Results Qualifying 2012 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Korea

Event: Korean Grand Prix
Track: Korean International Circuit
Weather: Dry
Track temperature: 28°C
Air temperature: 23°C
Wind speed: 1.1 mps
Wind direction: South-West
Humidity: 36%
Airpressure: 1015.5 mBar
Red Bull F1 driver Mark Webber has qualified his 11th pole position today. His teammate Sebastian Vettel qualified 2nd and McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton was 3rd fastest.
Qualifying Times 2012 Korean GP
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
| 1 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:38.397 | 1:38.220 | 1:37.242 | 17 |
| 2 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:38.208 | 1:37.767 | 1:37.316 | 13 |
| 3 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:39.180 | 1:38.000 | 1:37.469 | 16 |
| 4 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:39.144 | 1:37.987 | 1:37.534 | 19 |
| 5 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 1:38.887 | 1:38.227 | 1:37.625 | 17 |
| 6 | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:38.937 | 1:38.253 | 1:37.884 | 16 |
| 7 | 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:38.863 | 1:38.275 | 1:37.934 | 20 |
| 8 | 12 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:38.981 | 1:38.428 | 1:38.266 | 18 |
| 9 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:38.999 | 1:38.417 | 1:38.361 | 17 |
| 10 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:38.808 | 1:38.436 | 1:38.513 | 18 |
| 11 | 3 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:38.615 | 1:38.441 | 11 | |
| 12 | 15 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:38.630 | 1:38.460 | 13 | |
| 13 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:38.719 | 1:38.594 | 14 | |
| 14 | 11 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:38.942 | 1:38.643 | 15 | |
| 15 | 18 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:39.024 | 1:38.725 | 16 | |
| 16 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR-Ferrari | 1:38.784 | 1:39.084 | 13 | |
| 17 | 17 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Ferrari | 1:38.744 | 1:39.340 | 14 | |
| 18 | 19 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 1:39.443 | 9 | ||
| 19 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1:40.207 | 7 | ||
| 20 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1:40.333 | 10 | ||
| 21 | 25 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:41.317 | 8 | ||
| 22 | 24 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:41.371 | 8 | ||
| 23 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1:42.881 | 7 | ||
| 24 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | No time | 1 |
Highest speed: 325 km/h by Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso (STR7)
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