Qualifying results 2012 Brazilian F1 Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton driving his McLaren MP4-27 with open DRS
Event: Brazilian F1 Grand Prix
Track: Autódromo José Carlos Pace
Weather: Dry
Track temperature: 35°C
Air temperature: 26°C
Wind Speed: 2.0 mps
Wind direction: South
Air Pressure: 922.1 mBar
Humidity: 46%
Lewis Hamilton scored his 26st pole position for tomorrows last F1 GP of the 2012 F1 season. 2012 drivers championship contenders Vettel and Alonso will start from 4th and 8th place.
Qualifying Times 2012 Brazilian GP
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
| 1 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:15.075 | 1:13.398 | 1:12.458 |
| 2 | 3 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:15.456 | 1:13.515 | 1:12.513 |
| 3 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:16.180 | 1:13.667 | 1:12.581 |
| 4 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:15.644 | 1:13.209 | 1:12.760 |
| 5 | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:16.263 | 1:14.048 | 1:12.987 |
| 6 | 18 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:16.266 | 1:13.698 | 1:13.174 |
| 7 | 12 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:15.536 | 1:13.704 | 1:13.206 |
| 8 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:16.097 | 1:13.856 | 1:13.253 |
| 9 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 1:16.432 | 1:13.698 | 1:13.298 |
| 10 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:15.929 | 1:13.848 | 1:13.489 |
| 11 | 11 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:15.901 | 1:14.121 | |
| 12 | 19 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 1:15.333 | 1:14.219 | |
| 13 | 15 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:15.974 | 1:14.234 | |
| 14 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:16.005 | 1:14.334 | |
| 15 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:16.400 | 1:14.380 | |
| 16 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR-Ferrari | 1:16.744 | 1:14.574 | |
| 17 | 17 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Ferrari | 1:16.722 | 1:14.619 | |
| 18 | 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:16.967 | ||
| 19 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1:17.073 | ||
| 20 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1:17.086 | ||
| 21 | 24 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:17.508 | ||
| 22 | 25 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:18.104 | ||
| 23 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1:19.576 | ||
| 24 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1:19.699 |
Highest speed: 314 km/h by Lewis Hamilton in his McLaren MP4-27 F1 car.
