2012 FORMULA 1 SANTANDER BRITISH GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING
06 - 08 Jul 2012
Silverstone Circuit, Great Britain
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Fernando AlonsoALO | Ferrari | 1:46.515 | 1:56.921 | 1:51.746 | 25 |
| 2 | 2 | Mark WebberWEB | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:47.276 | 1:55.898 | 1:51.793 | 23 |
| 3 | 7 | Michael SchumacherMSC | Mercedes | 1:46.571 | 1:55.799 | 1:52.020 | 22 |
| 4 | 1 | Sebastian VettelVET | Red Bull Racing Renault | 1:46.279 | 1:56.931 | 1:52.199 | 23 |
| 5 | 6 | Felipe MassaMAS | Ferrari | 1:47.401 | 1:56.388 | 1:53.065 | 24 |
| 6 | 9 | Kimi RäikkönenRAI | Lotus Renault | 1:47.309 | 1:56.469 | 1:53.290 | 24 |
| 7 | 18 | Pastor MaldonadoMAL | Williams Renault | 1:46.449 | 1:56.802 | 1:53.539 | 25 |
| 8 | 4 | Lewis HamiltonHAM | McLaren Mercedes | 1:47.433 | 1:54.897 | 1:53.543 | 25 |
| 9 | 12 | Nico HulkenbergHUL | Force India Mercedes | 1:46.334 | 1:55.556 | 1:54.382 | 22 |
| 10 | 10 | Romain GrosjeanGRO | Lotus Renault | 1:47.043 | 1:56.388 | 20 | |
| 11 | 11 | Paul di RestaDIR | Force India Mercedes | 1:47.582 | 1:57.009 | 19 | |
| 12 | 14 | Kamui KobayashiKOB | Sauber Ferrari | 1:46.649 | 1:57.071 | 18 | |
| 13 | 8 | Nico RosbergROS | Mercedes | 1:47.724 | 1:57.108 | 17 | |
| 14 | 16 | Daniel RicciardoRIC | STR Ferrari | 1:47.266 | 1:57.132 | 18 | |
| 15 | 19 | Bruno SennaSEN | Williams Renault | 1:47.105 | 1:57.426 | 19 | |
| 16 | 17 | Jean-Eric VergneVER | STR Ferrari | 1:47.705 | 1:57.719 | 18 | |
| 17 | 15 | Sergio PerezPER | Sauber Ferrari | 1:46.494 | 1:57.895 | 19 | |
| 18 | 3 | Jenson ButtonBUT | McLaren Mercedes | 1:48.044 | 12 | ||
| 19 | 21 | Vitaly PetrovPET | Caterham Renault | 1:49.027 | 10 | ||
| 20 | 20 | Heikki KovalainenKOV | Caterham Renault | 1:49.477 | 10 | ||
| 21 | 24 | Timo GlockGLO | Marussia Cosworth | 1:51.618 | 10 | ||
| 22 | 22 | Pedro de la RosaDLR | HRT Cosworth | 1:52.742 | 11 | ||
| 23 | 23 | Narain KarthikeyanKAR | HRT Cosworth | 1:53.040 | 10 | ||
| NC | 25 | Charles PicPIC | Marussia Cosworth | 1:54.143 | 10 |
Note - Kobayashi and Vergne drop five and 10 grid spots respectively for causing collisions at the previous round. Hulkenberg and Pic drop five grid spots for unscheduled gearbox changes. Pic failed to meet the 107% Q1 requirement - races at stewards' discretion.