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2012 Spanish Grand Prix

863rd World Championship race, 42nd World Championship Spanish Grand Prix, 22nd World Championship race at Catalunya

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2013 Spanish Grand Prix

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Fact File

Date:Sunday, 13 May 2012
Winner:Venezuela flag Pastor Maldonado
United Kingdom flag Williams-Renault
Pole position:Venezuela flag Pastor Maldonado
United Kingdom flag Williams-Renault
Fastest lap:France flag Romain Grosjean
United Kingdom flag Lotus-Renault
Circuit:Catalunya, 66 laps
Round:5 of 20

Race Result

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

Starting Grid

  • Highlight: race winner
  • Highlight: second place
  • Highlight: third place
PosDriverConstructorTime
1Venezuela flag Pastor MaldonadoWilliams-Renault1:22.285
2Spain flag Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:22.302
3France flag Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault1:22.424
4Finland flag Kimi RaikkonenLotus-Renault1:22.487
5Mexico flag Sergio PerezSauber-Ferrari1:22.533
6Germany flag Nico RosbergMercedes1:23.005
7Germany flag Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault–
8Germany flag Michael SchumacherMercedes–
9Japan flag Kamui KobayashiSauber-Ferrari–
10United Kingdom flag Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:22.944
11Australia flag Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:22.977
12United Kingdom flag Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes1:23.125
13Germany flag Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:23.177
14France flag Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso-Ferrari1:23.265
15Australia flag Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso-Ferrari1:23.442
16Brazil flag Felipe MassaFerrari1:23.444
17Brazil flag Bruno SennaWilliams-Renault1:24.981
18Russia flag Vitaly PetrovCaterham-Renault1:25.277
19Finland flag Heikki KovalainenCaterham-Renault1:25.507
20France flag Charles PicMarussia-Cosworth1:26.582
21Germany flag Timo GlockMarussia-Cosworth1:27.032
22Spain flag Pedro de la RosaHRT-Cosworth1:27.555
23India flag Narain KarthikeyanHRT-Cosworth1:31.122
24United Kingdom flag Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:21.707

Qualifying Result

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

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

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

Constructor

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

Statistics & Milestones

Wins
Driver: 1st and only for Pastor Maldonado (104th different winner, 1st Venezuelan driver)
Constructor: 114th for Williams
Podiums
Driver: 75th for Fernando Alonso, 64th for Kimi Raikkonen, 1st and only for Pastor Maldonado (201st different podium finisher, 1st Venezuelan driver)
Constructor: 655th for Ferrari, 297th for Williams, 3rd for Lotus (2012-15)
Poles
Driver: 1st and only for Pastor Maldonado (96th different polesitter, 1st Venezuelan driver)
Constructor: 127th for Williams
Fastest laps
Driver: 1st for Romain Grosjean (121st different fastest lap setter, 15th French driver)
Constructor: 2nd for Lotus (2012-15)
Front row starts
Driver: 35th for Fernando Alonso, 1st for Pastor Maldonado (144th different front row starter, 1st Venezuelan driver)
Pole & win
Driver: 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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