GP2 Series Silverstone 2012: Qualifying Result
| Pos | Driver | Team | Laptime | Gap | Laps |
| 1. | Fabio Leimer | Racing Engineering | 2:01.889 | 13 | |
| 2. | Johnny Cecotto | Barwa Addax Team | 2:02.804 | 0.915 | 13 |
| 3. | Jolyon Palmer | iSport International | 2:02.872 | 0.983 | 14 |
| 4. | Esteban Gutiérrez | Lotus GP | 2:03.258 | 1.369 | 13 |
| 5. | James Calado | Lotus GP | 2:03.274 | 1.385 | 13 |
| 6. | Max Chilton | Carlin | 2:03.423 | 1.534 | 12 |
| 7. | Luiz Razia | Arden International | 2:03.553 | 1.664 | 13 |
| 8. | Nigel Melker | Ocean Racing Technology | 2:03.699 | 1.810 | 12 |
| 9. | Josef Kral | Barwa Addax Team | 2:04.029 | 2.140 | 13 |
| 10. | Rio Haryanto* | Carlin | 2:03.398 | 1.509 | 13 |
| 11. | Nathanaël Berthon | Racing Engineering | 2:04.140 | 2.251 | 13 |
| 12. | Fabrizio Crestani | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 2:04.280 | 2.391 | 14 |
| 13. | Rodolfo Gonzalez | Caterham Racing | 2:04.430 | 2.541 | 13 |
| 14 | Daniel De Jong | Rapax | 2:04.782 | 2.893 | 13 |
| 15. | Victor Guerin | Ocean Racing Technology | 2:05.040 | 3.151 | 13 |
| 16. | Julian Leal | Trident Racing | 2:05.218 | 3.329 | 13 |
| 17. | Fabio Onidi | Scuderia Coloni | 2:05.350 | 3.461 | 13 |
| 18. | Giedo van der Garde* | Caterham Racing | 2:03.565 | 1.676 | 12 |
| 19. | Simon Trummer | Arden International | 2:05.573 | 3.684 | 13 |
| 20. | Stéphane Richelmi | Trident Racing | 2:05.677 | 3.788 | 12 |
| 21. | Ricardo Teixeira | Rapax | 2:07.231 | 5.342 | 13 |
| 22. | Giancarlo Serenelli | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 2:09.161 | 7.272 | 10 |
| 23. | Stefano Coletti** | Scuderia Coloni | 2:03.004 | 1.115 | 13 |
| 24. | Felipe Nasr** | DAMS | 2:03.581 | 1.692 | 13 |
| 25. | Marcus Ericsson** | iSport International | 2:04.767 | 2.878 | 8 |
| 26. | Davide Valsecchi* ** | DAMS | 2:03.660 | 1.771 | 9 |
* Grid penalty
** Excluded
