2012 Spanish Grand Prix Recap

2012 is proving to be a very exciting season so far for formula 1 fans with no “one-team” domination as in recent years, and the Spanish Grand Prix was no exception, providing us yet another new winner.

After what seemed to be a fantastic qualifying round for McLaren, Lewis Hamilton was forced to start at the back of the grid after stewards ruled he was under-fueled for his final run, giving runner-up Pastor Maldonado and Williams the pole and they surely made the most of it.

Pastor Maldonado became 2012’s fifth winner in five races holding off Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso in a spectacular drive for Williams. This was their first victory since 2004. Lotus’s Kimi Raikkonen finished third, team mate Romain Grosjean was fourth, with Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi fifth and Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel sixth.

Pastor Maldonado said in the press conference after winning his first race:

“For me, for the team, we’ve been pushing so hard to try to improve race by race and here we are.

Yesterday we had a great qualifying and today again it was a tough race because the strategy as well was hard because the rear tires after a couple of lap we were struggling.

But I’m really happy because the car was so competitive since the first lap. Fernando did a better start than me but I was just following the pace and it was so great.

It’s my first podium and my first victory so you can imagine what I feel.�