Ronda 9 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2012-07-08
Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) firmó la pole del British Grand Prix de 2012 con un crono de 1:51.746.
Mark Webber (Red Bull) completó la primera fila a 0.047s de la pole, con Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) tercero en parrilla. Romain Grosjean (Lotus F1) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Paul di Resta (Force India) se quedó fuera por 0.621s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 4.642s — de la pole a P10 — con Romain Grosjean (Lotus F1) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:46.515 | 1:56.921 | 1:51.746 | 1:51.746 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:47.276 | 1:55.898 | 1:51.793 | +0.047 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:46.571 | 1:55.799 | 1:52.020 | +0.274 |
| 5Sebastian Vettel |
| Red Bull |
| 1:46.279 |
| 1:56.931 |
| 1:52.199 |
| +0.453 |
| 5 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:47.401 | 1:56.388 | 1:53.065 | +1.319 |
| 6 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:47.309 | 1:56.469 | 1:53.290 | +1.544 |
| 7 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:46.449 | 1:56.802 | 1:53.539 | +1.793 |
| 8 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:47.433 | 1:54.897 | 1:53.543 | +1.797 |
| 9 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:46.334 | 1:55.556 | 1:54.382 | +2.636 |
| 10 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:47.043 | 1:56.388 | — | +4.642 |
| 11 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:47.582 | 1:57.009 | — | +5.263 |
| 12 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:46.649 | 1:57.071 | — | +5.325 |
| 13 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:47.724 | 1:57.108 | — | +5.362 |
| 14 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:47.266 | 1:57.132 | — | +5.386 |
| 15 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:47.105 | 1:57.426 | — | +5.680 |
| 16 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:47.705 | 1:57.719 | — | +5.973 |
| 17 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:46.494 | 1:57.895 | — | +6.149 |
| 18 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:48.044 | — | — | — |
| 19 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:49.027 | — | — | — |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:49.477 | — | — | — |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 1:51.618 | — | — | — |
| 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:52.742 | — | — | +0.996 |
| 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:53.040 | — | — | +1.294 |
| 24 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:54.143 | — | — | +2.397 |