2012 FORMULA 1 SHELL BELGIAN GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING
31 Aug - 02 Sep 2012
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Jenson ButtonBUT | McLaren Mercedes | 1:49.250 | 1:47.654 | 1:47.573 | 14 |
| 2 | 14 | Kamui KobayashiKOB | Sauber Ferrari | 1:49.686 | 1:48.569 | 1:47.871 | 18 |
| 3 | 18 | Pastor MaldonadoMAL | Williams Renault | 1:48.993 | 1:48.780 | 1:47.893 | 20 |
| 4 | 9 | Kimi RäikkönenRAI | Lotus Renault | 1:49.546 | 1:48.414 | 1:48.205 | 14 |
| 5 | 15 | Sergio PerezPER | Sauber Ferrari | 1:49.642 | 1:47.980 | 1:48.219 | 16 |
| 6 | 5 | Fernando AlonsoALO | Ferrari | 1:49.401 | 1:48.598 | 1:48.313 | 15 |
| 7 | 2 | Mark WebberWEB | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:49.859 | 1:48.546 | 1:48.392 | 13 |
| 8 | 4 | Lewis HamiltonHAM | McLaren Mercedes | 1:49.605 | 1:48.563 | 1:48.394 | 16 |
| 9 | 10 | Romain GrosjeanGRO | Lotus Renault | 1:50.126 | 1:48.714 | 1:48.538 | 18 |
| 10 | 11 | Paul di RestaDIR | Force India Mercedes | 1:50.033 | 1:48.729 | 1:48.890 | 19 |
| 11 | 1 | Sebastian VettelVET | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:49.722 | 1:48.792 | 12 | |
| 12 | 12 | Nico HulkenbergHUL | Force India Mercedes | 1:49.362 | 1:48.855 | 13 | |
| 13 | 7 | Michael SchumacherMSC | Mercedes | 1:49.742 | 1:49.081 | 14 | |
| 14 | 6 | Felipe MassaMAS | Ferrari | 1:49.588 | 1:49.147 | 13 | |
| 15 | 17 | Jean-Eric VergneVER | STR Ferrari | 1:49.763 | 1:49.354 | 13 | |
| 16 | 16 | Daniel RicciardoRIC | STR Ferrari | 1:49.572 | 1:49.543 | 13 | |
| 17 | 19 | Bruno SennaSEN | Williams Renault | 1:49.958 | 1:50.088 | 15 | |
| 18 | 8 | Nico RosbergROS | Mercedes | 1:50.181 | 10 | ||
| 19 | 20 | Heikki KovalainenKOV | Caterham Renault | 1:51.739 | 7 | ||
| 20 | 21 | Vitaly PetrovPET | Caterham Renault | 1:51.967 | 6 | ||
| 21 | 24 | Timo GlockGLO | Marussia Cosworth | 1:52.336 | 8 | ||
| 22 | 22 | Pedro de la RosaDLR | HRT Cosworth | 1:53.030 | 6 | ||
| 23 | 25 | Charles PicPIC | Marussia Cosworth | 1:53.493 | 6 | ||
| 24 | 23 | Narain KarthikeyanKAR | HRT Cosworth | 1:54.989 | 8 |
Note - Webber and Rosberg drop five grid places for unscheduled gearbox changes. Maldonado drops three places for impeding Hulkenberg in Q1.