Pit Lane F1
Round 16 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2012-10-14
Mark Webber (Red Bull) took pole for the 2012 Korean Grand Prix with a 1:37.242 lap.
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.074s shy of pole, with Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) third on the grid. Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Jenson Button (McLaren) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.271s — pole to P10 — with Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:38.397 | 1:38.220 | 1:37.242 | 1:37.242 |
| 2 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:38.208 | 1:37.767 | 1:37.316 | +0.074 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:39.180 | 1:38.000 | 1:37.469 | +0.227 |
| 14Fernando Alonso |
| Ferrari |
| 1:39.144 |
| 1:37.987 |
| 1:37.534 |
| +0.292 |
| 5 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:38.887 | 1:38.227 | 1:37.625 | +0.383 |
| 6 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:38.937 | 1:38.253 | 1:37.884 | +0.642 |
| 7 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:38.863 | 1:38.275 | 1:37.934 | +0.692 |
| 8 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Force India | 1:38.981 | 1:38.428 | 1:38.266 | +1.024 |
| 9 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:38.999 | 1:38.417 | 1:38.361 | +1.119 |
| 10 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:38.808 | 1:38.436 | 1:38.513 | +1.271 |
| 11 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:38.615 | 1:38.441 | — | +1.199 |
| 12 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:38.630 | 1:38.460 | — | +1.218 |
| 13 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:38.719 | 1:38.594 | — | +1.352 |
| 14 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:38.942 | 1:38.643 | — | +1.401 |
| 15 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:39.024 | 1:38.725 | — | +1.483 |
| 16 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:38.784 | 1:39.084 | — | +1.842 |
| 17 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:38.744 | 1:39.340 | — | +2.098 |
| 18 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:39.443 | — | — | +2.201 |
| 19 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:40.207 | — | — | +2.965 |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:40.333 | — | — | +3.091 |
| 21 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:41.317 | — | — | +4.075 |
| 22 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 1:41.371 | — | — | +4.129 |
| 23 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:42.881 | — | — | +5.639 |