2012 Malaysian Grand Prix
Qualifying
Notes — Kimi Räikkönen was given a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change after the second practice session. — Heikki Kovalainen was given a five-place grid penalty for overtaking cars on a restart prior to passing the safety car line at the Australian Grand Prix.

2012 Malaysian Grand Prix

Section Title: Qualifying
Table Section Text: Notes — Kimi Räikkönen was given a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change after the second practice session. — Heikki Kovalainen was given a five-place grid penalty for overtaking cars on a restart prior to passing the safety car line at the Australian Grand Prix.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Part 1	Part 2	Part 3	Grid

1	4	United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:37.813	1:37.106	1:36.219	1

2	3	United Kingdom Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:37.575	1:36.928	1:36.368	2

3	7	Germany Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:37.517	1:37.017	1:36.391	3

4	2	Australia Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:37.172	1:37.375	1:36.461	4

5	9	Finland Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	1:37.961	1:36.715	1:36.461	10

6	1	Germany Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:38.102	1:37.419	1:36.634	5

7	10	France Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:38.058	1:37.338	1:36.658	6

8	8	Germany Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:37.696	1:36.996	1:36.664	7

9	5	Spain Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:38.151	1:37.379	1:37.566	8

10	15	Mexico Sergio Pérez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:37.933	1:37.477	1:37.698	9

11	18	Venezuela Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:37.789	1:37.589	11

12	6	Brazil Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:38.381	1:37.731	12

13	19	Brazil Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	1:38.437	1:37.841	13

14	11	United Kingdom Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:38.325	1:37.877	14

15	16	Australia Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:38.419	1:37.883	15

16	12	Germany Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:38.303	1:37.890	16

17	14	Japan Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:38.372	1:38.069	17

18	17	France Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:39.077	18

19	20	Finland Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1:39.306	24

20	21	Russia Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1:39.567	19

21	24	Germany Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1:40.903	20

22	25	France Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1:41.250	21

23	22	Spain Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1:42.914	22

24	23	India Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1:43.655	23

107% time: 1:43.974

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Mark Webber set the fastest time of 1-minute 37.172 seconds.

final_sentence: Mark Webber set the fastest time of 1-minute 37.172 seconds.