Pit Lane F1
Round 15 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2012-10-07
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) took pole for the 2012 Japanese Grand Prix with a 1:30.839 lap.
Mark Webber (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.251s shy of pole, with Jenson Button (McLaren) third on the grid. Nico HĂĽlkenberg (Force India) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Felipe Massa (Ferrari) missed the cut by 0.021s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.433s — pole to P10 — with Nico Hülkenberg (Force India) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:32.608 | 1:31.501 | 1:30.839 | 1:30.839 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:32.951 | 1:31.950 | 1:31.090 | +0.251 |
| 3 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:33.077 | 1:31.772 | 1:31.290 | +0.451 |
| 10Kamui Kobayashi |
| Sauber |
| 1:32.042 |
| 1:31.886 |
| 1:31.700 |
| +0.861 |
| 5 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:32.029 | 1:31.988 | 1:31.898 | +1.059 |
| 6 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | Sauber | 1:32.147 | 1:32.169 | 1:32.022 | +1.183 |
| 7 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:32.459 | 1:31.833 | 1:32.114 | +1.275 |
| 8 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:32.221 | 1:31.826 | 1:32.208 | +1.369 |
| 9 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:33.061 | 1:32.121 | 1:32.327 | +1.488 |
| 10 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:32.828 | 1:32.272 | — | +1.433 |
| 11 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:32.946 | 1:32.293 | — | +1.454 |
| 12 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:32.898 | 1:32.327 | — | +1.488 |
| 13 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:33.349 | 1:32.469 | — | +1.630 |
| 14 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:32.834 | 1:32.512 | — | +1.673 |
| 15 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:33.015 | 1:32.625 | — | +1.786 |
| 16 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:33.059 | 1:32.954 | — | +2.115 |
| 17 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:33.370 | 1:33.368 | — | +2.529 |
| 18 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:33.405 | — | — | +2.566 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:34.657 | — | — | +3.818 |
| 20 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 1:35.213 | — | — | +4.374 |
| 21 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:35.385 | — | — | +4.546 |
| 22 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:35.429 | — | — | +4.590 |
| 23 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:35.432 | — | — | +4.593 |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:36.734 | — | — | +5.895 |