FORMULA 1 GRANDE PRÊMIO PETROBRAS DO BRASIL 2012 - QUALIFYING
23 - 25 Nov 2012
Autódromo José Carlos Pace, Brazil
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Lewis HamiltonHAM | McLaren Mercedes | 1:15.075 | 1:13.398 | 1:12.458 | 21 |
| 2 | 3 | Jenson ButtonBUT | McLaren Mercedes | 1:15.456 | 1:13.515 | 1:12.513 | 20 |
| 3 | 2 | Mark WebberWEB | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:16.180 | 1:13.667 | 1:12.581 | 22 |
| 4 | 1 | Sebastian VettelVET | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:15.644 | 1:13.209 | 1:12.760 | 19 |
| 5 | 6 | Felipe MassaMAS | Ferrari | 1:16.263 | 1:14.048 | 1:12.987 | 25 |
| 6 | 18 | Pastor MaldonadoMAL | Williams Renault | 1:16.266 | 1:13.698 | 1:13.174 | 24 |
| 7 | 12 | Nico HulkenbergHUL | Force India Mercedes | 1:15.536 | 1:13.704 | 1:13.206 | 23 |
| 8 | 5 | Fernando AlonsoALO | Ferrari | 1:16.097 | 1:13.856 | 1:13.253 | 25 |
| 9 | 9 | Kimi RäikkönenRAI | Lotus Renault | 1:16.432 | 1:13.698 | 1:13.298 | 22 |
| 10 | 8 | Nico RosbergROS | Mercedes | 1:15.929 | 1:13.848 | 1:13.489 | 26 |
| 11 | 11 | Paul di RestaDIR | Force India Mercedes | 1:15.901 | 1:14.121 | 18 | |
| 12 | 19 | Bruno SennaSEN | Williams Renault | 1:15.333 | 1:14.219 | 21 | |
| 13 | 15 | Sergio PerezPER | Sauber Ferrari | 1:15.974 | 1:14.234 | 21 | |
| 14 | 7 | Michael SchumacherMSC | Mercedes | 1:16.005 | 1:14.334 | 17 | |
| 15 | 14 | Kamui KobayashiKOB | Sauber Ferrari | 1:16.400 | 1:14.380 | 24 | |
| 16 | 16 | Daniel RicciardoRIC | STR Ferrari | 1:16.744 | 1:14.574 | 22 | |
| 17 | 17 | Jean-Eric VergneVER | STR Ferrari | 1:16.722 | 1:14.619 | 23 | |
| 18 | 10 | Romain GrosjeanGRO | Lotus Renault | 1:16.967 | 8 | ||
| 19 | 21 | Vitaly PetrovPET | Caterham Renault | 1:17.073 | 14 | ||
| 20 | 20 | Heikki KovalainenKOV | Caterham Renault | 1:17.086 | 14 | ||
| 21 | 24 | Timo GlockGLO | Marussia Cosworth | 1:17.508 | 13 | ||
| 22 | 25 | Charles PicPIC | Marussia Cosworth | 1:18.104 | 14 | ||
| 23 | 23 | Narain KarthikeyanKAR | HRT Cosworth | 1:19.576 | 13 | ||
| 24 | 22 | Pedro de la RosaDLR | HRT Cosworth | 1:19.699 | 12 |
Note - Maldonado drops 10 grid spots after missing a call to the weigh bridge and thus receiving his third stewards reprimand of the season.