Pit Lane F1
Round 20 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2012-11-25
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) took pole for the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix with a 1:12.458 lap.
Jenson Button (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.055s shy of pole, with Mark Webber (Red Bull) third on the grid. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Paul di Resta (Force India) missed the cut by 0.632s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.031s — pole to P10 — with Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:15.075 | 1:13.398 | 1:12.458 | 1:12.458 |
| 2 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:15.456 | 1:13.515 | 1:12.513 | +0.055 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:16.180 | 1:13.667 | 1:12.581 | +0.123 |
| 5Sebastian Vettel |
| Red Bull |
| 1:15.644 |
| 1:13.209 |
| 1:12.760 |
| +0.302 |
| 5 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:16.263 | 1:14.048 | 1:12.987 | +0.529 |
| 6 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:16.266 | 1:13.698 | 1:13.174 | +0.716 |
| 7 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Force India | 1:15.536 | 1:13.704 | 1:13.206 | +0.748 |
| 8 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:16.097 | 1:13.856 | 1:13.253 | +0.795 |
| 9 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:16.432 | 1:13.698 | 1:13.298 | +0.840 |
| 10 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:15.929 | 1:13.848 | 1:13.489 | +1.031 |
| 11 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:15.901 | 1:14.121 | — | +1.663 |
| 12 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:15.333 | 1:14.219 | — | +1.761 |
| 13 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:15.974 | 1:14.234 | — | +1.776 |
| 14 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:16.005 | 1:14.334 | — | +1.876 |
| 15 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:16.400 | 1:14.380 | — | +1.922 |
| 16 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:16.744 | 1:14.574 | — | +2.116 |
| 17 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:16.722 | 1:14.619 | — | +2.161 |
| 18 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:16.967 | — | — | +4.509 |
| 19 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:17.073 | — | — | +4.615 |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:17.086 | — | — | +4.628 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 1:17.508 | — | — | +5.050 |
| 22 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:18.104 | — | — | +5.646 |
| 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:19.576 | — | — | +7.118 |
| 24 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:19.699 | — | — | +7.241 |