Lewis Hamilton has conquered the first place in the qualyfing of the Abu Dhabi GP, followed by the Red Bulls of Webber and Vettel and by the Williams of Maldonado. Huge disappointment by the Ferrari: Alonso seventh and Massa ninth
The starting grid:
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:41.497 | 1:40.901 | 1:40.630 | ||
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:41.933 | 1:41.277 | 1:40.978 | ||
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:42.160 | 1:41.511 | 1:41.073 | ||
| 4 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:41.981 | 1:41.907 | 1:41.226 | ||
| 5 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 1:42.222 | 1:41.532 | 1:41.260 | ||
| 6 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:42.342 | 1:41.873 | 1:41.290 | ||
| 7 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:41.939 | 1:41.514 | 1:41.582 | ||
| 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:41.926 | 1:41.698 | 1:41.603 | ||
| 9 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:41.974 | 1:41.846 | 1:41.723 | ||
| 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:42.046 | 1:41.620 | 1:41.778 | ||
| 11 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:42.579 | 1:42.019 | |||
| 12 | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:42.624 | 1:42.084 | |||
| 13 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:42.572 | 1:42.218 | |||
| 14 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:42.735 | 1:42.289 | |||
| 15 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 1:43.298 | 1:42.330 | |||
| 16 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:43.582 | 1:42.606 | |||
| 17 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR-Ferrari | 1:43.280 | 1:42.765 | |||
| 18 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Ferrari | 1:44.058 | ||||
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1:44.956 | ||||
| 20 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:45.089 | ||||
| 21 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1:45.151 | ||||
| 22 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:45.426 | ||||
| 23 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1:45.766 | ||||
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1:46.382 |
