Хорхе Лоренцо в 0.074 секунды от Стоунера на первой линии стартовой решетки в Laguna Seca. Состав топовой шестерки Гран-При Соединенных Штатов не изменился: 4 "ямахи" против 2 "хонд". Результаты квалификации US GP, MotoGP:
МОТОГОНКИ.РУ, 29 июля 2012 -
| 1. | Jorge Lorenzo | SPA | Yamaha Factory Racing/Yamaha | 1:20.554 | |
| 2. | Casey Stoner | AUS | Repsol Honda Team/Honda | 1:20.628 | +0.074 / 0.074 |
| 3. | Dani Pedrosa | SPA | Repsol Honda Team/Honda | 1:20.906 | +0.352 / 0.278 |
| 4. | Ben Spies | USA | Yamaha Factory Racing/Yamaha | 1:21.094 | +0.540 / 0.188 |
| 5. | Cal Crutchlow | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3/Yamaha | 1:21.268 | +0.714 / 0.174 |
| 6. | Andrea Dovizioso | ITA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3/Yamaha | 1:21.539 | +0.985 / 0.271 |
| 7. | Alvaro Bautista | SPA | San Carlo Honda Gresini/Honda | 1:21.732 | +1.178 / 0.193 |
| 8. | Nicky Hayden | USA | Ducati Team/Ducati | 1:21.734 | +1.180 / 0.002 |
| 9. | Stefan Bradl | GER | LCR Honda MotoGP/Honda | 1:21.753 | +1.199 / 0.019 |
| 10. | Valentino Rossi | ITA | Ducati Team/Ducati | 1:22.544 | +1.990 / 0.791 |
| 11. | Randy De Puniet | FRA | Power Electronics Aspar/ART | 1:22.886 | +2.332 / 0.342 |
| 12. | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Power Electronics Aspar/ART | 1:23.075 | +2.521 / 0.189 |
| 13. | Colin Edwards | USA | NGM Mobile Forward Racing/Suter | 1:23.699 | +3.145 / 0.624 |
| 14. | Karel Abraham | CZE | Cardion AB Motoracing/Ducati | 1:23.704 | +3.150 / 0.005 |
| 15. | Yonny Hernandez | COL | Avintia Blusens/BQR | 1:23.769 | +3.215 / 0.065 |
| 16. | Michele Pirro | ITA | San Carlo Honda Gresini/FTR | 1:23.877 | +3.323 / 0.108 |
| 17. | Toni Elias | SPA | Pramac Racing Team/Ducati | 1:23.898 | +3.344 / 0.021 |
| 18. | Mattia Pasini | ITA | Speed Master/ART | 1:24.017 | +3.463 / 0.119 |
| 19. | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | Came IodaRacing Project/Ioda | 1:24.227 | +3.673 / 0.210 |
| 20. | Ivan Silva | SPA | Avintia Blusens/BQR | 1:24.560 | +4.006 / 0.333 |
| 21. | James Ellison | GBR | Paul Bird Motorsport/ART | 1:24.715 | +4.161 / 0.155 |
| . | Steve Rapp | USA | Attack Performance/APR | 1:26.887 | +6.333 / 2.17 |
