Hungary 2012 - Qualifying results - Hamilton secures pole position, with Grosjean joining him on the front row

Published 28 July 2012 by Christine

Lewis Hamilton secured pole position in a close and tense qualifying that saw some changes to the established order of things. Jean-Éric Vergne made it into the second session, and Bruno Senna made it into the third. However, Mark Webber and Michael Schumacher both failed to make it into the top ten - bookending the second session drop-zone. Romain Grosjean qualified second, with teammate Räikkönen on form in fifth as well.

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:20.953	18
2	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	1:21.366	26
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:21.416	18
4	Jenson Button	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	1:21.583	22
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus F1 Team	1:21.730	22
6	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	1:21.844	19
7	Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari	1:21.900	19
8	Pastor Maldonado	Williams F1 Team	1:21.939	22
9	Bruno Senna	Williams F1 Team	1:22.343	24
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:22.847	19
11	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	1:21.715	17
12	Paul di Resta	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:21.813	15
13	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:21.895	16
14	Sergio Pérez	Sauber F1 Team	1:21.895	17
15	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber F1 Team	1:22.300	17
16	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:22.380	10
17	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:22.723	17
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:23.250	8
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham F1 Team	1:23.576	8
20	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham F1 Team	1:24.167	7
21	Charles Pic	Marussia F1 Team	1:25.244	9
22	Timo Glock	Marussia F1 Team	1:25.476	10
23	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT Formula 1 Team	1:25.916	9
24	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT Formula 1 Team	1:26.178	11