Sebastian Vettel is the man to beat once again in qualifying after he showed tremendous pace in free practice three.
Red Bull led the way by a clear margin on Friday, with Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber finishing one-two in second practice, Vettel’s best time an impressive 1m 24.453s. Lotus were their nearest rivals, with Ferrari and Mercedes also very much in the mix.
But at the end of today’s practice Alonso was the man who took the fight to Vettel with 0.283s behind him while Webber came third at with 0.317s gap. Lotus pace seems to have disappeared over night while Raikkonen goes back to the short car while McLaren found some pace and Sergio Perez managed to place himself in fifth just behind Mercedes’s Lewis Hamilton.
| Pos. | Drivers | Teams | Time | Laps |
| 01. |  Sebastian Vettel |
Red Bull Racing | 1:24.360 | 18 |
| 02. |  Fernando Alonso |
Scuderia Ferrari | 1:24.643 | 13 |
| 03. |  Mark Webber |
Red Bull Racing | 1:24.677 | 22 |
| 04. |  Lewis Hamilton |
Mercedes AMG Petronas | 1:24.712 | 17 |
| 05. |  Sergio Perez |
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 1:24.864 | 19 |
| 06. | Daniel Ricciardo |
Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:24.865 | 19 |
| 07. |  Felipe Massa |
Scuderia Ferrari | 1:24.995 | 14 |
| 08. | Jenson Button |
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 1:25.103 | 15 |
| 09. |  Pastor Maldonado |
Williams F1 | 1:25.116 | 20 |
| 10. |  Kimi Raikkonen |
Lotus F1 | 1:25.120 | 18 |
| 11. |  Jean-Eric Vergne |
Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:25.136 | 16 |
| 12. | Nico Hulkenberg |
Sauber F1 | 1:25.273 | 21 |
| 13. | Esteban Gutiérrez |
Sauber F1 | 1:25.324 | 22 |
| 14. | Romain Grosjean |
Lotus F1 | 1:25.499 | 17 |
| 15. | Valtteri Bottas |
Williams F1 | 1:25.660 | 21 |
| 16. | Adrian Sutil |
Sahara Force India | 1:25.702 | 19 |
| 17. | Paul di Resta |
Sahara Force India | 1:26.120 | 11 |
| 18. | Charles Pic |
Caterham F1 Team | 1:26.607 | 21 |
| 19. |  Giedo van der Garde |
Caterham F1 Team | 1:27.172 | 20 |
| 20. | Jules Bianchi |
Marussia F1 Team | 1:27.605 | 18 |
| 21. | Max Chilton |
Marussia F1 Team | 1:27.665 | 18 |
| 22. | Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes AMG Petronas | 1:27.822 | 5 |
