Ronda 14 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2012-09-23
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) firmó la pole del Singapore Grand Prix de 2012 con un crono de 1:46.362.
Pastor Maldonado (Williams) completó la primera fila a 0.442s de la pole, con Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) tercero en parrilla. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Nico Hülkenberg (Force India) se quedó fuera por 0.032s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 1.581s — de la pole a P10 — con Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:48.285 | 1:46.665 | 1:46.362 | 1:46.362 |
| 2 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:49.494 | 1:47.602 | 1:46.804 | +0.442 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:48.240 | 1:46.791 | 1:46.905 | +0.543 |
| 4 |
| 22Jenson Button |
| McLaren |
| 1:49.381 |
| 1:47.661 |
| 1:46.939 |
| +0.577 |
| 5 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:49.391 | 1:47.567 | 1:47.216 | +0.854 |
| 6 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:48.028 | 1:47.667 | 1:47.241 | +0.879 |
| 7 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:48.717 | 1:47.513 | 1:47.475 | +1.113 |
| 8 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:47.688 | 1:47.529 | 1:47.788 | +1.426 |
| 9 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:49.546 | 1:47.823 | — | +1.461 |
| 10 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:49.463 | 1:47.943 | — | +1.581 |
| 11 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:49.547 | 1:47.975 | — | +1.613 |
| 12 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:48.169 | 1:48.261 | — | +1.899 |
| 13 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:49.767 | 1:48.344 | — | +1.982 |
| 14 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:49.055 | 1:48.505 | — | +2.143 |
| 15 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:49.023 | 1:48.774 | — | +2.412 |
| 16 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:49.564 | 1:48.849 | — | +2.487 |
| 17 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:49.809 | — | — | +3.447 |
| 18 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:49.933 | — | — | +3.571 |
| 19 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:50.846 | — | — | +4.484 |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:51.137 | — | — | +4.775 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 1:51.370 | — | — | +5.008 |
| 22 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:51.762 | — | — | +5.400 |
| 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:52.372 | — | — | +6.010 |
| 24 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:53.355 | — | — | +6.993 |