Round 5 · 2012

Spanish Grand Prix

CircuitCircuit de CatalunyaLocationBarcelona, SpainDates11 May – 13 May 2012Final

WinnerMALWilliams · from P1

PoleMAL

Fastest lap1:26.250Grosjean · L53

Most laps led19Alonso

Biggest gain+16Hamilton P24→P8

Retirements5of 24 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1	0	66	1:39:09.145	3	25
2	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	2	0	66	+3.200	3	18
3	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	4	+1	66	+3.880	3	15
4	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	3	-1	66	+14.800 FL	3	12
5	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	9	+4	66	+1:04.640	3	10
6	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	7	+1	66	+1:07.580	4	8
7	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	6	-1	66	+1:17.920	3	6
8	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	24	+16	66	+1:18.140	2	4
9	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	10	+1	66	+1:25.250	3	2
10	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	13	+3	65	+1 lap	3	1
11	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	11	0	65	+1 lap	3
12	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	14	+2	65	+1 lap	3
13	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	15	+2	65	+1 lap	3
14	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	12	-2	65	+1 lap	3
15	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	16	+1	65	+1 lap	4
16	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	19	+3	65	+1 lap	3
17	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	18	+1	65	+1 lap	3
18	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	21	+3	64	+2 laps	3
19	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	22	+3	63	+3 laps	4
—	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	8		12	DNF · L12	1
—	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	23		22	DNF · L22	2
—	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	17		12	DNF · L12	0
—	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	5		37	DNF · L37	3
—	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	20		35	DNF · L35	3

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	—	—	—	14
2	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	—	—	—	15
3	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	—	—	—	14
4	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	—	—	—	13
5	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	—	—	—	14
6	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	—	—	—	17
7	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	14
8	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	—	—	—	15
9	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	—	—	—	14
10	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	—	—	—	13
11	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	8
12	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	—	—	—	14
13	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	—	—	—	13
14	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	11
15	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	11
16	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	—	—	—	12
17	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	—	—	—	8
18	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	—	—	—	8
19	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	—	—	—	8
20	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	8
21	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	8
22	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	—	—	—	6
23	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	—	—	—	4
24	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	—	—	—	17

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:23.168	13
2	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:23.336	19
3	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:23.350	19
4	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:23.578	16
5	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:23.742	22
6	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:23.807	15
7	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:23.833	14
8	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:23.909	13
9	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:23.936	16
10	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:24.070	24
11	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:24.179	16
12	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:24.323	17
13	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:24.331	15
14	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	1:24.409	18
15	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:24.599	15
16	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:24.778	15
17	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:24.825	17
18	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:25.911	20
19	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:26.587	20
20	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:27.469	18
21	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:27.689	16
22	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	1:28.207	24
23	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:28.373	13
24	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	—	2

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:23.399	38
2	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:23.563	38
3	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:23.771	41
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:23.909	32
5	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:23.918	32
6	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:23.964	37
7	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:24.065	34
8	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:24.080	36
9	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:24.214	41
10	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:24.365	22
11	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:24.418	35
12	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:24.422	32
13	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:24.468	40
14	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:24.600	33
15	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:24.688	30
16	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:24.733	34
17	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:24.769	37
18	Bruno Senna SEN	Williams	1:25.047	42
19	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Caterham	1:26.296	36
20	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:26.740	35
21	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:27.314	27
22	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:27.664	30
23	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:28.235	26
24	Narain Karthikeyan KAR	HRT	—	2

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:24.430	20
2	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:24.808	18
3	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:24.912	28
4	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:24.996	24
5	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:25.120	24
6	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:25.187	15
7	Romain Grosjean GRO	Lotus F1	1:25.217	16
8	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:25.252	20
9	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Lotus F1	1:25.285	29
10	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:25.339	24
11	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	Toro Rosso	1:25.367	22
12	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:25.433	21
13	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:25.539	23
14	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:25.607	20
15	Sergio Pérez PER	Sauber	1:25.918	19
16	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Toro Rosso	1:26.226	24
17	Pastor Maldonado MAL	Williams	1:26.297	18
18	Jules Bianchi BIA	Force India	1:26.630	21
19	Vitaly Petrov PET	Caterham	1:27.475	20
20	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:28.267	21
21	Alexander Rossi RSI	Caterham	1:28.448	25
22	Charles Pic PIC	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:28.633	22
23	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	HRT	1:29.107	19
24	Dani Clos CLO	HRT	1:31.618	19

Session schedule

Practice 1Final11 May 2012 08:00 UTC

Practice 2Final11 May 2012 12:00 UTC

Practice 3Final12 May 2012 09:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal12 May 2012 12:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal13 May 2012 12:00 UTC

Championship after round 5

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	61
2	Fernando Alonso ALO	61	▲3
3	Lewis Hamilton HAM	53	▼1
4	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	49	▲3
5	Mark Webber WEB	48	▼2
6	Jenson Button BUT	45	▼2
7	Nico Rosberg ROS	41	▼1
8	Romain Grosjean GRO	35

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

Team	Ahead	Gap	Behind
Williams	Pastor Maldonado MAL	—	Bruno Senna SEN
Ferrari	Fernando Alonso ALO	—	Felipe Massa MAS
Lotus F1	Romain Grosjean GRO	—	Kimi Raikkonen RAI
Sauber	Sergio Pérez PER	—	Kamui Kobayashi KOB
Mercedes	Nico Rosberg ROS	—	Michael Schumacher SCH
Red Bull Racing	Sebastian Vettel VET	—	Mark Webber WEB
McLaren	Jenson Button BUT	—	Lewis Hamilton HAM
Force India	Paul di Resta DIR	—	Nico Hülkenberg HUL
Toro Rosso	Jean-Eric Vergne VER	—	Daniel Ricciardo RIC
Caterham	Vitaly Petrov PET	—	Heikki Kovalainen KOV
Manor / Marussia / Virgin	Charles Pic PIC	—	Timo Glock GLO
HRT	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	—	Narain Karthikeyan KAR

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2011	Spanish Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	2
2010	Spanish Grand Prix	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1
2009	Spanish Grand Prix	Jenson Button BUT	Brawn GP	1
2008	Spanish Grand Prix	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1
2007	Spanish Grand Prix	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1
2006	Spanish Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso ALO	Renault (2002–10)	1
2005	Spanish Grand Prix	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	McLaren	1
2004	Spanish Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher SCH	Ferrari	1