Pastor Maldonado took a controlled victory to win the Spanish Grand Prix for Williams, returning the team to the top step for the first time since the 2004 Brazilian GP.
The Venezuelan battled with Fernando Alonso for the entirety of the race to bring his FW34 home in first, making it five different winners and teams in five races.
Fernando Alonso came second in his home race, just ahead of Kimi Raikkonen who had closed the pair down, but fell just short of taking advantage of his fresher tyres.
The second Lotus of Romain Grosjean came home fourth on its lonesome with the Sauber of Kamui Kobayashi a further 50 seconds behind.
Sebastian Vettel, despite a drive-through penalty for ignoring yellow flags the result of a collision between Michael Schumacher and Bruno Senna, finished sixth.
Nico Rosberg, Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button and Nico Hulkenberg completed the final points paying positions.
For a full race report, check out our live commentary here.
2012 Spanish GP Results:
| Pos | Driver | Team | Gap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01. | P. Maldonado | Williams | 25 | |
| 02. | F. Alonso | Ferrari | +3.1 | 18 |
| 03. | K. Raikkonen | Lotus | +3.8 | 15 |
| 04. | R. Grosjean | Lotus | +14.7 | 12 |
| 05. | K. Kobayashi | Sauber | +1:04.6 | 10 |
| 06. | S. Vettel | Red Bull | +1:07.5 | 8 |
| 07. | N. Rosberg | Mercedes | +1:17.9 | 6 |
| 08. | L. Hamilton | McLaren | +1:18.1 | 4 |
| 09. | J. Button | McLaren | +1:25.2 | 2 |
| 10. | N. Hulkenberg | Force India | +1 lap | 1 |
| 11. | M. Webber | Red Bull | +1 lap | |
| 12. | J. Vergne | Toro Rosso | +1 lap | |
| 13. | D. Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | +1 lap | |
| 14. | P. di Resta | Force India | +1 lap | |
| 15. | F. Massa | Ferrari | +1 lap | |
| 16. | H. Kovalainen | Caterham | +1 lap | |
| 17. | V. Petrov | Caterham | +1 lap | |
| 18. | T. Glock | Marussia | +2 laps | |
| 19. | P. de la Rosa | HRT | +3 laps | |
| 20. | S. Perez | Sauber | +21 laps | |
| 21. | C. Pic | Marussia | +23 laps | |
| 22. | N. Karthikeyan | HRT | +36 laps | |
| 23. | B. Senna | Williams | +45 laps | |
| 24. | M. Schumacher | Mercedes | +45 laps |
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