Pit Lane F1
Round 10 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2012-07-22
Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) took pole for the 2012 German Grand Prix with a 1:40.621 lap.
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.405s shy of pole, with Mark Webber (Red Bull) third on the grid. Kimi Räikkönen (Lotus F1) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Daniel Ricciardo (Toro Rosso) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 5.190s — pole to P10 — with Kimi Räikkönen (Lotus F1) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Michael Schumacher |
| Mercedes |
| 1:16.686 |
| 1:38.010 |
| 1:42.459 |
| +1.838 |
| 5 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | 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 | — | — | — |