Pit Lane F1
Etapa 18 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2012-11-04
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) cravou a pole do Abu Dhabi Grand Prix de 2012 com uma volta de 1:40.630.
Mark Webber (Red Bull) completou a primeira fila a 0.348s da pole, com Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) em terceiro no grid. Romain Grosjean (Lotus F1) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Nico Hülkenberg (Force India) ficou de fora por 0.241s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 1.148s — da pole ao P10 — com Romain Grosjean (Lotus F1) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:41.497 | 1:40.901 | 1:40.630 | 1:40.630 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:41.933 | 1:41.277 | 1:40.978 | +0.348 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:42.160 | 1:41.511 | 1:41.073 | +0.443 |
| 4 |
| 13Pastor Maldonado |
| Williams |
| 1:41.981 |
| 1:41.907 |
| 1:41.226 |
| +0.596 |
| 5 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:42.222 | 1:41.532 | 1:41.260 | +0.630 |
| 6 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:42.342 | 1:41.873 | 1:41.290 | +0.660 |
| 7 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:41.939 | 1:41.514 | 1:41.582 | +0.952 |
| 8 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:41.926 | 1:41.698 | 1:41.603 | +0.973 |
| 9 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:41.974 | 1:41.846 | 1:41.723 | +1.093 |
| 10 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:42.046 | 1:41.620 | 1:41.778 | +1.148 |
| 11 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:42.579 | 1:42.019 | — | +1.389 |
| 12 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:42.624 | 1:42.084 | — | +1.454 |
| 13 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:42.572 | 1:42.218 | — | +1.588 |
| 14 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:42.735 | 1:42.289 | — | +1.659 |
| 15 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:43.298 | 1:42.330 | — | +1.700 |
| 16 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:43.582 | 1:42.606 | — | +1.976 |
| 17 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:43.280 | 1:42.765 | — | +2.135 |
| 18 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:44.058 | — | — | +3.428 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:44.956 | — | — | +4.326 |
| 20 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:45.089 | — | — | +4.459 |
| 21 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:45.151 | — | — | +4.521 |
| 22 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 1:45.426 | — | — | +4.796 |
| 23 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:45.766 | — | — | +5.136 |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:46.382 | — | — | +5.752 |