Pit Lane F1
Round 13 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2012-09-09
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) took pole for the 2012 Italian Grand Prix with a 1:24.010 lap.
Jenson Button (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.123s shy of pole, with Felipe Massa (Ferrari) third on the grid. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Mark Webber (Red Bull) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.668s — pole to P10 — with Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:24.211 | 1:24.394 | 1:24.010 | 1:24.010 |
| 2 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:24.672 | 1:24.255 | 1:24.133 | +0.123 |
| 3 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:24.882 | 1:24.505 | 1:24.247 | +0.237 |
| 4 |
| 40Paul di Resta |
| Force India |
| 1:24.875 |
| 1:24.345 |
| 1:24.304 |
| +0.294 |
| 5 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:25.302 | 1:24.675 | 1:24.540 | +0.530 |
| 6 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:25.011 | 1:24.687 | 1:24.802 | +0.792 |
| 7 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:24.689 | 1:24.515 | 1:24.833 | +0.823 |
| 8 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:25.151 | 1:24.742 | 1:24.855 | +0.845 |
| 9 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:25.317 | 1:24.683 | 1:25.109 | +1.099 |
| 10 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:24.175 | 1:24.242 | 1:25.678 | +1.668 |
| 11 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:25.556 | 1:24.809 | — | +0.799 |
| 12 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:25.103 | 1:24.820 | — | +0.810 |
| 13 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:25.300 | 1:24.901 | — | +0.891 |
| 14 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:25.135 | 1:25.042 | — | +1.032 |
| 15 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:25.728 | 1:25.312 | — | +1.302 |
| 16 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Lotus F1 | 1:25.834 | 1:25.408 | — | +1.398 |
| 17 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:25.649 | 1:25.441 | — | +1.431 |
| 18 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:26.382 | — | — | +2.372 |
| 19 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:26.887 | — | — | +2.877 |
| 20 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 1:27.039 | — | — | +3.029 |
| 21 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:27.073 | — | — | +3.063 |
| 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:27.441 | — | — | +3.431 |
| 23 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:27.629 | — | — | +3.619 |