FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA SANTANDER 2012 - QUALIFYING
11 - 13 May 2012
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Spain
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RT | 4 | Lewis HamiltonHAM | McLaren Mercedes | 1:22.583 | 1:22.465 | 1:21.707 | 17 |
| 1 | 18 | Pastor MaldonadoMAL | Williams Renault | 1:23.380 | 1:22.105 | 1:22.285 | 14 |
| 2 | 5 | Fernando AlonsoALO | Ferrari | 1:23.276 | 1:22.862 | 1:22.302 | 15 |
| 3 | 10 | Romain GrosjeanGRO | Lotus Renault | 1:23.248 | 1:22.667 | 1:22.424 | 14 |
| 4 | 9 | Kimi RäikkönenRAI | Lotus Renault | 1:23.406 | 1:22.856 | 1:22.487 | 13 |
| 5 | 15 | Sergio PerezPER | Sauber Ferrari | 1:24.261 | 1:22.773 | 1:22.533 | 14 |
| 6 | 8 | Nico RosbergROS | Mercedes | 1:23.370 | 1:22.882 | 1:23.005 | 17 |
| 7 | 1 | Sebastian VettelVET | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:23.850 | 1:22.884 | DNF | 14 |
| 8 | 7 | Michael SchumacherMSC | Mercedes | 1:23.757 | 1:22.904 | DNS | 15 |
| 9 | 14 | Kamui KobayashiKOB | Sauber Ferrari | 1:23.386 | 1:22.897 | 14 | |
| 10 | 3 | Jenson ButtonBUT | McLaren Mercedes | 1:23.510 | 1:22.944 | 13 | |
| 11 | 2 | Mark WebberWEB | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:23.592 | 1:22.977 | 8 | |
| 12 | 11 | Paul di RestaDIR | Force India Mercedes | 1:23.852 | 1:23.125 | 14 | |
| 13 | 12 | Nico HulkenbergHUL | Force India Mercedes | 1:23.720 | 1:23.177 | 13 | |
| 14 | 17 | Jean-Eric VergneVER | STR Ferrari | 1:24.362 | 1:23.265 | 11 | |
| 15 | 16 | Daniel RicciardoRIC | STR Ferrari | 1:23.906 | 1:23.442 | 11 | |
| 16 | 6 | Felipe MassaMAS | Ferrari | 1:23.886 | 1:23.444 | 12 | |
| 17 | 19 | Bruno SennaSEN | Williams Renault | 1:24.981 | 8 | ||
| 18 | 21 | Vitaly PetrovPET | Caterham Renault | 1:25.277 | 8 | ||
| 19 | 20 | Heikki KovalainenKOV | Caterham Renault | 1:25.507 | 8 | ||
| 20 | 25 | Charles PicPIC | Marussia Cosworth | 1:26.582 | 8 | ||
| 21 | 24 | Timo GlockGLO | Marussia Cosworth | 1:27.032 | 8 | ||
| 22 | 22 | Pedro de la RosaDLR | HRT Cosworth | 1:27.555 | 6 | ||
| NC | 23 | Narain KarthikeyanKAR | HRT Cosworth | 1:31.122 | 4 |
Note - Hamilton originally qualified on pole, but was excluded for failing to return to the pits under his own power and supply a fuel sample. Karthikeyan failed to meet the Q1 107% requirement so races at the stewards' discretion.