Results Qualifying 2012 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Japan
6 October 2012 by Leopold 1 min read
Event: Japanese F1 Grand Prix
Track: Suzuka Circuit
Weather: Dry
Track temperature: 32°C
Air temperature: 2°C
Wind speed: 1.9 mps
Wind direction: South
Humidity: 38%
Airpressure: 1011.2 mBar
Red Bull F1 driver Sebastian Vettel has qualified his 34th pole position today. His teammate Mark Webber qualified 2nd and McLaren driver Jenson Button was 3rd fastest.
Qualifying Times 2012 Japanese GP
No | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps | |
1 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:32.608 | 1:31.501 | 1:30.839 | 11 |
2 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:32.951 | 1:31.950 | 1:31.090 | 15 |
3 | 3 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:33.077 | 1:31.772 | 1:31.290 | 14 |
4 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:32.042 | 1:31.886 | 1:31.700 | 16 |
5 | 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:32.029 | 1:31.988 | 1:31.898 | 20 |
6 | 15 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:32.147 | 1:32.169 | 1:32.022 | 20 |
7 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:32.459 | 1:31.833 | 1:32.114 | 17 |
8 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 1:32.221 | 1:31.826 | 1:32.208 | 18 |
9 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:33.061 | 1:32.121 | 1:32.327 | 17 |
10 | 12 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:32.828 | 1:32.272 | 12 | |
11 | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:32.946 | 1:32.293 | 12 | |
12 | 11 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:32.898 | 1:32.327 | 14 | |
13 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:33.349 | 1:32.469 | 10 | |
14 | 18 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:32.834 | 1:32.512 | 11 | |
15 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:33.015 | 1:32.625 | 16 | |
16 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR-Ferrari | 1:33.059 | 1:32.954 | 14 | |
17 | 17 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Ferrari | 1:33.370 | 1:33.368 | 14 | |
18 | 19 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 1:33.405 | 8 | ||
19 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1:34.657 | 6 | ||
20 | 24 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:35.213 | 8 | ||
21 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1:35.385 | 6 | ||
22 | 25 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:35.429 | 8 | ||
23 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1:35.432 | 8 | ||
24 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1:36.734 | 6 |
Highest speed: 315 km/h by Romain Grosjean, Lotus E20
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