Countdown to
000d 00h 00m 00s2012 Canadian Grand Prix
| P | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap | % | Avg Speed | Laps | |
| 1 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1:13.784 | 100.0 | 212.778 | 16 | ||
| 2 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:14.087 | 0.303 | 100.4 | 211.908 | 22 | |
| 3 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:14.151 | 0.367 | 100.5 | 211.725 | 23 | |
| 4 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:14.346 | 0.562 | 100.8 | 211.169 | 19 | |
| 5 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:14.411 | 0.627 | 100.8 | 210.985 | 25 | |
| 6 | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:14.465 | 0.681 | 100.9 | 210.832 | 24 | |
| 7 | 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:14.645 | 0.861 | 101.2 | 210.324 | 28 | |
| 8 | 11 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:14.705 | 0.921 | 101.2 | 210.155 | 22 | |
| 9 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:14.812 | 1.028 | 101.4 | 209.854 | 18 | |
| 10 | 3 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:15.182 | 1.398 | 101.9 | 208.821 | 24 | |
| 11 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:14.688 | 0.904 | 101.2 | 210.202 | 21 | |
| 12 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 1:14.734 | 0.950 | 101.3 | 210.073 | 22 | |
| 13 | 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:14.748 | 0.964 | 101.3 | 210.034 | 18 | |
| 14 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:15.078 | 1.294 | 101.8 | 209.111 | 21 | |
| 15 | 15 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:15.156 | 1.372 | 101.9 | 208.894 | 21 | |
| 16 | 19 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 1:15.170 | 1.386 | 101.9 | 208.855 | 20 | |
| 17 | 18 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:15.231 | 1.447 | 102.0 | 208.685 | 21 | |
| 18 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1:16.263 | 2.479 | 103.4 | 205.861 | 12 | |
| 19 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1:16.482 | 2.698 | 103.7 | 205.272 | 10 | |
| 20 | 17 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:16.602 | 2.818 | 103.8 | 204.950 | 12 | |
| 21 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1:17.492 | 3.708 | 105.0 | 202.596 | 8 | |
| 22 | 24 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:17.901 | 4.117 | 105.6 | 201.533 | 10 | |
| 23 | 25 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:18.255 | 4.471 | 106.1 | 200.621 | 9 | |
| 24 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1:18.330 | 4.546 | 106.2 | 200.429 | 9 |