Abu Dabi GP 1. antrenman turlarında Hamilton en hızlı isim olurken takım arkadaşı Button 2. ve Vettel 3. sırada yer aldı.
| Sürücü | Takım | Derece | Fark | |||
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton |  | McLaren | 1:43.285 | 21 | |
| 2 | Jenson Button | | McLaren | 1:43.618 | 0.333 | 19 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel |  | Red Bull | 1:44.050 | 0.765 | 23 |
| 4 | Fernando Alonso |  | Ferrari | 1:44.366 | 1.081 | 21 |
| 5 | Mark Webber |  | Red Bull | 1:44.542 | 1.257 | 22 |
| 6 | Michael Schumacher | | Mercedes | 1:44.694 | 1.409 | 23 |
| 7 | Pastor Maldonado |  | Williams | 1:45.115 | 1.830 | 26 |
| 8 | Nico Rosberg | | Mercedes | 1:45.194 | 1.909 | 19 |
| 9 | Valtteri Bottas |  | Williams | 1:45.347 | 2.062 | 25 |
| 10 | Kimi Raikkonen | | Lotus | 1:45.422 | 2.137 | 15 |
| 11 | Felipe Massa |  | Ferrari | 1:45.567 | 2.282 | 24 |
| 12 | Nico Hulkenberg | | Force India | 1:45.587 | 2.302 | 20 |
| 13 | Kamui Kobayashi |  | Sauber | 1:45.722 | 2.437 | 20 |
| 14 | Romain Grosjean |  | Lotus | 1:45.743 | 2.458 | 20 |
| 15 | Jules Bianchi | | Force India | 1:45.769 | 2.484 | 22 |
| 16 | Sergio Perez |  | Sauber | 1:45.811 | 2.526 | 22 |
| 17 | Daniel Ricciardo | | Toro Rosso | 1:46.649 | 3.364 | 24 |
| 18 | Jean-Eric Vergne | | Toro Rosso | 1:46.708 | 3.423 | 26 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | | Caterham | 1:47.418 | 4.133 | 23 |
| 20 | Timo Glock | | Marussia | 1:47.891 | 4.606 | 21 |
| 21 | Pedro de la Rosa | | HRT | 1:48.354 | 5.069 | 22 |
| 22 | Max Chilton | | Marussia | 1:48.887 | 5.602 | 22 |
| 23 | Ma Qing Hua |  | HRT | 1:50.487 | 7.202 | 20 |
| Giedo van der Garde |  | Caterham | 3 |
