Víťazom kvalifikácie na VC Belgicka sa stal Jenson Button, dominoval takmer celej kvalifikácii. V prvom rade ho na štarte doplní Kamui Kobayashi, tretí odštartuje Pastor Maldonado.
Výsledky kvalifikácie na VC Belgicka 2012:
| Pozícia | Jazdec | Tím | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Strata |
| 1 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:49,250 | 1:47,654 | 1:47,573 | - |
| 2 | Kamuj Kobajaši | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:49,686 | 1:48,569 | 1:47,871 | 0,298 |
| 3 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:48,993 | 1:48,780 | 1:47,893 | 0,320 |
| 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 1:49,546 | 1:48,414 | 1:48,205 | 0,632 |
| 5 | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:49,642 | 1:47,980 | 1:48,219 | 0,646 |
| 6 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:49,401 | 1:48,598 | 1:48,313 | 0,740 |
| 7 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:49,859 | 1:48,546 | 1:48,392 | 0,819 |
| 8 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:49,605 | 1:48,563 | 1:48,394 | 0,821 |
| 9 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:50,126 | 1:48,714 | 1:48,538 | 0,965 |
| 10 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:50,033 | 1:48,729 | 1:48,890 | 1,317 |
| 11 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:49,722 | 1:48,792 | - | - |
| 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:49,362 | 1:48,855 | - | - |
| 13 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:49,742 | 1:49,081 | - | - |
| 14 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:49,588 | 1:49,147 | - | - |
| 15 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Ferrari | 1:49,763 | 1:49,354 | - | - |
| 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR-Ferrari | 1:49,572 | 1:49,543 | - | - |
| 17 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 1:49,958 | 1:50,088 | - | - |
| 18 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:50,181 | - | - | - |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1:51,739 | - | - | - |
| 20 | Vitalij Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1:51,967 | - | - | - |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:52,336 | - | - | - |
| 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1:53,030 | - | - | - |
| 23 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:53,493 | - | - | - |
| 24 | Narajn Kartykejan | HRT-Cosworth | 1:54,989 | - | - | - |
| - | Q1 107 % | - | 1:56,622 | - | - | - |