Abu Dhabi 2012 - Qualifying results - Lewis Hamilton storms to pole position as night falls over Yas Marina

Published 3 November 2012 by Christine

Lewis Hamilton secured pole position in Abu Dhabi with a strong first lap in the final session that could not be beaten. The Red Bull drivers did their best, but Vettel was struggling and found himself dropping back to third behind teammate Webber. Meanwhile, championship contender Fernando Alonso fell back to seventh.

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:40.630	15
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	1:40.978	17
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:41.073	16
4	Pastor Maldonado	Williams F1 Team	1:41.226	22
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1 Team	1:41.260	20
6	Jenson Button	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:41.290	20
7	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	1:41.582	17
8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:41.603	17
9	Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari	1:41.723	17
10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	1:41.778	24
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:42.019	16
12	Sergio Pérez	Sauber F1 Team	1:42.084	17
13	Paul di Resta	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:42.218	16
14	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:42.289	14
15	Bruno Senna	Williams F1 Team	1:42.330	18
16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber F1 Team	1:42.606	17
17	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:42.765	14
18	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:44.058	9
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham F1 Team	1:44.956	11
20	Charles Pic	Marussia F1 Team	1:45.089	10
21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham F1 Team	1:45.151	11
22	Timo Glock	Marussia F1 Team	1:45.426	9
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT Formula 1 Team	1:45.766	8
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT Formula 1 Team	1:46.382	9