Pit Lane F1
Round 9 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2012-07-08
Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) took pole for the 2012 British Grand Prix with a 1:51.746 lap.
Mark Webber (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.047s shy of pole, with Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) third on the grid. Romain Grosjean (Lotus F1) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Paul di Resta (Force India) missed the cut by 0.621s.
Q3 was settled inside 4.642s — pole to P10 — with Romain Grosjean (Lotus F1) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:46.515 | 1:56.921 | 1:51.746 | 1:51.746 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:47.276 | 1:55.898 | 1:51.793 | +0.047 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:46.571 | 1:55.799 | 1:52.020 | +0.274 |
| 4 |
| 5Sebastian Vettel |
| Red Bull |
| 1:46.279 |
| 1:56.931 |
| 1:52.199 |
| +0.453 |
| 5 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:47.401 | 1:56.388 | 1:53.065 | +1.319 |
| 6 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 1:47.309 | 1:56.469 | 1:53.290 | +1.544 |
| 7 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:46.449 | 1:56.802 | 1:53.539 | +1.793 |
| 8 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:47.433 | 1:54.897 | 1:53.543 | +1.797 |
| 9 | 27Nico HĂĽlkenberg | Force India | 1:46.334 | 1:55.556 | 1:54.382 | +2.636 |
| 10 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:47.043 | 1:56.388 | — | +4.642 |
| 11 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:47.582 | 1:57.009 | — | +5.263 |
| 12 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:46.649 | 1:57.071 | — | +5.325 |
| 13 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:47.724 | 1:57.108 | — | +5.362 |
| 14 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:47.266 | 1:57.132 | — | +5.386 |
| 15 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:47.105 | 1:57.426 | — | +5.680 |
| 16 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:47.705 | 1:57.719 | — | +5.973 |
| 17 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 1:46.494 | 1:57.895 | — | +6.149 |
| 18 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:48.044 | — | — | — |
| 19 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:49.027 | — | — | — |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:49.477 | — | — | — |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 1:51.618 | — | — | — |
| 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:52.742 | — | — | +0.996 |
| 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:53.040 | — | — | +1.294 |
| 24 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:54.143 | — | — | +2.397 |