For the Williams F1 qualifying for the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix would be one based on a very limited amount of dry weather track time due to the wet weather on Friday, so in order to asses their true performance was difficult. The final practice would see team drivers Pastor Maldonado and Bruno Senna finish in eleventh and seventeenth. No doubt that Bruno would be hoping to continue his improved qualifying performances. It had been previously announced that both Webber and Rosberg would get five grid place penalties for gearbox changes. On the tyre front the drivers had
the medium and hard tyres to choose from.

The opening twenty minute period would commence with Pic coming out first followed by Glock and Rosberg. Others to come out were Di Resta, Pastor, Bruno, Hulkenberg, Kobayashi, Vergne, and Grosjean. Ricciardo was next out joined
by Schumacher. The drivers would start their timed laps but we weer yet to see the likes of the Red Bull or Ferrari cars out on the track. A 1m:53.493 from Pic with both Pastor and Bruno on the hard tyre. A 1m:51.125 from Rosberg with Glock now second. But Di Resta would go fastest with a 1m:50.033 and Pastor second, 1m:50.178. Kobayashi was now second and Pastor third. Hulkenberg was fourth from Grosjean. Perez was now fastest with a 1m:49.7642. Pastor was fourth and Bruno eighth with a 1m:50.062. More drivers had come out with just the Red Bull's and Raikkonen still in their pits.

Perez was fastest with Hulkenberg now second. Pastor was now sixth and Bruno ninth. Pic would pit with twelve minutes remaining. Bruno was looking a bit wild running wide as both Hulkenberg and Grosjean pitted. But Bruno would improve with a 1m:50.481 to be eighth after what was now a really clean lap. Pastor was seventh as some of the front runners set times. Hamilton was now second with a 1m:49.803 and Alonso third. Alonso was on a quick lap going fastest in sector one. Button was now ninth pushing Bruno down to tenth. Pastor and Bruno would both pit with nine minutes remaining. Alonso would complete his lap with a 1m:49.401 to be fastest. Webber and Raikkonen had now come out joined by Vettel.

With both Williams drivers making it into the second fifteen minute period it would be Perez out first on the medium tyre. He would be joined by Di Resta and Kobayashi. Webber was out on the medium tyre joined by several other drivers including Pastor. Vettel, Massa, and Alonso had also come out joined by others. We had only Button and Bruno still in their pits. Button's mechanics were working on his rear wing as Perez set a 1m:48.880 to be fastest. This time would no doubt come down. Bruno would take to the track as Di Resta set a 1m:49.753. But Kobayashi went second but Webber would move to the top pf the times with a 1m:48.662. Hulkenberg was now fourth with Button now on the track.

Alonso was now fastest with a 1m:48.598. Pastor had set a 1m:51.081 to be twelfth. Grosjean was now third with Perez fourth and back in his pit. Now it was Hamilton's turn to go fastest with a 1m:48.563 but Raikkonen would take this spot with a 1m:48.414. Pastor was now in fifteenth but his next lap would see him fail to improve while Button would go fastest with a 1m:47.654. Bruno had pitted having yet to set a time. Bruno had almost spun at Pouhon. Pastor would also pit leaving just Button on the track. There were four and a half minutes remaining as Kobayashi came back out. Raikkonen was told that they did not plan to run again. Di Resta and Massa were also back out, joined by Vergne and Ricciardo.

Webber was back out on a new set of the medium tyre with just Button and Raikkonen still in their pits. The drivers would start their timed laps with the majority on improved laps. Kobayashi was now fourth, 1m:48.569, while Di Resta moved up to eighth and the period came to a close. Vergne was in eleventh as Pastor set a 1m:48.780 to be ninth. Hulkenberg was in tenth as Ricciardo went fourteenth. Perez was now second while Vettel could only manage eleventh. Bruno would finish his lap finishing in seventeenth, 1m:50.088, to be over two seconds off the pace.

So those not making the cut were Vettel, Hulkenberg, Schumacher, Massa, Vergne, Ricciardo, and Bruno. The top ten was Button from Perez, Raikkonen, Webber, Hamilton, Kobayashi, Alonso, Grosjean, Di Resta, and Pastor. Bruno's pace was about what his practice paced showed he was capable of but it still must have been frustrating as this result equalled his worst ever qualifying effort. But a great effort for Pastor to make the final period of qualifying.