Pit Lane F1
Round 11 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2012-07-29
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) took pole for the 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix with a 1:20.953 lap.
Romain Grosjean (Lotus F1) joined the front row, 0.413s shy of pole, with Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) third on the grid. Nico Hülkenberg (Force India) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Mark Webber (Red Bull) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.894s — pole to P10 — with Nico Hülkenberg (Force India) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 HĂĽlkenberg | 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 |