2012 FORMULA 1 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING
05 - 07 Oct 2012
Suzuka Circuit, Japan
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sebastian VettelVET | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:32.608 | 1:31.501 | 1:30.839 | 11 |
| 2 | 2 | Mark WebberWEB | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:32.951 | 1:31.950 | 1:31.090 | 15 |
| 3 | 3 | Jenson ButtonBUT | McLaren Mercedes | 1:33.077 | 1:31.772 | 1:31.290 | 14 |
| 4 | 14 | Kamui KobayashiKOB | Sauber Ferrari | 1:32.042 | 1:31.886 | 1:31.700 | 16 |
| 5 | 10 | Romain GrosjeanGRO | Lotus Renault | 1:32.029 | 1:31.988 | 1:31.898 | 20 |
| 6 | 15 | Sergio PerezPER | Sauber Ferrari | 1:32.147 | 1:32.169 | 1:32.022 | 20 |
| 7 | 5 | Fernando AlonsoALO | Ferrari | 1:32.459 | 1:31.833 | 1:32.114 | 17 |
| 8 | 9 | Kimi RäikkönenRAI | Lotus Renault | 1:32.221 | 1:31.826 | 1:32.208 | 18 |
| 9 | 4 | Lewis HamiltonHAM | McLaren Mercedes | 1:33.061 | 1:32.121 | 1:32.327 | 17 |
| 10 | 12 | Nico HulkenbergHUL | Force India Mercedes | 1:32.828 | 1:32.272 | DNF | 12 |
| 11 | 6 | Felipe MassaMAS | Ferrari | 1:32.946 | 1:32.293 | 12 | |
| 12 | 11 | Paul di RestaDIR | Force India Mercedes | 1:32.898 | 1:32.327 | 14 | |
| 13 | 7 | Michael SchumacherMSC | Mercedes | 1:33.349 | 1:32.469 | 10 | |
| 14 | 18 | Pastor MaldonadoMAL | Williams Renault | 1:32.834 | 1:32.512 | 11 | |
| 15 | 8 | Nico RosbergROS | Mercedes | 1:33.015 | 1:32.625 | 16 | |
| 16 | 16 | Daniel RicciardoRIC | STR Ferrari | 1:33.059 | 1:32.954 | 14 | |
| 17 | 17 | Jean-Eric VergneVER | STR Ferrari | 1:33.370 | 1:33.368 | 14 | |
| 18 | 19 | Bruno SennaSEN | Williams Renault | 1:33.405 | 8 | ||
| 19 | 20 | Heikki KovalainenKOV | Caterham Renault | 1:34.657 | 6 | ||
| 20 | 24 | Timo GlockGLO | Marussia Cosworth | 1:35.213 | 8 | ||
| 21 | 22 | Pedro de la RosaDLR | HRT Cosworth | 1:35.385 | 6 | ||
| 22 | 25 | Charles PicPIC | Marussia Cosworth | 1:35.429 | 8 | ||
| 23 | 21 | Vitaly PetrovPET | Caterham Renault | 1:35.432 | 8 | ||
| 24 | 23 | Narain KarthikeyanKAR | HRT Cosworth | 1:36.734 | 6 |