Etapa 10 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2012-07-22
Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) cravou a pole do German Grand Prix de 2012 com uma volta de 1:40.621.
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) completou a primeira fila a 0.405s da pole, com Mark Webber (Red Bull) em terceiro no grid. Kimi Räikkönen (Lotus F1) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Daniel Ricciardo (Toro Rosso) ficou de fora por —s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 5.190s — da pole ao P10 — com Kimi Räikkönen (Lotus F1) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:16.073 | 1:38.521 | 1:40.621 | 1:40.621 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:16.393 | 1:38.309 | 1:41.026 | +0.405 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:16.500 | 1:39.382 | 1:41.496 | +0.875 |
| 4 |
| Michael Schumacher |
| Mercedes |
| 1:16.686 |
| 1:38.010 |
| 1:42.459 |
| +1.838 |
| 5 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:16.271 | 1:39.467 | 1:43.501 | +2.880 |
| 6 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:16.181 | 1:38.731 | 1:43.950 | +3.329 |
| 7 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:16.507 | 1:38.659 | 1:44.113 | +3.492 |
| 8 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:16.221 | 1:37.365 | 1:44.186 | +3.565 |
| 9 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:16.352 | 1:39.703 | 1:44.889 | +4.268 |
| 10 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:15.693 | 1:39.729 | 1:45.811 | +5.190 |
| 11 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:16.516 | 1:39.789 | — | — |
| 12 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:15.726 | 1:39.933 | — | — |
| 13 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:16.481 | 1:39.985 | — | — |
| 14 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:16.265 | 1:40.212 | — | — |
| 15 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:16.685 | 1:40.574 | — | — |
| 16 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:16.426 | 1:40.752 | — | +0.131 |
| 17 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:15.988 | 1:41.551 | — | +0.930 |
| 18 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:16.741 | — | — | — |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:17.620 | — | — | — |
| 20 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:18.531 | — | — | — |
| 21 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:19.220 | — | — | — |
| 22 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 1:19.291 | — | — | — |
| 23 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:19.912 | — | — | — |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:20.230 | — | — | — |