2012 Spanish Grand Prix
The 2012 Spanish Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Santander 2012) was a Formula One motor race held on 13 May 2012, at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain, attended by 82,000 people. It was the fifth round of the 2012 Formula One World Championship and the 22nd time the Spanish Grand Prix took place at the track. Williams entrant Pastor Maldonado won the 66-lap event from pole position. It was Maldonado's maiden and only Formula One victory and the first for a Venezuelan driver. He was followed by Fernando Alonso who finished in second driving for Ferrari and Lotus' Kimi Räikkönen was third.