Qualifying results 2012 Formula 1 Grand Prix of India
Top 3 Qualifyers: 1. Vettel 2. Webber 3. Hamilton
Event: Indian Grand Prix
Track: Buddh International Circuit
Weather: Dry
Track temperature: 37°C
Air temperature: 30°C
Wind speed: 3.4 mps
Wind direction: North-West
Humidity: 22%
Airpressure: 990.0 mBar
Red Bull F1 driver Sebastian Vettel has qualified his 35th pole position today. His teammate Mark Webber qualified 2nd and McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton was 3rd fastest.
Qualifying Times 2012 Indian GP
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
| 1 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:26.387 | 1:25.435 | 1:25.283 | 13 |
| 2 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:26.744 | 1:25.610 | 1:25.327 | 17 |
| 3 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:26.516 | 1:25.816 | 1:25.544 | 23 |
| 4 | 3 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:26.564 | 1:25.467 | 1:25.659 | 21 |
| 5 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:26.829 | 1:25.834 | 1:25.773 | 21 |
| 6 | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:26.939 | 1:26.111 | 1:25.857 | 18 |
| 7 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 1:26.740 | 1:26.101 | 1:26.236 | 25 |
| 8 | 15 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:27.179 | 1:26.076 | 1:26.360 | 23 |
| 9 | 18 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:26.048 | 1:25.983 | 1:26.713 | 24 |
| 10 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:26.458 | 1:25.976 | No time | 23 |
| 11 | 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:26.897 | 1:26.136 | 16 | |
| 12 | 12 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:27.185 | 1:26.241 | 20 | |
| 13 | 19 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 1:26.851 | 1:26.331 | 19 | |
| 14 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:27.482 | 1:26.574 | 19 | |
| 15 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR-Ferrari | 1:27.006 | 1:26.777 | 19 | |
| 16 | 11 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:27.462 | 1:26.989 | 19 | |
| 17 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:27.517 | 1:27.219 | 17 | |
| 18 | 17 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Ferrari | 1:27.525 | 11 | ||
| 19 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1:28.756 | 10 | ||
| 20 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1:29.500 | 10 | ||
| 21 | 24 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:29.613 | 11 | ||
| 22 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1:30.592 | 8 | ||
| 23 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1:30.593 | 10 | ||
| 24 | 25 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:30.662 | 11 |
Highest speed: 323 km/h by Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso (STR7)
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