ABD GP 1. anrtrenman turlarında Vettel elde ettiği 1:38.125'lik derecesi ile en hızlı isim olurken Hamilton 2. ve Alonso 3. oldu.
| # | Sürücü | Takım | Derece | Fark | Tur | |
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel |  | Red Bull | 1:38.125 | 30 | |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton |  | McLaren | 1:39.543 | 1.418 | 28 |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso |  | Ferrari | 1:40.337 | 2.212 | 29 |
| 4 | Jenson Button | | McLaren | 1:40.528 | 2.403 | 29 |
| 5 | Mark Webber |  | Red Bull | 1:40.650 | 2.525 | 30 |
| 6 | Felipe Massa |  | Ferrari | 1:40.966 | 2.841 | 26 |
| 7 | Nico Hulkenberg | | Force India | 1:41.023 | 2.898 | 29 |
| 8 | Kamui Kobayashi |  | Sauber | 1:41.036 | 2.911 | 28 |
| 9 | Nico Rosberg | | Mercedes | 1:41.159 | 3.034 | 32 |
| 10 | Sergio Perez |  | Sauber | 1:41.473 | 3.348 | 29 |
| 11 | Paul di Resta | | Force India | 1:41.783 | 3.658 | 29 |
| 12 | Daniel Ricciardo | | Toro Rosso | 1:41.825 | 3.700 | 28 |
| 13 | Jean-Eric Vergne |  | Toro Rosso | 1:41.833 | 3.708 | 29 |
| 14 | Kimi Raikkonen |  | Lotus | 1:41.880 | 3.755 | 23 |
| 15 | Romain Grosjean | | Lotus | 1:41.998 | 3.873 | 27 |
| 16 | Pastor Maldonado |  | Williams | 1:42.539 | 4.414 | 30 |
| 17 | Michael Schumacher | | Mercedes | 1:42.588 | 4.463 | 25 |
| 18 | Charles Pic | | Marussia | 1:43.288 | 5.163 | 23 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | | Caterham | 1:43.443 | 5.318 | 28 |
| 20 | Vitaly Petrov |  | Caterham | 1:43.522 | 5.397 | 23 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | | Marussia | 1:44.464 | 6.339 | 24 |
| 22 | Bruno Senna | | Williams | 1:44.548 | 6.423 | 29 |
| 23 | Pedro de la Rosa | | HRT | 1:46.917 | 8.792 | 13 |
| 24 | Ma Qing Hua |  | HRT | 1:48.559 | 10.434 | 19 |
