Etapa 20 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2012-11-25
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) cravou a pole do Brazilian Grand Prix de 2012 com uma volta de 1:12.458.
Jenson Button (McLaren) completou a primeira fila a 0.055s da pole, com Mark Webber (Red Bull) em terceiro no grid. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Paul di Resta (Force India) ficou de fora por 0.632s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 1.031s — da pole ao P10 — com Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:15.075 | 1:13.398 | 1:12.458 | 1:12.458 |
| 2 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:15.456 | 1:13.515 | 1:12.513 | +0.055 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:16.180 | 1:13.667 | 1:12.581 | +0.123 |
| 4 |
| 5Sebastian Vettel |
| Red Bull |
| 1:15.644 |
| 1:13.209 |
| 1:12.760 |
| +0.302 |
| 5 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:16.263 | 1:14.048 | 1:12.987 | +0.529 |
| 6 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:16.266 | 1:13.698 | 1:13.174 | +0.716 |
| 7 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:15.536 | 1:13.704 | 1:13.206 | +0.748 |
| 8 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:16.097 | 1:13.856 | 1:13.253 | +0.795 |
| 9 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:16.432 | 1:13.698 | 1:13.298 | +0.840 |
| 10 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:15.929 | 1:13.848 | 1:13.489 | +1.031 |
| 11 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:15.901 | 1:14.121 | — | +1.663 |
| 12 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:15.333 | 1:14.219 | — | +1.761 |
| 13 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:15.974 | 1:14.234 | — | +1.776 |
| 14 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:16.005 | 1:14.334 | — | +1.876 |
| 15 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:16.400 | 1:14.380 | — | +1.922 |
| 16 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:16.744 | 1:14.574 | — | +2.116 |
| 17 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:16.722 | 1:14.619 | — | +2.161 |
| 18 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:16.967 | — | — | +4.509 |
| 19 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:17.073 | — | — | +4.615 |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:17.086 | — | — | +4.628 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 1:17.508 | — | — | +5.050 |
| 22 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:18.104 | — | — | +5.646 |
| 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:19.576 | — | — | +7.118 |
| 24 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:19.699 | — | — | +7.241 |