Fernando Alonso sa stal víťazom kvalifikácie na VC Nemecka 2012, keď v poslednej časti za extrémne mokrých podmienok zajazdil najlepší čas. Vo svojom poslednom pokuse ho ešte vylepšil.
Výsledky kvalifikácie na VC Nemecka 2012:
| Pozícia | Jazdec | Tím | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Strata |
| 1 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:16,073 | 1:38,521 | 1:40,621 | - |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:16,393 | 1:38,309 | 1:41,026 | 0,405 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:16,500 | 1:39,382 | 1:41,496 | 0,875 |
| 4 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:16,686 | 1:38,010 | 1:42,459 | 1,838 |
| 5 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:16,271 | 1:39,467 | 1:43,501 | 2,880 |
| 6 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:16,181 | 1:38,731 | 1:43,950 | 3,329 |
| 7 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:16,507 | 1:38,659 | 1:44,113 | 3,492 |
| 8 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:16,221 | 1:37,365 | 1:44,186 | 3,565 |
| 9 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:16,352 | 1:39,703 | 1:44,889 | 4,268 |
| 10 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 1:15,693 | 1:39,729 | 1:45,811 | 5,190 |
| 11 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR-Ferrari | 1:16,516 | 1:39,789 | - | - |
| 12 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:15,726 | 1:39,933 | - | - |
| 13 | Kamuj Kobajaši | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:16,481 | 1:39,985 | - | - |
| 14 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:16,265 | 1:40,212 | - | - |
| 15 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:16,685 | 1:40,574 | - | - |
| 16 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 1:16,426 | 1:40,752 | - | - |
| 17 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:15,988 | 1:41,551 | - | - |
| 18 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Ferrari | 1:16,741 | - | - | - |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1:17,620 | - | - | - |
| 20 | Vitalij Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1:18,531 | - | - | - |
| 21 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:19,220 | - | - | - |
| 22 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:19,291 | - | - | - |
| 23 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1:19,912 | - | - | - |
| 24 | Narajn Kartykejan | HRT-Cosworth | 1:20,230 | - | - | - |
| - | Q1 107 % | - | 1:20,991 | - | - | - |
