Fanúšikovia formuly 1 si dnes ráno museli privstať, kvalifikácia bola na programe už o 7.00 nášho času. Pole position si vybojoval Sebasian Vettel, v prvom rade ho doplní Mark Webber.
Fernando Alonso odštartuje siedmy, Kimi Raikkonen ôsmy a Lewis Hamilton až deviaty.
Výsledky kvalifikácie na VC Japonska 2012:
| Pozícia | Jazdec | Tím | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Strata |
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:32,608 | 1:31,501 | 1:30,839 | |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:32,951 | 1:31,950 | 1:31,090 | 0,251 |
| 3 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:33,077 | 1:31,772 | 1:31,290 | 0,451 |
| 4 | Kamuj Kobajaši | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:32,042 | 1:31,886 | 1:31,700 | 0,861 |
| 5 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:32,029 | 1:31,988 | 1:31,898 | 1,059 |
| 6 | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:32,147 | 1:32,169 | 1:32,022 | 1,183 |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:32,459 | 1:31,833 | 1:32,114 | 1,275 |
| 8 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 1:32,221 | 1:31,826 | 1:32,208 | 1,369 |
| 9 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:33,061 | 1:32,121 | 1:32,327 | 1,488 |
| 10 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:32,828 | 1:32,272 | ||
| 11 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:32,946 | 1:32,293 | ||
| 12 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:32,898 | 1:32,327 | ||
| 13 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:33,349 | 1:32,469 | ||
| 14 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:32,834 | 1:32,512 | ||
| 15 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:33,015 | 1:32,625 | ||
| 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR-Ferrari | 1:33,059 | 1:32,954 | ||
| 17 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Ferrari | 1:33,370 | 1:33,368 | ||
| 18 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 1:33,405 | |||
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1:34,657 | |||
| 20 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:35,213 | |||
| 21 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1:35,385 | |||
| 22 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:35,429 | |||
| 23 | Vitalij Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1:35,432 | |||
| 24 | Narajn Kartykejan | HRT-Cosworth | 1:36,734 | |||
| - | Q1 107 % | - | 1:38,471 |
