Ronda 8 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2012-06-24
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) firmó la pole del European Grand Prix de 2012 con un crono de 1:38.086.
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) completó la primera fila a 0.324s de la pole, con Pastor Maldonado (Williams) tercero en parrilla. Paul di Resta (Force India) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) se quedó fuera por —s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 0.906s — de la pole a P10 — con Paul di Resta (Force India) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:39.626 | 1:38.530 | 1:38.086 | 1:38.086 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:39.169 | 1:38.616 | 1:38.410 | +0.324 |
| 3 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:38.825 | 1:38.570 | 1:38.475 | +0.389 |
| 4 |
| 8Romain Grosjean |
| Lotus F1 |
| 1:39.530 |
| 1:38.489 |
| 1:38.505 |
| +0.419 |
| 5 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:39.464 | 1:38.531 | 1:38.513 | +0.427 |
| 6 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:39.061 | 1:38.504 | 1:38.623 | +0.537 |
| 7 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:39.651 | 1:38.703 | 1:38.741 | +0.655 |
| 8 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:39.009 | 1:38.689 | 1:38.752 | +0.666 |
| 9 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:39.622 | 1:38.563 | 1:38.801 | +0.715 |
| 10 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:38.858 | 1:38.519 | 1:38.992 | +0.906 |
| 11 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:39.409 | 1:38.707 | — | +0.621 |
| 12 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:39.447 | 1:38.770 | — | +0.684 |
| 13 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:39.388 | 1:38.780 | — | +0.694 |
| 14 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:39.449 | 1:39.207 | — | +1.121 |
| 15 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:39.353 | 1:39.358 | — | +1.272 |
| 16 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:40.087 | 1:40.295 | — | +2.209 |
| 17 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:39.924 | 1:40.358 | — | +2.272 |
| 18 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:40.203 | — | — | +2.117 |
| 19 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:40.395 | — | — | +2.309 |
| 20 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:40.457 | — | — | +2.371 |
| 21 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:42.171 | — | — | +4.085 |
| 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:42.527 | — | — | +4.441 |
| 23 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:42.675 | — | — | +4.589 |