Víťazom daždivej kvalifikácie na VC Veľkej Británie sa stal Fernando Alonso s Ferrari F2012. Z prvého miesta odštartuje prvýkrát od roku 2010.
Výsledky kvalifikácie na VC Veľkej Británie:
| Pozícia | Jazdec | Tím | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Strata |
| 1 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:46,515 | 1:56,921 | 1:51,746 | - |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:47,276 | 1:55,898 | 1:51,793 | 0,047 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:46,571 | 1:55,799 | 1:52,020 | 0,274 |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:46,279 | 1:56,931 | 1:52,199 | 0,453 |
| 5 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:47,401 | 1:56,388 | 1:53,065 | 1,319 |
| 6 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 1:47,309 | 1:56,469 | 1:53,290 | 1,544 |
| 7 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:46,449 | 1:56,802 | 1:53,539 | 1,793 |
| 8 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:47,433 | 1:54,897 | 1:53,543 | 1,797 |
| 9 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:46,334 | 1:55,556 | 1:54,382 | 2,636 |
| 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:47,043 | 1:56,388 | - | - |
| 11 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:47,582 | 1:57,009 | - | - |
| 12 | Kamuj Kobajaši | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:46,649 | 1:57,071 | - | - |
| 13 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:47,724 | 1:57,108 | - | - |
| 14 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR-Ferrari | 1:47,266 | 1:57,132 | - | - |
| 15 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 1:47,105 | 1:57,426 | - | - |
| 16 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Ferrari | 1:47,705 | 1:57,719 | - | - |
| 17 | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:46,494 | 1:57,895 | - | - |
| 18 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:48,044 | - | - | - |
| 19 | Vitalij Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1:49,027 | - | - | - |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1:49,477 | - | - | - |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:51,618 | - | - | - |
| 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1:52,742 | - | - | - |
| 23 | Narajn Kartykejan | HRT-Cosworth | 1:53,040 | - | - | - |
| 24 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:54,143 | - | - | - |
| - | Q1 107 % | - | 1:53,718 | - | - | - |
