Pit Lane F1
Ronda 16 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2012-10-14
Mark Webber (Red Bull) firmó la pole del Korean Grand Prix de 2012 con un crono de 1:37.242.
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) completó la primera fila a 0.074s de la pole, con Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) tercero en parrilla. Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Jenson Button (McLaren) se quedó fuera por —s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 1.271s — de la pole a P10 — con Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:38.397 | 1:38.220 | 1:37.242 | 1:37.242 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:38.208 | 1:37.767 | 1:37.316 | +0.074 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:39.180 | 1:38.000 | 1:37.469 | +0.227 |
| 4 |
| 14Fernando Alonso |
| Ferrari |
| 1:39.144 |
| 1:37.987 |
| 1:37.534 |
| +0.292 |
| 5 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:38.887 | 1:38.227 | 1:37.625 | +0.383 |
| 6 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:38.937 | 1:38.253 | 1:37.884 | +0.642 |
| 7 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:38.863 | 1:38.275 | 1:37.934 | +0.692 |
| 8 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:38.981 | 1:38.428 | 1:38.266 | +1.024 |
| 9 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:38.999 | 1:38.417 | 1:38.361 | +1.119 |
| 10 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:38.808 | 1:38.436 | 1:38.513 | +1.271 |
| 11 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:38.615 | 1:38.441 | — | +1.199 |
| 12 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:38.630 | 1:38.460 | — | +1.218 |
| 13 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:38.719 | 1:38.594 | — | +1.352 |
| 14 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:38.942 | 1:38.643 | — | +1.401 |
| 15 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:39.024 | 1:38.725 | — | +1.483 |
| 16 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:38.784 | 1:39.084 | — | +1.842 |
| 17 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:38.744 | 1:39.340 | — | +2.098 |
| 18 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:39.443 | — | — | +2.201 |
| 19 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:40.207 | — | — | +2.965 |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:40.333 | — | — | +3.091 |
| 21 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:41.317 | — | — | +4.075 |
| 22 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 1:41.371 | — | — | +4.129 |
| 23 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:42.881 | — | — | +5.639 |