Prvýkrát od svojho návratu do Formuly 1 získal Michael víťazstvo v kvalifikácii. Do závodu však odštartuje až zo šiesteho miesta kvôli kolízii s Brunom Sennom v Barcelone.
Výsledky kvalifikácie na VC Monaka 2012:
Pozícia | Jazdec | Tím | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Strata |
1 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:15,873 | 1:15,062 | 1:14,301 | - |
2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:16,013 | 1:15,035 | 1:14,381 | 0,080 |
3 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:15,900 | 1:15,022 | 1:14,448 | 0,147 |
4 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:16,063 | 1:15,166 | 1:14,583 | 0,282 |
5 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:15,718 | 1:15,219 | 1:14,639 | 0,338 |
6 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:16,153 | 1:15,128 | 1:14,948 | 0,647 |
7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:15,983 | 1:14,911 | 1:15,049 | 0,748 |
8 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 1:15,889 | 1:15,322 | 1:15,199 | 0,898 |
9 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:16,017 | 1:15,026 | 1:15,245 | 0,944 |
10 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:15,757 | 1:15,234 | - | - |
11 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:15,418 | 1:15,421 | - | - |
12 | Kamuj Kobajaši | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:15,648 | 1:15,508 | - | - |
13 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:16,399 | 1:15,536 | - | - |
14 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 1:15,923 | 1:15,709 | - | - |
15 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:16,062 | 1:15,718 | - | - |
16 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR-Ferrari | 1:16,360 | 1:15,878 | - | - |
17 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Ferrari | 1:16,491 | 1:16,885 | - | - |
18 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1:16,538 | - | - | - |
19 | Vitalij Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1:17,404 | - | - | - |
20 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:17,947 | - | - | - |
21 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1:18,096 | - | - | - |
22 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:18,476 | - | - | - |
23 | Narajn Kartykejan | HRT-Cosworth | 1:19,310 | - | - | - |
24 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber-Ferrari | - | - | - | - |
- | Q1 107 % | - | 1:20,697 | - | - | - |