Pit Lane F1
Ronda 18 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2012-11-04
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) firmó la pole del Abu Dhabi Grand Prix de 2012 con un crono de 1:40.630.
Mark Webber (Red Bull) completó la primera fila a 0.348s de la pole, con Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) tercero en parrilla. Romain Grosjean (Lotus F1) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Nico Hülkenberg (Force India) se quedó fuera por 0.241s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 1.148s — de la pole a P10 — con Romain Grosjean (Lotus F1) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:41.497 | 1:40.901 | 1:40.630 | 1:40.630 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:41.933 | 1:41.277 | 1:40.978 | +0.348 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:42.160 | 1:41.511 | 1:41.073 | +0.443 |
| 4 |
| 13Pastor Maldonado |
| Williams |
| 1:41.981 |
| 1:41.907 |
| 1:41.226 |
| +0.596 |
| 5 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:42.222 | 1:41.532 | 1:41.260 | +0.630 |
| 6 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:42.342 | 1:41.873 | 1:41.290 | +0.660 |
| 7 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:41.939 | 1:41.514 | 1:41.582 | +0.952 |
| 8 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:41.926 | 1:41.698 | 1:41.603 | +0.973 |
| 9 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:41.974 | 1:41.846 | 1:41.723 | +1.093 |
| 10 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:42.046 | 1:41.620 | 1:41.778 | +1.148 |
| 11 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:42.579 | 1:42.019 | — | +1.389 |
| 12 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:42.624 | 1:42.084 | — | +1.454 |
| 13 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:42.572 | 1:42.218 | — | +1.588 |
| 14 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:42.735 | 1:42.289 | — | +1.659 |
| 15 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:43.298 | 1:42.330 | — | +1.700 |
| 16 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:43.582 | 1:42.606 | — | +1.976 |
| 17 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:43.280 | 1:42.765 | — | +2.135 |
| 18 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:44.058 | — | — | +3.428 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:44.956 | — | — | +4.326 |
| 20 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:45.089 | — | — | +4.459 |
| 21 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:45.151 | — | — | +4.521 |
| 22 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 1:45.426 | — | — | +4.796 |
| 23 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:45.766 | — | — | +5.136 |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:46.382 | — | — | +5.752 |