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| « 2011 Spanish GP |
| Race Name: | XLIX Gran Premio de Espańa Santander |
| Track: | Circuit de Catalunya |
| Round: | 5 of 20 |
| Race date: | Sunday, May 13th, 2012 |
| Race time: | 14.00 |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| Driver | Pastor Maldonado | Fernando Alonso | Kimi Räikkönen |
| Constructor | Williams-Renault | Ferrari | Lotus-Renault |
| Car | Williams FW34 | Ferrari F2012 | Lotus E20 |
| Engine | Renault RS27-2012 | Ferrari 056 | Renault RS27-2012 |
| Tyre | Pirelli | Pirelli | Pirelli |
| Time | 1:39:09.145 | 1:39:12.340 | 1:39:13.029 |
| Gap | 3.195 secs | 3.884 secs |
| P | No. | Driver | Fri Prac 1 | Fri Prac 2 | Sat Prac | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Qual | Race | Total | |
| 1 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes | 1:25.252 20 | 1:23.909 32 | 1:24.778 15 | 1:22.583 8 | 1:22.465 3 | 1:21.707 6 | 1:21.707 17 | 1:28.918 66 | 1:21.707 150 | |
| 2 | 18 | Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault | 1:26.297 18 | 1:24.468 40 | 1:23.336 19 | 1:23.380 5 | 1:22.105 6 | 1:22.285 3 | 1:22.285 14 | 1:27.906 66 | 1:22.105 157 | |
| 3 | 5 | Fernando Alonso Ferrari | 1:24.430 20 | 1:24.600 33 | 1:23.807 15 | 1:23.276 6 | 1:22.862 6 | 1:22.302 3 | 1:22.302 15 | 1:27.390 66 | 1:22.302 149 | |
| 4 | 10 | Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault | 1:25.217 16 | 1:23.964 37 | No Time 2 | 1:23.248 8 | 1:22.667 3 | 1:22.424 3 | 1:22.424 14 | 1:26.250 66 | 1:22.424 135 | |
| 5 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault | 1:25.285 29 | 1:23.918 32 | 1:23.936 16 | 1:23.406 7 | 1:22.856 3 | 1:22.487 3 | 1:22.487 13 | 1:26.938 66 | 1:22.487 156 | |
| 6 | 15 | Sergio Pérez Sauber-Ferrari | 1:25.918 19 | 1:24.422 32 | 1:23.742 22 | 1:24.261 5 | 1:22.773 6 | 1:22.533 3 | 1:22.533 14 | 1:28.605 37 | 1:22.533 124 | |
| 7 | 8 | Nico Rosberg Mercedes | 1:25.607 20 | 1:23.771 41 | 1:24.070 24 | 1:23.370 8 | 1:22.882 6 | 1:23.005 3 | 1:23.005 17 | 1:28.150 66 | 1:22.882 168 | |
| 8 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault | 1:24.808 18 | 1:23.563 38 | 1:23.168 13 | 1:23.850 4 | 1:22.884 6 | No Time 4 | No Time 14 | 1:27.768 66 | 1:22.884 149 | |
| 9 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari | 1:24.912 28 | 1:24.214 41 | 1:23.350 19 | 1:23.386 8 | 1:22.897 6 | No Time 0 | No Time 14 | 1:28.266 66 | 1:22.897 168 | |
| 10 | 7 | Michael Schumacher Mercedes | 1:25.187 15 | 1:24.080 36 | 1:24.825 17 | 1:23.757 8 | 1:22.904 6 | No Time 1 | No Time 15 | 1:31.089 12 | 1:22.904 95 | |
| 11 | 3 | Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes | 1:24.996 24 | 1:23.399 38 | 1:23.909 13 | 1:23.510 7 | 1:22.944 6 | 1:22.944 13 | 1:28.624 66 | 1:22.944 154 | ||
| 12 | 2 | Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault | 1:25.539 23 | 1:24.065 34 | 1:23.578 16 | 1:23.592 5 | 1:22.977 3 | 1:22.977 8 | 1:27.857 65 | 1:22.977 146 | ||
| 13 | 11 | Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes | 1:24.688 30 | 1:24.599 15 | 1:23.852 8 | 1:23.125 6 | 1:23.125 14 | 1:28.313 65 | 1:23.125 124 | |||
| 14 | 12 | Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes | 1:25.339 24 | 1:24.365 22 | 1:24.323 17 | 1:23.720 7 | 1:23.177 6 | 1:23.177 13 | 1:28.912 65 | 1:23.177 141 | ||
| 15 | 17 | Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:25.367 22 | 1:24.733 34 | 1:23.833 14 | 1:24.362 8 | 1:23.265 3 | 1:23.265 11 | 1:28.308 65 | 1:23.265 146 | ||
| 16 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:26.226 24 | 1:24.769 37 | 1:24.331 15 | 1:23.906 8 | 1:23.442 3 | 1:23.442 11 | 1:28.587 65 | 1:23.442 152 | ||
| 17 | 6 | Felipe Massa Ferrari | 1:25.433 21 | 1:24.418 35 | 1:24.179 16 | 1:23.886 6 | 1:23.444 6 | 1:23.444 12 | 1:28.448 65 | 1:23.444 149 | ||
| 18 | 19 | Bruno Senna Williams-Renault | 1:25.047 42 | 1:24.409 18 | 1:24.981 8 | 1:24.981 8 | 1:31.822 12 | 1:24.409 80 | ||||
| 19 | 19 | Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault | 1:25.120 24 | 1:25.120 24 | ||||||||
| 20 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault | 1:27.475 20 | 1:26.740 35 | 1:25.911 20 | 1:25.277 8 | 1:25.277 8 | 1:28.773 65 | 1:25.277 148 | |||
| 21 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault | 1:26.296 36 | 1:26.587 20 | 1:25.507 8 | 1:25.507 8 | 1:28.715 65 | 1:25.507 129 | ||||
| 22 | 25 | Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth | 1:28.633 22 | 1:27.664 30 | 1:27.469 18 | 1:26.582 8 | 1:26.582 8 | 1:31.136 35 | 1:26.582 113 | |||
| 23 | 11 | Jules Bianchi Force India-Mercedes | 1:26.630 21 | 1:26.630 21 | ||||||||
| 24 | 24 | Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth | 1:28.267 21 | 1:27.314 27 | 1:27.689 16 | 1:27.032 8 | 1:27.032 8 | 1:29.599 64 | 1:27.032 136 | |||
| 25 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth | 1:29.107 19 | 1:28.235 26 | 1:28.373 13 | 1:27.555 6 | 1:27.555 6 | 1:30.722 63 | 1:27.555 127 | |||
| 26 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth | No Time 2 | 1:28.207 24 | 1:31.122 4 | 1:31.122 4 | 1:32.903 22 | 1:28.207 52 | ||||
| 27 | 20 | Alexander Rossi Caterham-Renault | 1:28.448 25 | 1:28.448 25 | ||||||||
| 28 | 23 | Dani Clos HRT-Cosworth | 1:31.618 19 | 1:31.618 19 |