Ronda 10 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2012-07-22
Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) firmó la pole del German Grand Prix de 2012 con un crono de 1:40.621.
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) completó la primera fila a 0.405s de la pole, con Mark Webber (Red Bull) tercero en parrilla. Kimi Räikkönen (Lotus F1) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Daniel Ricciardo (Toro Rosso) se quedó fuera por —s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 5.190s — de la pole a P10 — con Kimi Räikkönen (Lotus F1) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:16.073 | 1:38.521 | 1:40.621 | 1:40.621 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:16.393 | 1:38.309 | 1:41.026 | +0.405 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:16.500 | 1:39.382 | 1:41.496 | +0.875 |
| 4 |
| Michael Schumacher |
| Mercedes |
| 1:16.686 |
| 1:38.010 |
| 1:42.459 |
| +1.838 |
| 5 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:16.271 | 1:39.467 | 1:43.501 | +2.880 |
| 6 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:16.181 | 1:38.731 | 1:43.950 | +3.329 |
| 7 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:16.507 | 1:38.659 | 1:44.113 | +3.492 |
| 8 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:16.221 | 1:37.365 | 1:44.186 | +3.565 |
| 9 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:16.352 | 1:39.703 | 1:44.889 | +4.268 |
| 10 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:15.693 | 1:39.729 | 1:45.811 | +5.190 |
| 11 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:16.516 | 1:39.789 | — | — |
| 12 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:15.726 | 1:39.933 | — | — |
| 13 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:16.481 | 1:39.985 | — | — |
| 14 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:16.265 | 1:40.212 | — | — |
| 15 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:16.685 | 1:40.574 | — | — |
| 16 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:16.426 | 1:40.752 | — | +0.131 |
| 17 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:15.988 | 1:41.551 | — | +0.930 |
| 18 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:16.741 | — | — | — |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:17.620 | — | — | — |
| 20 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:18.531 | — | — | — |
| 21 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:19.220 | — | — | — |
| 22 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 1:19.291 | — | — | — |
| 23 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:19.912 | — | — | — |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:20.230 | — | — | — |