Semi-dark sky appeared in morning session and wet circuit had slowly dried after wet continuously on track following lunchtime showers.
The Spaniard set best time with 1:22.444, led Mark Webber by 1.204 seconds, with Jean-Éric Vergne in third place.
Lotus Renault’s Jerome d’Ambrosio done fourth fastest, McLaren's test drivers Oliver Turvey and Gary Paffett participate with MP4-27, and they are finished 7th and 12th s
Nico Rosberg respectively – were two of the few who did venture out. Paffett managed just four laps, while Schumacher completed five but did not set a time.
Schumacher's stable-mate Nico Rosberg finished with the highest number of laps completed of any driver, a relatively paltry 49.
