Countdown to
000d 00h 00m 00s2012 Monaco Grand Prix
| P | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap | % | Avg Speed | Laps | |
| 1 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:14.301 | 100.0 | 161.828 | 22 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:14.381 | 0.080 | 100.1 | 161.654 | 19 | |
| 3 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:14.448 | 0.147 | 100.2 | 161.509 | 21 | |
| 4 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:14.583 | 0.282 | 100.4 | 161.216 | 20 | |
| 5 | 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:14.639 | 0.338 | 100.5 | 161.095 | 27 | |
| 6 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:14.948 | 0.647 | 100.9 | 160.431 | 22 | |
| 7 | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:15.049 | 0.748 | 101.0 | 160.215 | 19 | |
| 8 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 1:15.199 | 0.898 | 101.2 | 159.896 | 28 | |
| 9 | 18 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:15.245 | 0.944 | 101.3 | 159.798 | 22 | |
| 10 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | No Time | 24 | ||||
| 11 | 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:15.421 | 1.120 | 101.5 | 159.425 | 17 | |
| 12 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:15.508 | 1.207 | 101.6 | 159.241 | 19 | |
| 13 | 3 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:15.536 | 1.235 | 101.7 | 159.182 | 18 | |
| 14 | 19 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 1:15.709 | 1.408 | 101.9 | 158.819 | 20 | |
| 15 | 11 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:15.718 | 1.417 | 101.9 | 158.800 | 14 | |
| 16 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:15.878 | 1.577 | 102.1 | 158.465 | 19 | |
| 17 | 17 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:16.885 | 2.584 | 103.5 | 156.389 | 14 | |
| 18 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1:16.538 | 2.237 | 103.0 | 157.098 | 13 | |
| 19 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1:17.404 | 3.103 | 104.2 | 155.341 | 13 | |
| 20 | 24 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:17.947 | 3.646 | 104.9 | 154.259 | 11 | |
| 21 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1:18.096 | 3.795 | 105.1 | 153.964 | 11 | |
| 22 | 25 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:18.476 | 4.175 | 105.6 | 153.219 | 12 | |
| 23 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1:19.310 | 5.009 | 106.7 | 151.608 | 8 | |
| 24 | 15 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber-Ferrari | No Time | 2 |