Round 5 · 13 May 2012
2012 Spanish Grand Prix: results
Pastor Maldonado (Williams) won the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix, round 5 of the championship, held on 13 May 2012 at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya (Spain), starting from position 1. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) and Kimi Räikkönen (Lotus F1) completed the podium. He won from pole. The fastest lap was set by Romain Grosjean (—).
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1 | 1:39:09.145 | 25 | Finished |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 2 | +3.195 s | 18 | Finished |
| 3 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 4 | +3.884 s | 15 | Finished |
| 4 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 3 | +14.799 s | 12 | Finished |
| 5 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 9 | +64.641 s | 10 | Finished |
| 6 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 7 | +67.576 s | 8 | Finished |
| 7 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 6 | +77.919 s | 6 | Finished |
| 8 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 24 | +78.140 s | 4 | Finished |
| 9 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 10 | +85.246 s | 2 | Finished |
| 10 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 13 | +1 Lap | 1 | +1 Lap |
| 11 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 11 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 12 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 14 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 13 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 15 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 14 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 12 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 15 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 16 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 16 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 19 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 17 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 18 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 18 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 21 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 19 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 22 | +3 Laps | — | +3 Laps |
| 20 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber | 5 | — | — | Wheel nut |
| 21 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 20 | — | — | Mechanical |
| 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 23 | — | — | Mechanical |
| 23 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 17 | — | — | Collision |
| 24 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 8 | — | — | Collision |