Pastor Maldonado is the winner of FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA SANTANDER 2012.
Fifth race, fifth winner! The season 2012 keeps amazing us. After Lewis Hamilton got penalty for stopping his car after the qualifying session ended, Pastor Maldonado took his pole for the race. With calm and precise driving he placed himself on the top of the grid finishing 1st for the first time in his F1 career, and 1st place for Williams after eight years.
Lewis Hamilton will be starting from a pole position on tommorow's F1 race in Spain. Pastor Maldonado will be starting from the 2nd place, while Fernando Alonso took 3rd starting position.
We're expecting some thrilling racing tommorow, so be sure not to miss the race.
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Sebastian Vettel is the winner of the 2012 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX.
Sebastian Vettel will be starting from the pole position on tomorrow's F1 race in Bahrein.
Sebastian finished with the time of 1m32.422s, which is just a 0.098s slower than Lewis Hamilton on 2nd. 0.215s behind them was Mark Webber in Red Bull, capturing his 3rd starting postition.
Schumacher, due to DRS problems, couldn't make better time than 1m34.865s, which is enough for 18th place. Massa took 14th, while former world champions Raikonnen and Alonso took 11th and 9th place.
Mercedes engines once again rule the practice sessions!
Fastest man on P1 was Lewis Hamilton, while on P2, man with the best time was Nico Rosberg.
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Nico Rosberg is the winner of the 2012 FORMULA 1 UBS CHINESE GRAND PRIX.
After more than 50 years, Mercedes finally won the race again! After great qualifying, Nico drove even better race. Calm, precise driving led him to his first victory in Formula 1.
Thriller happened behind him, we might say, there was no way to tell who will finish 2nd or 3rd until the near end of the race. McLaren duo - Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton, after hard and exciting driving took 2nd and 3rd place.
Nico Rosberg will be starting from the pole on tomorrow's race in China!
Another clear example of Mercedes dominance in qualifications! Nico finished 0.505s before Lewis Hamilton in McLaren. 0,663s slower was Michael Schumacher in Mercedes.
For the first time in 2 years, Sebastian Vettel in Red Bull failed to enter round 3. He placed 11th with the time of 1m36.031s.
Official timing from practice 1 and 2 on 2012 China racetrack. Congrats to Lewis Hamilton and Michael Scumacher for making the best times on P1 and P2.
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