Pit Lane F1
Ronda 15 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2012-10-07
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) firmó la pole del Japanese Grand Prix de 2012 con un crono de 1:30.839.
Mark Webber (Red Bull) completó la primera fila a 0.251s de la pole, con Jenson Button (McLaren) tercero en parrilla. Nico Hülkenberg (Force India) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Felipe Massa (Ferrari) se quedó fuera por 0.021s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 1.433s — de la pole a P10 — con Nico Hülkenberg (Force India) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:32.608 | 1:31.501 | 1:30.839 | 1:30.839 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:32.951 | 1:31.950 | 1:31.090 | +0.251 |
| 3 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:33.077 | 1:31.772 | 1:31.290 | +0.451 |
| 4 |
| 10Kamui Kobayashi |
| Sauber |
| 1:32.042 |
| 1:31.886 |
| 1:31.700 |
| +0.861 |
| 5 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:32.029 | 1:31.988 | 1:31.898 | +1.059 |
| 6 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:32.147 | 1:32.169 | 1:32.022 | +1.183 |
| 7 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:32.459 | 1:31.833 | 1:32.114 | +1.275 |
| 8 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:32.221 | 1:31.826 | 1:32.208 | +1.369 |
| 9 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:33.061 | 1:32.121 | 1:32.327 | +1.488 |
| 10 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:32.828 | 1:32.272 | — | +1.433 |
| 11 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:32.946 | 1:32.293 | — | +1.454 |
| 12 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:32.898 | 1:32.327 | — | +1.488 |
| 13 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:33.349 | 1:32.469 | — | +1.630 |
| 14 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:32.834 | 1:32.512 | — | +1.673 |
| 15 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:33.015 | 1:32.625 | — | +1.786 |
| 16 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:33.059 | 1:32.954 | — | +2.115 |
| 17 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:33.370 | 1:33.368 | — | +2.529 |
| 18 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:33.405 | — | — | +2.566 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:34.657 | — | — | +3.818 |
| 20 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 1:35.213 | — | — | +4.374 |
| 21 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:35.385 | — | — | +4.546 |
| 22 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:35.429 | — | — | +4.590 |
| 23 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:35.432 | — | — | +4.593 |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:36.734 | — | — | +5.895 |