Ronda 5 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2012-05-13
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) firmó la pole del Spanish Grand Prix de 2012 con un crono de 1:21.707.
Pastor Maldonado (Williams) completó la primera fila a 0.578s de la pole, con Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) tercero en parrilla. Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Jenson Button (McLaren) se quedó fuera por 0.047s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 1.190s — de la pole a P10 — con Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:22.583 | 1:22.465 | 1:21.707 | 1:21.707 |
| 2 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:23.380 | 1:22.105 | 1:22.285 | +0.578 |
| 3 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:23.276 | 1:22.862 | 1:22.302 | +0.595 |
| 4 |
| 8Romain Grosjean |
| Lotus F1 |
| 1:23.248 |
| 1:22.667 |
| 1:22.424 |
| +0.717 |
| 5 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:23.406 | 1:22.856 | 1:22.487 | +0.780 |
| 6 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:24.261 | 1:22.773 | 1:22.533 | +0.826 |
| 7 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:23.370 | 1:22.882 | 1:23.005 | +1.298 |
| 8 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:23.850 | 1:22.884 | — | +1.177 |
| 9 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:23.757 | 1:22.904 | — | +1.197 |
| 10 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:23.386 | 1:22.897 | — | +1.190 |
| 11 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:23.510 | 1:22.944 | — | +1.237 |
| 12 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:23.592 | 1:22.977 | — | +1.270 |
| 13 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:23.852 | 1:23.125 | — | +1.418 |
| 14 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:23.720 | 1:23.177 | — | +1.470 |
| 15 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:24.362 | 1:23.265 | — | +1.558 |
| 16 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:23.906 | 1:23.442 | — | +1.735 |
| 17 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:23.886 | 1:23.444 | — | +1.737 |
| 18 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:24.981 | — | — | +3.274 |
| 19 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:25.277 | — | — | +3.570 |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:25.507 | — | — | +3.800 |
| 21 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:26.582 | — | — | +4.875 |
| 22 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 1:27.032 | — | — | +5.325 |
| 23 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:27.555 | — | — | +5.848 |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:31.122 | — | — | +9.415 |