Belgium 2012 - Qualifying results - Jenson Button secures his first pole position since joining McLaren

Published 1 September 2012 by Christine

The rain stayed away for qualifying, with blue skies and plenty of sunshine overhead. Jenson Button was fast throughout the sessions, and took his first pole position since Monaco 2009, thus being his first for McLaren. The unusual grid saw Rosberg fall at the first hurdle, and Vettel at the second, whilst Kamui Kobayashi and Pastor Maldonado both impressed. The stage is set for a great race tomorrow.

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Jenson Button	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:47.573	14
2	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber F1 Team	1:47.871	18
3	Pastor Maldonado	Williams F1 Team	1:47.893	20
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1 Team	1:48.205	14
5	Sergio Pérez	Sauber F1 Team	1:48.219	16
6	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	1:48.313	15
7	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	1:48.392	13
8	Lewis Hamilton	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:48.394	16
9	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	1:48.538	18
10	Paul di Resta	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:48.890	19
11	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:48.792	12
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:48.855	13
13	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:49.081	14
14	Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari	1:49.147	13
15	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:49.354	13
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:49.543	13
17	Bruno Senna	Williams F1 Team	1:50.088	15
18	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:50.181	10
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham F1 Team	1:51.739	7
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham F1 Team	1:51.967	6
21	Timo Glock	Marussia F1 Team	1:52.336	8
22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT Formula 1 Team	1:53.030	6
23	Charles Pic	Marussia F1 Team	1:53.493	6
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT Formula 1 Team	1:54.989	8