| Row 1 | 1. Sebastian Vettel 1’30.839 Red Bull |
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| 2. Mark Webber 1’31.09 Red Bull |
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| Row 2 | 3. Kamui Kobayashi 1’31.7 Sauber |
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| 4. Romain Grosjean 1’31.898 Lotus |
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| Row 3 | 5. Sergio Perez 1’32.022 Sauber |
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| 6. Fernando Alonso 1’32.114 Ferrari |
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| Row 4 | 7. Kimi Raikkonen 1’32.208 Lotus |
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| 8. Jenson Button* 1’31.29 McLaren |
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| Row 5 | 9. Lewis Hamilton 1’32.327 McLaren |
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| 10. Felipe Massa 1’32.293 Ferrari |
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| Row 6 | 11. Paul di Resta 1’32.327 Force India |
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| 12. Pastor Maldonado 1’32.512 Williams |
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| Row 7 | 13. Nico Rosberg 1’32.625 Mercedes |
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| 14. Daniel Ricciardo 1’32.954 Toro Rosso |
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| Row 8 | 15. Nico Hulkenberg* No time Force India |
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| 16. Bruno Senna 1’33.405 Williams |
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| Row 9 | 17. Heikki Kovalainen 1’34.657 Caterham |
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| 18. Timo Glock 1’35.213 Marussia |
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| Row 10 | 19. Jean-Eric Vergne** 1’33.368 Toro Rosso |
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| 20. Pedro de la Rosa 1’35.385 HRT |
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| Row 11 | 21. Charles Pic 1’35.429 Marussia |
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| 22. Vitaly Petrov 1’35.432 Caterham |
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| Row 12 | 23. Michael Schumacher*** 1’32.469 Mercedes |
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| 24. Narain Karthikeyan 1’36.734 HRT |
*Five-place penalty for gearbox change
**Three-place penalty for impeding Bruno Senna
***Ten-place penalty for causing a collision during the Singapore Grand Prix
Ben (@benchuiii)
6th October 2012, 7:17
Could have a repeat of 2009 with penalties…
Eggry (@eggry)
6th October 2012, 7:19
Looks not terrible for Aloso since both Mclarens are behind him but Vettel is fearsome. I don’t know why Hamilton’s performance is suddenly disappeared. Well, at least Button can help him by giving 1 place.
Palle (@palle)
6th October 2012, 7:26
HAM said he had massive understeer. Strange to see the 2 McLarens down there.
AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
6th October 2012, 11:46
@palle Button actually did quite well but obviously he had his gearbox penalty :)
Jason (@jason12)
6th October 2012, 10:33
Interesting you’re not more worried about Vettel, given how fast that Red Bull now is.
Palle (@palle)
6th October 2012, 7:39
Newey is back in control. That, combined with Ferraris wind tunnel problems and McLarens Hamilton goodbye motivation dip, probably hand the Championship to a top motivated Vettel.
The Mercedes show of form can’t exactly do wonders for Hamiltons motivation either. Hopefully its because they are using all resources on next years car for him. Would be a pitty to see the championship fight next year with one of the grids top 3 drivers in a mediocre car.
necrodethmortem (@necrodethmortem)
6th October 2012, 7:44
Mercedes have to start looking over their shoulders for Sauber. If the positions stay the way they are now, they’ll only be 10 points behind.
Amaury (@joematers)
6th October 2012, 7:47
Hope Kamu don’t get penalized. He is being investigated for supposed pit lane speeding but I fear the most about his lap time, he posted fastest lap of his qualy section having Kimi’s caution. Will they let it go if he slowed down sector 2 compared to previous laps or will they decided he did not slowed down enough due to his lap being the fastest?
Juij (@juij)
6th October 2012, 7:50
In his country and with the incident in SPA … i hope there’s no penalty
Kingshark (@kingshark)
6th October 2012, 7:55
Hate to point it out, but Kamui always has a poor start whenever in a good grid position. It happened in China and again in Belgium. Hopefully he nails Vettel at the start tomorrow, or at the very least Webber.
Palle (@palle)
6th October 2012, 13:02
If Webber has a perfect start he’ll be able to keep his position, if he has one of his normal starts, he looses 3 places before accelerating out of turn one. So together Kamui and Webber can keep Grosjean behind, while Perez can take off on the outside. It will be very interesting to watch Alonso and Raikonnen.
Prisoner Monkeys (@prisoner-monkeys)
6th October 2012, 7:51
Pit lane speeding usually only results in a fine. I’ve never heard of a grid penalty for it.
Aditya Banerjee (@chicanef1)
6th October 2012, 8:41
You mean pit lane speeding in a “practice session”(includes qualifying “practice”).
Kaiser
6th October 2012, 7:57
I really wonder if Alonso will try to attack Perez and Grosjean on that first lap.
Eggry (@eggry)
6th October 2012, 8:00
He will. Why not? Suzuka’s starting line to 1st corner is long enough for fast start Ferrari.
Kaiser
6th October 2012, 8:17
He said he will attack, and not defend his 1st place in the drivers championship, but Grosjean is the “First lap madness king”… and Alonso is quite wise, so I believe in the event of a normal start, he will only attack Perez, Will keep my eyes locked on that 2nd and 3rd row at the start.
the_sigman (@sigman1998)
6th October 2012, 8:30
Vergne has a 3-place penalty for impeding Bruno Senna
Aditya Banerjee (@chicanef1)
6th October 2012, 8:39
Just heard from f1zone.net that Sebastian Vettel has been called by the stewards for allegedly impeding Fernando Alonso in Q3.