The 2012 Spanish Grand Prix was Round 5 of the 2012 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at the Circuit de Catalunya, Spain on Sunday, 13 May 2012. Pastor Maldonado started on pole position in the Williams Renault and was the race winner.
Formula 1 Gran Premio De España Santander 2012 Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Abbreviation | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | Pastor Maldonado | MAL | Venezuela | Williams Renault | Pirelli | 66 | 1:39:09.145 | - | - | 25 | |
| 2 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | ALO | Spain | Ferrari | Pirelli | 66 | 1:39:12.340 | +3.195 | +3.195 | 18 | |
| 3 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen | RAI | Finland | Lotus Renault | Pirelli | 66 | 1:39:13.029 | +3.884 | +0.689 | 15 | |
| 4 | 10 | Romain Grosjean | GRO | France | Lotus Renault | Pirelli | 66 | 1:39:23.944 | +14.799 | +10.915 | 1:26.250 | 12 |
| 5 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | KOB | Japan | Sauber Ferrari | Pirelli | 66 | 1:40:13.786 | +1:04.641 | +49.842 | 10 | |
| 6 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | VET | Germany | Red Bull Renault | Pirelli | 66 | 1:40:16.721 | +1:07.576 | +2.935 | 8 | |
| 7 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | ROS | Germany | Mercedes | Pirelli | 66 | 1:40:27.064 | +1:17.919 | +10.343 | 6 | |
| 8 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton | HAM | Great Britain | McLaren Mercedes | Pirelli | 66 | 1:40:27.285 | +1:18.140 | +0.221 | 4 | |
| 9 | 3 | Jenson Button | BUT | Great Britain | McLaren Mercedes | Pirelli | 66 | 1:40:34.391 | +1:25.246 | +7.106 | 2 | |
| 10 | 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | HUL | Germany | Force India Mercedes | Pirelli | 65 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Mark Webber | WEB | Australia | Red Bull Renault | Pirelli | 65 | 1 lap | ||||
| 12 | 17 | Jean-Eric Vergne | VER | France | Toro Rosso Ferrari | Pirelli | 65 | 1 lap | ||||
| 13 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | RIC | Australia | Toro Rosso Ferrari | Pirelli | 65 | 1 lap | ||||
| 14 | 11 | Paul di Resta | DIR | Great Britain | Force India Mercedes | Pirelli | 65 | 1 lap | ||||
| 15 | 6 | Felipe Massa | MAS | Brazil | Ferrari | Pirelli | 65 | 1 lap | ||||
| 16 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | KOV | Finland | Caterham Renault | Pirelli | 65 | 1 lap | ||||
| 17 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov | PET | Russia | Caterham Renault | Pirelli | 65 | 1 lap | ||||
| 18 | 24 | Timo Glock | GLO | Germany | Marussia Cosworth | Pirelli | 64 | 2 laps | 1 lap | |||
| 19 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | DLR | Spain | HRT Cosworth | Pirelli | 63 | 3 laps | 1 lap | |||
| DNF | 15 | Sergio Pérez | PER | Mexico | Sauber Ferrari | Pirelli | 37 | |||||
| DNF | 25 | Charles Pic | PIC | France | Marussia Cosworth | Pirelli | 35 | |||||
| DNF | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | KAR | India | HRT Cosworth | Pirelli | 22 | |||||
| DNF | 19 | Bruno Senna | SEN | Brazil | Williams Renault | Pirelli | 12 | |||||
| DNF | 7 | Michael Schumacher | MSC | Germany | Mercedes | Pirelli | 12 |