FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA SANTANDER 2012 - QUALIFYING

11 13 May 2012 Circuit de Catalunya, Spain

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
RT	4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren Mercedes	1:22.583	1:22.465	1:21.707	17
1	18	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams Renault	1:23.380	1:22.105	1:22.285	14
2	5	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:23.276	1:22.862	1:22.302	15
3	10	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus Renault	1:23.248	1:22.667	1:22.424	14
4	9	Kimi Räikkönen RAI	Lotus Renault	1:23.406	1:22.856	1:22.487	13
5	15	Sergio Perez PER	Sauber Ferrari	1:24.261	1:22.773	1:22.533	14
6	8	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:23.370	1:22.882	1:23.005	17
7	1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing Renault	1:23.850	1:22.884	DNF	14
8	7	Michael Schumacher MSC	Mercedes	1:23.757	1:22.904	DNS	15
9	14	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber Ferrari	1:23.386	1:22.897		14
10	3	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren Mercedes	1:23.510	1:22.944		13
11	2	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing Renault	1:23.592	1:22.977		8
12	11	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India Mercedes	1:23.852	1:23.125		14
13	12	Nico Hulkenberg HUL	Force India Mercedes	1:23.720	1:23.177		13
14	17	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	STR Ferrari	1:24.362	1:23.265		11
15	16	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	STR Ferrari	1:23.906	1:23.442		11
16	6	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:23.886	1:23.444		12
17	19	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams Renault	1:24.981			8
18	21	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham Renault	1:25.277			8
19	20	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham Renault	1:25.507			8
20	25	Charles Pic PIC	Marussia Cosworth	1:26.582			8
21	24	Timo Glock GLO	Marussia Cosworth	1:27.032			8
22	22	Pedro de la Rosa DLR	HRT Cosworth	1:27.555			6
NC	23	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT Cosworth	1:31.122			4

Note - Hamilton originally qualified on pole, but was excluded for failing to return to the pits under his own power and supply a fuel sample. Karthikeyan failed to meet the Q1 107% requirement so races at the stewards' discretion.