2012 Spanish Grand Prix (May 11 - 13)

[Wouter Melissen]

Alonso topped the first practice at his home Grand Prix:

Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m24.430 20
2. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m24.808s + 0.378 18
3. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m24.912s + 0.482 28
4. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m24.996s + 0.566 24
5. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1m25.120s + 0.690 24
6. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m25.187s + 0.757 15
7. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m25.217s + 0.787 16
8. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m25.252s + 0.822 20
9. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m25.285s + 0.855 29
10. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m25.339s + 0.909 24
11. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m25.367s + 0.937 22
12. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m25.433s + 1.003 21
13. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m25.539s + 1.109 23
14. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m25.607s + 1.177 20
15. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m25.918s + 1.488 19
16. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m26.226s + 1.796 24
17. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m26.297s + 1.867 18
18. Jules Bianchi Force India-Mercedes 1m26.630s + 2.200 21
19. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m27.475s + 3.045 20
20. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m28.267s + 3.837 21
21. Alexander Rossi Caterham-Renault 1m28.448s + 4.018 25
22. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m28.633s + 4.203 22
23. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m29.107s + 4.677 19
24. Dani Clos HRT-Cosworth 1m31.618s + 7.188 19

Fernando Alonso puts Ferrari on top in opening practice for the Spanish Grand Prix - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com

[Wouter Melissen]

Button, Vettel and Rosberg make up the top three in Practice 2:

Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m23.399 38
2. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m23.563s + 0.164 38
3. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m23.771s + 0.372 41
4. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m23.909s + 0.510 32
5. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m23.918s + 0.519 32
6. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m23.964s + 0.565 37
7. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m24.065s + 0.666 34
8. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m24.080s + 0.681 36
9. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m24.214s + 0.815 41
10. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m24.365s + 0.966 22
11. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m24.418s + 1.019 35
12. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m24.422s + 1.023 32
13. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m24.468s + 1.069 40
14. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m24.600s + 1.201 33
15. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m24.688s + 1.289 30
16. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m24.733s + 1.334 34
17. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m24.769s + 1.370 37
18. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m25.047s + 1.648 42
19. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m26.296s + 2.897 36
20. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m26.740s + 3.341 35
21. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m27.314s + 3.915 27
22. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m27.664s + 4.265 30
23. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m28.235s + 4.836 26
24. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth no time 2

Jenson Button quickest in Spanish Grand Prix practice two - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com

[pimento]

That was a pretty brilliant end of 2nd quali.. unless you're Button or Webber.

[Dino Scuderia]

Williams on front row, whodathunkit.

[Wouter Melissen]

It seems that Maldonado is actually on pole! Hamilton demoted to the last row for stopping on the track after qualifying.

[Matra et Alpine]

seems so

Hamilton excluded from qualifying results; Maldonado on pole 12 May 2012

McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton has lost his pole position for Sunday’s Spanish race after the Barcelona stewards found his car did not have sufficient fuel onboard. Hamilton stopped out on track at the end of Q3 after being told by his team to pull over at the side of the circuit on his return to the pits.

As a result of the stewards’ decision, Williams’ Pastor Maldonado inherits pole position for the Barcelona round, whilst Hamilton - excluded from the qualifying results - will start Sunday's race from the back of the grid.

[pimento]

That's gotta suck.. shame he didn't sabotage his hydrolics before he got out, seems Kobayashi got off scott free with his stopping on track!

[Dino Scuderia]

Wow, crazy outcome!

[pimento]

Welp, that's a fantastic outcome for Williams. Glad they finally get a win again, and good on Maldo for keeping Alonso at bay. Especially at his home GP.

[kingofthering]

Wow. The FIA must be doing something right; no more one-team domination.

[Magnum9987]

One helluva season so far. 5 races 5 different winners, two of which have won their first races. I think its down to the tires. The pitting strategy has really equalized the field. Now the pit crews need to play catchup to keep their drivers ahead. If it weren't for some bad pit stops, i think the entire season thus far would have been different.

[Dino Scuderia]

Loving the podiums being spread around.

[RacingManiac]

Still not sure how Williams all of a sudden made a huge leap, but happy for that as the car(aside from the step nose) has been a looker(love that rear end)...crazy fire at their pit though after the race...

[csl177]

Happy birthday, Sir Frank.

[faksta]

Awesome season, awesome race, awesome drive from Maldonado. I thought he wouldn't hold Alonso behind, but he's done a great job! Let him come close, but nothing more that that, forcing Fernando to waste his tyres running with DRS. Never thought Pastor could play strategy games actually.