Víťazom kvalifikácie na VC Singapuru sa stal Lewis Hamilton. S prehľadom viedol poradie počas celej tretej časti kvalifikácie. Do prvého radu sa postaví aj Pastor Maldonado. Fernando Alonso odštartuje piaty.
Výsledky kvalifikácie na VC Singapuru 2012:
| Pozícia | Jazdec | Tím | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Strata |
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:48,285 | 1:46,665 | 1:46,362 | |
| 2 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:49,494 | 1:47,602 | 1:46,804 | 0,442 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:48,240 | 1:46,791 | 1:46,905 | 0,543 |
| 4 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:49,381 | 1:47,661 | 1:46,939 | 0,577 |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:49,391 | 1:47,567 | 1:47,216 | 0,854 |
| 6 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:48,028 | 1:47,667 | 1:47,241 | 0,879 |
| 7 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:48,717 | 1:47,513 | 1:47,475 | 1,113 |
| 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:47,688 | 1:47,529 | 1:47,788 | 1,426 |
| 9 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:49,546 | 1:47,823 | ||
| 10 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:49,463 | 1:47,943 | ||
| 11 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:49,547 | 1:47,975 | ||
| 12 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 1:48,169 | 1:48,261 | ||
| 13 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:49,767 | 1:48,344 | ||
| 14 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:49,055 | 1:48,505 | ||
| 15 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR-Ferrari | 1:49,023 | 1:48,774 | ||
| 16 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Ferrari | 1:49,564 | 1:48,849 | ||
| 17 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 1:49,809 | |||
| 18 | Kamuj Kobajaši | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:49,933 | |||
| 19 | Vitalij Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1:50,846 | |||
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1:51,137 | |||
| 21 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:51,370 | |||
| 22 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:51,762 | |||
| 23 | Narajn Kartykejan | HRT-Cosworth | 1:52,372 | |||
| 24 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1:53,355 | |||
| - | Q1 107 % | - | 1:55,226 |
