Countdown to
000d 00h 00m 00s2012 German Grand Prix
| P | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap | % | Avg Speed | Laps | |
| 1 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:40.621 | 100.0 | 163.648 | 23 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1:41.026 | 0.405 | 100.4 | 162.992 | 23 | |
| 3 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:41.496 | 0.875 | 100.9 | 162.237 | 24 | |
| 4 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:42.459 | 1.838 | 101.8 | 160.712 | 24 | |
| 5 | 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:43.501 | 2.880 | 102.9 | 159.094 | 24 | |
| 6 | 18 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:46.950 | 6.329 | 106.3 | 153.964 | 27 | |
| 7 | 3 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:44.113 | 3.492 | 103.5 | 158.159 | 20 | |
| 8 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:44.186 | 3.565 | 103.5 | 158.048 | 18 | |
| 9 | 11 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:44.889 | 4.268 | 104.2 | 156.989 | 26 | |
| 10 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 1:45.811 | 5.190 | 105.2 | 155.621 | 20 | |
| 11 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:39.789 | -0.832 | 99.2 | 165.012 | 15 | |
| 12 | 15 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:39.933 | -0.688 | 99.3 | 164.774 | 17 | |
| 13 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:39.985 | -0.636 | 99.4 | 164.689 | 16 | |
| 14 | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:40.212 | -0.409 | 99.6 | 164.316 | 17 | |
| 15 | 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:40.574 | -0.047 | 100.0 | 163.724 | 18 | |
| 16 | 19 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 1:40.752 | 0.131 | 100.1 | 163.435 | 21 | |
| 17 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:41.551 | 0.930 | 100.9 | 162.149 | 18 | |
| 18 | 17 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:16.741 | -23.880 | 76.3 | 214.571 | 9 | |
| 19 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1:17.620 | -23.001 | 77.1 | 212.141 | 8 | |
| 20 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1:18.531 | -22.090 | 78.0 | 209.680 | 9 | |
| 21 | 25 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:19.220 | -21.401 | 78.7 | 207.857 | 12 | |
| 22 | 24 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:19.291 | -21.330 | 78.8 | 207.670 | 11 | |
| 23 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1:19.912 | -20.709 | 79.4 | 206.057 | 8 | |
| 24 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1:20.230 | -20.391 | 79.7 | 205.240 | 10 |