber F1 | 1:37.272 | 20 |
| 05. |  Romain Grosjean |
Lotus F1 | 1:37.345 | 20 |
| 06. | Jenson Button |
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 1:37.534 | 18 |
| 07. | Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes AMG Petronas | 1:37.578 | 24 |
| 08. |  Sergio Perez |
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 1:37.583 | 19 |
| 09. |  Valtteri Bottas |
Williams F1 | 1:37.747 | 17 |
| 10. | Adrian Sutil |
Sahara Force India | 1:37.748 | 21 |
| 11. |  Fernando Alonso |
Scuderia Ferrari | 1:37.763 | 16 |
| 12. | Esteban Gutiérrez |
Sauber F1 | 1:37.774 | 18 |
| 13. | Heikki Kovalainen |
Lotus F1 | 1:37.879 | 21 |
| 14. |  Pastor Maldonado |
Williams F1 | 1:38.022 | 16 |
| 15. | Daniel Ricciardo |
Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:38.109 | 23 |
| 16. | Paul di Resta |
Sahara Force India | 1:38.275 | 22 |
| 17. |  Felipe Massa |
Scuderia Ferrari | 1:38.408 | 17 |
| 18. | Jean-Eric Vergne |
Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:38.636 | 21 |
| 19. | Charles Pic |
Caterham F1 Team | 1:39.578 | 19 |
| 20. |  Giedo van der Garde |
Caterham F1 Team | 1:40.056 | 21 |
| 21. | Jules Bianchi |
Marussia F1 Team | 1:40.825 | 21 |
| 22. | Max Chilton |
Marussia F1 Team | 1:41.293 | 18 |
