Pit Lane F1
Round 14 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2012-09-23
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) took pole for the 2012 Singapore Grand Prix with a 1:46.362 lap.
Pastor Maldonado (Williams) joined the front row, 0.442s shy of pole, with Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) third on the grid. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Nico HĂĽlkenberg (Force India) missed the cut by 0.032s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.581s — pole to P10 — with Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:48.285 | 1:46.665 | 1:46.362 | 1:46.362 |
| 2 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:49.494 | 1:47.602 | 1:46.804 | +0.442 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:48.240 | 1:46.791 | 1:46.905 | +0.543 |
| 4 |
| 22Jenson Button |
| McLaren |
| 1:49.381 |
| 1:47.661 |
| 1:46.939 |
| +0.577 |
| 5 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:49.391 | 1:47.567 | 1:47.216 | +0.854 |
| 6 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:48.028 | 1:47.667 | 1:47.241 | +0.879 |
| 7 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:48.717 | 1:47.513 | 1:47.475 | +1.113 |
| 8 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:47.688 | 1:47.529 | 1:47.788 | +1.426 |
| 9 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:49.546 | 1:47.823 | — | +1.461 |
| 10 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:49.463 | 1:47.943 | — | +1.581 |
| 11 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:49.547 | 1:47.975 | — | +1.613 |
| 12 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:48.169 | 1:48.261 | — | +1.899 |
| 13 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:49.767 | 1:48.344 | — | +1.982 |
| 14 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:49.055 | 1:48.505 | — | +2.143 |
| 15 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:49.023 | 1:48.774 | — | +2.412 |
| 16 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:49.564 | 1:48.849 | — | +2.487 |
| 17 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:49.809 | — | — | +3.447 |
| 18 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:49.933 | — | — | +3.571 |
| 19 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:50.846 | — | — | +4.484 |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:51.137 | — | — | +4.775 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 1:51.370 | — | — | +5.008 |
| 22 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:51.762 | — | — | +5.400 |
| 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:52.372 | — | — | +6.010 |
| 24 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:53.355 | — | — | +6.993 |