Tercera sesión de entrenamientos libres del Gran Premio de Malasia 2012
| Pos. | Piloto | Escuderia | Tiempo | Vueltas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes | 1:36.877 | 16 |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel |
Red Bull | + 0.443 | 15 |
| 3 |  Mark Webber |
Red Bull | + 0.461 | 12 |
| 4 |  Kimi Räikkönen |
Lotus | + 0.479 | 13 |
| 5 |  Romain Grosjean |
Lotus | + 0.505 | 13 |
| 6 |  Jenson Button |
McLaren | + 0.527 | 12 |
| 7 |  Pastor Maldonado |
Williams | + 0.578 | 13 |
| 8 | Michael Schumacher |
Mercedes | + 0.786 | 15 |
| 9 | Lewis Hamilton |
McLaren | + 0.899 | 8 |
| 10 |  Kamui Kobayashi |
Sauber | + 1.100 | 17 |
| 11 |  Bruno Senna |
Williams | + 1.214 | 20 |
| 12 |  Sergio Pérez |
Sauber | + 1.301 | 15 |
| 13 |  Fernando Alonso |
Ferrari | + 1.369 | 17 |
| 14 | Nico Hülkenberg |
Force India | + 1.408 | 16 |
| 15 | Daniel Ricciardo |
Toro Rosso | + 1.546 | 13 |
| 16 | Jean-Eric Vergne |
Toro Rosso | + 1.763 | 11 |
| 17 | Paul di Resta |
Force India | + 1.917 | 18 |
| 18 | Felipe Massa |
Ferrari | + 2.332 | 16 |
| 19 |  Vitaly Petrov |
Caterham | + 2.827 | 15 |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen |
Caterham | + 3.312 | 14 |
| 21 | Charles Pic |
Manor | + 5.024 | 14 |
| 22 | Timo Glock |
Manor | + 5.130 | 14 |
| 23 | Pedro Martínez de la Rosa |
HRT | + 5.587 | 14 |
| 24 |  Narain Karthikeyan |
HRT | + 6.501 | 17 |