2012 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING
12 - 14 Oct 2012
Korean International Circuit, South Korea
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Mark WebberWEB | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:38.397 | 1:38.220 | 1:37.242 | 17 |
| 2 | 1 | Sebastian VettelVET | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:38.208 | 1:37.767 | 1:37.316 | 13 |
| 3 | 4 | Lewis HamiltonHAM | McLaren Mercedes | 1:39.180 | 1:38.000 | 1:37.469 | 16 |
| 4 | 5 | Fernando AlonsoALO | Ferrari | 1:39.144 | 1:37.987 | 1:37.534 | 19 |
| 5 | 9 | Kimi RäikkönenRAI | Lotus Renault | 1:38.887 | 1:38.227 | 1:37.625 | 17 |
| 6 | 6 | Felipe MassaMAS | Ferrari | 1:38.937 | 1:38.253 | 1:37.884 | 16 |
| 7 | 10 | Romain GrosjeanGRO | Lotus Renault | 1:38.863 | 1:38.275 | 1:37.934 | 20 |
| 8 | 12 | Nico HulkenbergHUL | Force India Mercedes | 1:38.981 | 1:38.428 | 1:38.266 | 18 |
| 9 | 8 | Nico RosbergROS | Mercedes | 1:38.999 | 1:38.417 | 1:38.361 | 17 |
| 10 | 7 | Michael SchumacherMSC | Mercedes | 1:38.808 | 1:38.436 | 1:38.513 | 18 |
| 11 | 3 | Jenson ButtonBUT | McLaren Mercedes | 1:38.615 | 1:38.441 | 11 | |
| 12 | 15 | Sergio PerezPER | Sauber Ferrari | 1:38.630 | 1:38.460 | 13 | |
| 13 | 14 | Kamui KobayashiKOB | Sauber Ferrari | 1:38.719 | 1:38.594 | 14 | |
| 14 | 11 | Paul di RestaDIR | Force India Mercedes | 1:38.942 | 1:38.643 | 15 | |
| 15 | 18 | Pastor MaldonadoMAL | Williams Renault | 1:39.024 | 1:38.725 | 16 | |
| 16 | 16 | Daniel RicciardoRIC | STR Ferrari | 1:38.784 | 1:39.084 | 13 | |
| 17 | 17 | Jean-Eric VergneVER | STR Ferrari | 1:38.744 | 1:39.340 | 14 | |
| 18 | 19 | Bruno SennaSEN | Williams Renault | 1:39.443 | 9 | ||
| 19 | 21 | Vitaly PetrovPET | Caterham Renault | 1:40.207 | 7 | ||
| 20 | 20 | Heikki KovalainenKOV | Caterham Renault | 1:40.333 | 10 | ||
| 21 | 25 | Charles PicPIC | Marussia Cosworth | 1:41.317 | 8 | ||
| 22 | 24 | Timo GlockGLO | Marussia Cosworth | 1:41.371 | 8 | ||
| 23 | 22 | Pedro de la RosaDLR | HRT Cosworth | 1:42.881 | 7 | ||
| NC | 23 | Narain KarthikeyanKAR | HRT Cosworth | DNS | 1 |
Note - Pic drops ten grid places for an unscheduled engine change; Ricciardo drops five - gearbox penalty. Karthikeyan failed to set a Q1 time within the 107% requirement - races at stewards' discretion.