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Home / Seasons / 2012 F1 World Championship Season / 2012 Spanish Grand Prix

2012 Spanish Grand Prix

DateSunday, 13 May 2012
Winner
  • Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor Maldonado
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault
Pole position
  • Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor Maldonado
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault
Fastest lap
  • France flag lazyload Romain Grosjean
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Renault
CircuitCatalunya, 66 laps
Round5 of 20
Race numbers

The 2012 Spanish Grand Prix was the

  • 863rd World Championship race
  • 42nd World Championship Spanish Grand Prix
  • 22nd World Championship race at Catalunya
More 2012 season
More Spanish Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault661hr 39m 09.145s25
2 Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari66+3.195s18
3+1Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault66+3.884s15
4-1France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault66+14.799s12
5+4Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari66+1m 04.641s10
6+1Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault66+1m 07.576s8
7-1Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes66+1m 17.919s6
8+16United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes66+1m 18.140s4
9+1United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes66+1m 25.246s2
10+3Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes65+1 lap1
11 Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault65+1 lap 
12+2France flag lazyload Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari65+1 lap 
13+2Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari65+1 lap 
14-2United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes65+1 lap 
15+1Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari65+1 lap 
16+3Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault65+1 lap 
17+1Russia flag lazyload Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault65+1 lap 
18+3Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth64+2 laps 
19+3Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth63+3 laps 
R Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari37DNF 
R France flag lazyload Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth35DNF 
R India flag lazyload Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth22DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault12DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes12DNF 

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault
2Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari
3France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault
4Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault
5Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari
6Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes
7Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault
8Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes
9Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes
11Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes
13Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes
14France flag lazyload Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari
15Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari
16Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari
17Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault
18Russia flag lazyload Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault
19Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault
20France flag lazyload Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth
21Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth
22Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth
23India flag lazyload Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth
24United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
DQUnited Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:21.707 
1Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault1:22.285 
2Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:22.3020.017
3France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault1:22.4240.139
4Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault1:22.4870.202
5Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari1:22.5330.248
6Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes1:23.0050.720
7Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault– 
8Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes– 
9Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari– 
Q2
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:22.944 
11Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:22.977 
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes1:23.125 
13Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:23.177 
14France flag lazyload Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari1:23.265 
15Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari1:23.442 
16Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari1:23.444 
Q1
17Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault1:24.981 
18Russia flag lazyload Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault1:25.277 
19Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault1:25.507 
20France flag lazyload Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth1:26.582 
21Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth1:27.032 
22Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth1:27.555 
23India flag lazyload Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth1:31.122 

Notes

  • Lewis Hamilton was excluded from qualifying and demoted to the back of the grid after failing to have enough fuel to make it back to the pits after qualifying.

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
France flag lazyload Jules BianchiIndia flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes
Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasUnited Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault
Spain flag lazyload Dani ClosSpain flag lazyload HRT-Cosworth
USA flag lazyload Alexander RossiMalaysia flag lazyload Caterham-Renault

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-2012 Spanish Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel61
2Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso61
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton53
4Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen49
5Australia flag lazyload Mark Webber48
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button45
7Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg41
8France flag lazyload Romain Grosjean35
9Venezuela flag lazyload Pastor Maldonado29
10Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez22
11Japan flag lazyload Kamui Kobayashi19
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di Resta15
13Brazil flag lazyload Bruno Senna14
14France flag lazyload Jean-Eric Vergne4
15Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg3
16Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo2
17Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa2
18Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault109
2United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes98
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Renault84
4Italy flag lazyload Ferrari63
5Germany flag lazyload Mercedes43
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault43
7Switzerland flag Sauber-Ferrari41
8India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes18
9Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Ferrari6

Statistics & milestones

Wins
1st and only for Pastor Maldonado (104th different winner, 1st Venezuelan driver)
114th for Williams (first since 2004)
Podiums
75th for Fernando Alonso, 64th for Kimi Raikkonen, 1st and only for Pastor Maldonado (201st different podium finisher, 1st Venezuelan driver)
655th for Ferrari, 297th for Williams (first since 2008), 3rd for Lotus (2012-15)
Poles
1st and only for Pastor Maldonado (96th different polesitter, 1st Venezuelan driver)
127th for Williams
Fastest laps
1st for Romain Grosjean (121st different fastest lap setter, 15th French driver; first French driver to set a fastest lap since 1996 and last until 2019)
2nd for Lotus (2012-15)
Front row starts
35th for Fernando Alonso, 1st for Pastor Maldonado (144th different front row starter, 1st Venezuelan driver)
Pole & win
1st and only for Pastor Maldonado (59th different driver to win from pole, 1st Venezuelan driver)

See also

  • Spanish Grand Prix
  • Catalunya circuit
  • 2012 World Championship season

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