Pit Lane F1
Round 8 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2012-06-24
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) took pole for the 2012 European Grand Prix with a 1:38.086 lap.
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.324s shy of pole, with Pastor Maldonado (Williams) third on the grid. Paul di Resta (Force India) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 0.906s — pole to P10 — with Paul di Resta (Force India) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:39.626 | 1:38.530 | 1:38.086 | 1:38.086 |
| 2 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:39.169 | 1:38.616 | 1:38.410 | +0.324 |
| 3 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:38.825 | 1:38.570 | 1:38.475 | +0.389 |
| 4 |
| 8Romain Grosjean |
| Lotus F1 |
| 1:39.530 |
| 1:38.489 |
| 1:38.505 |
| +0.419 |
| 5 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:39.464 | 1:38.531 | 1:38.513 | +0.427 |
| 6 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:39.061 | 1:38.504 | 1:38.623 | +0.537 |
| 7 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:39.651 | 1:38.703 | 1:38.741 | +0.655 |
| 8 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Force India | 1:39.009 | 1:38.689 | 1:38.752 | +0.666 |
| 9 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:39.622 | 1:38.563 | 1:38.801 | +0.715 |
| 10 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:38.858 | 1:38.519 | 1:38.992 | +0.906 |
| 11 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:39.409 | 1:38.707 | — | +0.621 |
| 12 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:39.447 | 1:38.770 | — | +0.684 |
| 13 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:39.388 | 1:38.780 | — | +0.694 |
| 14 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:39.449 | 1:39.207 | — | +1.121 |
| 15 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:39.353 | 1:39.358 | — | +1.272 |
| 16 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:40.087 | 1:40.295 | — | +2.209 |
| 17 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:39.924 | 1:40.358 | — | +2.272 |
| 18 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:40.203 | — | — | +2.117 |
| 19 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:40.395 | — | — | +2.309 |
| 20 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:40.457 | — | — | +2.371 |
| 21 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:42.171 | — | — | +4.085 |
| 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:42.527 | — | — | +4.441 |
| 23 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:42.675 | — | — | +4.589 |