Manche 12 — chronos Q1, Q2 et Q3 - 2012-09-02
Jenson Button (McLaren) a signé la pole position du Belgian Grand Prix 2012 en 1:47.573.
Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) complète la première ligne à 0.298s de la pole, avec Pastor Maldonado (Williams) troisième sur la grille. Paul di Resta (Force India) entrait en Q3 en P10, tandis que Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) a manqué la coupure pour —s.
La Q3 s'est jouée dans un mouchoir de 1.317s — de la pole à la P10 — Paul di Resta (Force India) bouclant le top 10.
| Pos | Pilote | Écurie | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Écart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:49.250 | 1:47.654 | 1:47.573 | 1:47.573 |
| 2 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:49.686 | 1:48.569 | 1:47.871 | +0.298 |
| 3 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:48.993 | 1:48.780 | 1:47.893 | +0.320 |
| 4 |
| 7Kimi Räikkönen |
| Lotus F1 |
| 1:49.546 |
| 1:48.414 |
| 1:48.205 |
| +0.632 |
| 5 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:49.642 | 1:47.980 | 1:48.219 | +0.646 |
| 6 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:49.401 | 1:48.598 | 1:48.313 | +0.740 |
| 7 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:49.859 | 1:48.546 | 1:48.392 | +0.819 |
| 8 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:49.605 | 1:48.563 | 1:48.394 | +0.821 |
| 9 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:50.126 | 1:48.714 | 1:48.538 | +0.965 |
| 10 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:50.033 | 1:48.729 | 1:48.890 | +1.317 |
| 11 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:49.722 | 1:48.792 | — | +1.219 |
| 12 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:49.362 | 1:48.855 | — | +1.282 |
| 13 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:49.742 | 1:49.081 | — | +1.508 |
| 14 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:49.588 | 1:49.147 | — | +1.574 |
| 15 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:49.763 | 1:49.354 | — | +1.781 |
| 16 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:49.572 | 1:49.543 | — | +1.970 |
| 17 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:49.958 | 1:50.088 | — | +2.515 |
| 18 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:50.181 | — | — | +2.608 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:51.739 | — | — | +4.166 |
| 20 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:51.967 | — | — | +4.394 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 1:52.336 | — | — | +4.763 |
| 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:53.030 | — | — | +5.457 |
| 23 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:53.493 | — | — | +5.920 |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:54.989 | — | — | +7.416 |