Pit Lane F1
Round 18 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2012-11-04
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) took pole for the 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with a 1:40.630 lap.
Mark Webber (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.348s shy of pole, with Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) third on the grid. Romain Grosjean (Lotus F1) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Nico HĂĽlkenberg (Force India) missed the cut by 0.241s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.148s — pole to P10 — with Romain Grosjean (Lotus F1) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:41.497 | 1:40.901 | 1:40.630 | 1:40.630 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:41.933 | 1:41.277 | 1:40.978 | +0.348 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:42.160 | 1:41.511 | 1:41.073 | +0.443 |
| 13Pastor Maldonado |
| Williams |
| 1:41.981 |
| 1:41.907 |
| 1:41.226 |
| +0.596 |
| 5 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:42.222 | 1:41.532 | 1:41.260 | +0.630 |
| 6 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:42.342 | 1:41.873 | 1:41.290 | +0.660 |
| 7 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:41.939 | 1:41.514 | 1:41.582 | +0.952 |
| 8 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:41.926 | 1:41.698 | 1:41.603 | +0.973 |
| 9 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:41.974 | 1:41.846 | 1:41.723 | +1.093 |
| 10 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:42.046 | 1:41.620 | 1:41.778 | +1.148 |
| 11 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:42.579 | 1:42.019 | — | +1.389 |
| 12 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:42.624 | 1:42.084 | — | +1.454 |
| 13 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:42.572 | 1:42.218 | — | +1.588 |
| 14 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:42.735 | 1:42.289 | — | +1.659 |
| 15 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:43.298 | 1:42.330 | — | +1.700 |
| 16 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:43.582 | 1:42.606 | — | +1.976 |
| 17 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:43.280 | 1:42.765 | — | +2.135 |
| 18 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:44.058 | — | — | +3.428 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:44.956 | — | — | +4.326 |
| 20 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:45.089 | — | — | +4.459 |
| 21 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:45.151 | — | — | +4.521 |
| 22 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 1:45.426 | — | — | +4.796 |
| 23 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:45.766 | — | — | +5.136 |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:46.382 | — | — | +5.752 |