Etapa 11 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2012-07-29
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) cravou a pole do Hungarian Grand Prix de 2012 com uma volta de 1:20.953.
Romain Grosjean (Lotus F1) completou a primeira fila a 0.413s da pole, com Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) em terceiro no grid. Nico Hülkenberg (Force India) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Mark Webber (Red Bull) ficou de fora por —s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 1.894s — da pole ao P10 — com Nico Hülkenberg (Force India) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:21.794 | 1:21.060 | 1:20.953 | 1:20.953 |
| 2 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:22.755 | 1:21.657 | 1:21.366 | +0.413 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:22.948 | 1:21.407 | 1:21.416 | +0.463 |
| 4 |
| 22Jenson Button |
| McLaren |
| 1:22.028 |
| 1:21.618 |
| 1:21.583 |
| +0.630 |
| 5 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:22.234 | 1:21.583 | 1:21.730 | +0.777 |
| 6 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:22.095 | 1:21.598 | 1:21.844 | +0.891 |
| 7 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:22.203 | 1:21.534 | 1:21.900 | +0.947 |
| 8 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:22.475 | 1:21.504 | 1:21.939 | +0.986 |
| 9 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:22.271 | 1:21.697 | 1:22.343 | +1.390 |
| 10 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:22.176 | 1:21.653 | 1:22.847 | +1.894 |
| 11 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:22.829 | 1:21.715 | — | +0.762 |
| 12 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:21.912 | 1:21.813 | — | +0.860 |
| 13 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:22.079 | 1:21.895 | — | +0.942 |
| 14 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:22.110 | 1:21.895 | — | +0.942 |
| 15 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:22.801 | 1:22.300 | — | +1.347 |
| 16 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:22.799 | 1:22.380 | — | +1.427 |
| 17 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:22.436 | 1:22.723 | — | +1.770 |
| 18 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:23.250 | — | — | +2.297 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:23.576 | — | — | +2.623 |
| 20 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:24.167 | — | — | +3.214 |
| 21 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:25.244 | — | — | +4.291 |
| 22 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 1:25.476 | — | — | +4.523 |
| 23 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:25.916 | — | — | +4.963 |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:26.178 | — | — | +5.225 |