Round 12 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2005-07-24
Kimi Räikkönen (McLaren) took pole for the 2005 German Grand Prix with a 1:14.320 lap.
Jenson Button (BAR) joined the front row, 0.439s shy of pole, with Fernando Alonso (Renault) third on the grid. Christian Klien (Red Bull) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while David Coulthard (Red Bull) missed the cut by 0.044s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.315s — pole to P10 — with Christian Klien (Red Bull) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren | 1:14.320 | — | — | 1:14.320 |
| 2 | 22Jenson Button | BAR | 1:14.759 | — | — | +0.439 |
| 3 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:14.904 | — | — | +0.584 |
| Giancarlo Fisichella |
| Renault |
| 1:14.927 |
| — |
| — |
| +0.607 |
| 5 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:15.006 | — | — | +0.686 |
| 6 | Mark Webber | Williams | 1:15.070 | — | — | +0.750 |
| 7 | Nick Heidfeld | Williams | 1:15.403 | — | — | +1.083 |
| 8 | Takuma Sato | BAR | 1:15.501 | — | — | +1.181 |
| 9 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:15.532 | — | — | +1.212 |
| 10 | Christian Klien | Red Bull | 1:15.635 | — | — | +1.315 |
| 11 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:15.679 | — | — | +1.359 |
| 12 | Ralf Schumacher | Toyota | 1:15.689 | — | — | +1.369 |
| 13 | 19Felipe Massa | Sauber | 1:16.009 | — | — | +1.689 |
| 14 | Jacques Villeneuve | Sauber | 1:16.012 | — | — | +1.692 |
| 15 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:16.230 | — | — | +1.910 |
| 16 | Christijan Albers | Minardi | 1:17.519 | — | — | +3.199 |
| 17 | Robert Doornbos | Minardi | 1:18.313 | — | — | +3.993 |
| 18 | Tiago Monteiro | Jordan | 1:18.599 | — | — | +4.279 |
| 19 | Juan Pablo Montoya | McLaren | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Narain Karthikeyan | Jordan | — | — | — | — |