Countdown to
000d 00h 00m 00s2012 Hungarian Grand Prix
| P | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap | % | Avg Speed | Laps | |
| 1 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:20.953 | 100.0 | 194.824 | 18 | ||
| 2 | 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:21.366 | 0.413 | 100.5 | 193.835 | 26 | |
| 3 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1:21.416 | 0.463 | 100.6 | 193.716 | 18 | |
| 4 | 3 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:21.583 | 0.630 | 100.8 | 193.320 | 22 | |
| 5 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 1:21.730 | 0.777 | 101.0 | 192.972 | 22 | |
| 6 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:21.844 | 0.891 | 101.1 | 192.703 | 19 | |
| 7 | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:21.900 | 0.947 | 101.2 | 192.571 | 19 | |
| 8 | 18 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:21.939 | 0.986 | 101.2 | 192.480 | 22 | |
| 9 | 19 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 1:22.343 | 1.390 | 101.7 | 191.535 | 24 | |
| 10 | 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:22.847 | 1.894 | 102.3 | 190.370 | 19 | |
| 11 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:21.715 | 0.762 | 100.9 | 193.007 | 17 | |
| 12 | 11 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:21.813 | 0.860 | 101.1 | 192.776 | 15 | |
| 13 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:21.895 | 0.942 | 101.2 | 192.583 | 16 | |
| 14 | 15 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:21.895 | 0.942 | 101.2 | 192.583 | 17 | |
| 15 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:22.300 | 1.347 | 101.7 | 191.635 | 17 | |
| 16 | 17 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:22.380 | 1.427 | 101.8 | 191.449 | 10 | |
| 17 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:22.723 | 1.770 | 102.2 | 190.656 | 17 | |
| 18 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:23.250 | 2.297 | 102.8 | 189.449 | 8 | |
| 19 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1:23.576 | 2.623 | 103.2 | 188.710 | 8 | |
| 20 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1:24.167 | 3.214 | 104.0 | 187.385 | 7 | |
| 21 | 25 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:25.244 | 4.291 | 105.3 | 185.017 | 9 | |
| 22 | 24 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:25.476 | 4.523 | 105.6 | 184.515 | 10 | |
| 23 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1:25.916 | 4.963 | 106.1 | 183.570 | 9 | |
| 24 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1:26.178 | 5.225 | 106.5 | 183.012 | 11 |