 2012 FORMULA 1 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX |
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| Qualifying Result: | |||||||
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Q1 Time | Q2 Time | Q3 Time | Laps |
| 1 | 1 |  Sebastian Vettel |
 Red Bull |
1:36.558 | 1:35.796 | 1:35.657 | 20 |
| 2 | 4 |  Lewis Hamilton |
McLaren |
1:37.058 | 1:36.795 | 1:35.766 | 20 |
| 3 | 2 |  Mark Webber |
Red Bull |
1:37.215 | 1:36.298 | 1:36.174 | 20 |
| 4 | 10 |  Romain Grosjean* |
Lotus |
1:37.486 | 1:36.906 | 1:36.587 | 28 |
| 5 | 9 |  Kimi Räikkönen |
Lotus |
1:38.051 | 1:37.404 | 1:36.708 | 26 |
| 6 | 7 | Michael Schumacher |
Mercedes |
1:37.927 | 1:37.102 | 1:36.794 | 22 |
| 7 | 6 |  Felipe Massa |
 Ferrari |
1:37.667 | 1:36.549 | 1:36.937 | 24 |
| 8 | 12 | Nico Hulkenberg |
 Force India |
1:37.756 | 1:37.066 | 1:37.141 | 20 |
| 9 | 5 |  Fernando Alonso |
Ferrari |
1:37.968 | 1:37.123 | 1:37.300 | 24 |
| 10 | 18 |  Pastor Maldonado |
Williams |
1:37.537 | 1:37.011 | 1:37.842 | 26 |
| Eliminated in Q2: | |||||||
| 11 | 19 | Bruno Senna |
Williams |
1:37.520 | 1:37.604 | 20 | |
| 12 | 3 | Jenson Button |
McLaren |
1:37.565 | 1:37.616 | 12 | |
| 13 | 11 | Paul di Resta |
Force India |
1:38.104 | 1:37.665 | 15 | |
| 14 | 17 | Jean-Eric Vergne |
Toro Rosso |
1:38.434 | 1:37.879 | 17 | |
| 15 | 15 |  Sergio Perez |
 Sauber |
1:38.500 | 1:38.206 | 16 | |
| 16 | 14 |  Kamui Kobayashi |
Sauber |
1:38.418 | 1:38.437 | 15 | |
| 17 | 8 | Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes |
1:38.862 | 1:38.501 | 16 | |
| Eliminated in Q1: | |||||||
| 18 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo |
Toro Rosso |
1:39.114 | 9 | ||
| 19 | 24 | Timo Glock |
 Marussia |
1:40.056 | 12 | ||
| 20 | 25 | Charles Pic |
Marussia |
1:40.664 | 11 | ||
| 21 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov |
 Caterham |
1:40.809 | 7 | ||
| 22 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen |
Caterham |
1:41.166 | 7 | ||
| 23 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa |
HRT |
1:42.011 | 12 | ||
| 24 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan |
HRT |
1:42.740 | 10 | ||
| Q1 107% Time | 1:43.317 | ||||||
* Romain Grosjean will drop five places owing to a gearbox penalty
