- Winner
- Pastor Maldonado
- Team
- Williams
- Top listed
- Pastor Maldonado, Fernando Alonso, and Kimi Räikkönen
- Race date
- May 13, 2012
- Pole
- Pastor Maldonado
- Fastest lap
- Romain Grosjean
- Classified drivers
- 24
- Circuit
- Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
The decisive result
Pastor Maldonado finished first for Williams. Fernando Alonso is listed 2 for Ferrari, with Kimi Räikkönen 3 for Lotus F1 Team.
Grid to finish
Lewis Hamilton from P24 to P8 (+16), Kamui Kobayashi from P9 to P5 (+4), and Nico Hülkenberg from P13 to P10 (+3) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Pastor Maldonado started from the listed P1 grid position.
Status and fastest lap
The classification lists 9 Finished, 8 +1 lap, 1 +2 laps, 1 +3 laps, and 1 Collision. Romain Grosjean holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:26.250 on lap 53. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.
This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.