Pit Lane F1
2012 Season - Round 5 - 2012-05-13
Pastor Maldonado won the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix from pole position, leading Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) and Kimi Räikkönen (Lotus F1) home for Williams.
Romain Grosjean (Lotus F1) set the fastest lap of the race in 1:26.250. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P24 on the grid to P8 at the flag — a 16-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 5 drivers failing to finish.
24 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix, completing round 5 of the season.
How good was this Grand Prix?
Pick your score, 1 to 10.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1 | Finished | 1:27.906 | 25 |
| 2 | 14Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 2 | Finished | 1:27.390 | 18 |
| 3 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 4 | Finished | 1:26.938 | 15 |
| 4 | 8Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 3 | Finished | 1:26.250 | 12 |
| 5 | 10Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 9 | Finished | 1:28.266 | 10 |
| 6 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 7 | Finished | 1:27.768 | 8 |
| 7 | 6Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 6 | Finished | 1:28.150 | 6 |
| 8 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 24 | Finished | 1:28.918 | 4 |
| 9 | 22Jenson Button | McLaren | 10 | Finished | 1:28.624 | 2 |
| 10 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 13 | +1 Lap | 1:28.912 | 1 |
| 11 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 11 | +1 Lap | 1:27.857 | 0 |
| 12 | 25Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 14 | +1 Lap | 1:28.308 | 0 |
| 13 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 15 | +1 Lap | 1:28.587 | 0 |
| 14 | 40Paul di Resta | Force India | 12 | +1 Lap | 1:28.313 | 0 |
| 15 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 16 | +1 Lap | 1:28.448 | 0 |
| 16 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 19 | +1 Lap | 1:28.715 | 0 |
| 17 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 18 | +1 Lap | 1:28.773 | 0 |
| 18 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 21 | +2 Laps | 1:29.599 | 0 |
| 19 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 22 | +3 Laps | 1:30.722 | 0 |
| 20 | 11Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 5 | Wheel nut | 1:28.605 | 0 |
| 21 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 20 | Mechanical | 1:31.136 | 0 |
| 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 23 | Mechanical | 1:32.903 | 0 |
| 23 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 17 | Collision | 1:31.822 | 0 |
| 24 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 8 | Collision | 1:31.089 | 0 |
