Bruno Senna vs Pastor Maldonado

2012·

Bruno Senna beat Pastor Maldonado 11–9 at Williams in 2012, helped by 5 retirements for Pastor Maldonado. Race-by-race qualifying, finishing and points record.

Bruno SennaPastor Maldonado

5Qualifying15

20 shared races

11Race day9

20 shared races

31Points45

in shared races, as awarded at the time

Wins: 0/1
Podiums: 0/1
Poles: 0/1
Retirements: 2/5
Best finish: P6/P1
Avg. grid: 14.3/10.8

Race by race

Round-by-round comparison of Bruno Senna and Pastor Maldonado
R	Grand Prix	Grid	Bruno Senna	Pastor Maldonado	Points
1	1Australian Grand Prix	14/8	P16	P13	0 / 0
2	2Malaysian Grand Prix	13/11	P6▲	P19▼	8 / 0
3	3Chinese Grand Prix	14/13	P7▲	P8	6 / 4
4	4Bahrain Grand Prix	15/21	P22▼	Puncture	0 / 0
5	5Spanish Grand Prix	17/1	Collision	P1▲	0 / 25
6	6Monaco Grand Prix	13/24	P10	Accident	1 / 0
7	7Canadian Grand Prix	16/22	P17▼	P13	0 / 0
8	8European Grand Prix	14/3	P10	P12	1 / 0
9	9British Grand Prix	13/7	P9	P16▼	2 / 0
10	10German Grand Prix	14/5	P17▼	P15	0 / 0
11	11Hungarian Grand Prix	9/8	P7▲	P13	6 / 0
12	12Belgian Grand Prix	17/6	P12	Collision	0 / 0
13	13Italian Grand Prix	13/22	P10	P11	1 / 0
14	14Singapore Grand Prix	22/2	P18▼	Hydraulics	0 / 0
15	15Japanese Grand Prix	16/12	P14	P8	0 / 4
16	16Korean Grand Prix	17/15	P15	P14	0 / 0
17	17Indian Grand Prix	13/9	P10	P16▼	1 / 0
18	18Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	14/3	P8▲	P5▲	4 / 10
19	19United States Grand Prix	10/9	P10	P9	1 / 2
20	20Brazilian Grand Prix	11/16	Collision	Collision	0 / 0
	Average finish		P12.1	P11.5

How to read this table

The driver ahead in a round is shown in bold, the other in grey. Grid shows Bruno Senna / Pastor Maldonado.
P1 a win,P3 a podium,DNF a retirement.
▲ a finish at least 4 places better than that driver’s own average finish this season (see the average row), ▼ at least 4places worse. Retirements are not counted in the average.

Bruno Senna’s career Pastor Maldonado’s career Williams 2012 season All teammate battles

How these numbers are calculated

Only races both drivers started are counted. Entries that did not qualify, did not pre-qualify or were withdrawn are excluded, as are cars that never left the grid or the garage, and the Indianapolis 500 of 1950–1960.
Until the mid-1960s drivers could share a car during a race. Each driver is compared from the car they started (which sets their grid position), with the best result of any car they drove and the points from all of them, as officially credited.
Qualifying is compared on grid position rather than session times. Session-by-session qualifying data only exists from 1994, while grid position is recorded for over 99% of entries right back to 1950 — including every race of the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
On race day the driver classified ahead takes the round. If neither was classified, the one who completed more laps is credited; if both retired on the same lap it is scored as a tie and excluded from the tally.
Points are those awarded at the time and include sprint races from 2021. Where the season used an older system, a second points row rescores every round under the current system so seasons from different eras can be compared.
These are points scored in the races both drivers started, not their season totals: races either missed, or contested alongside a different teammate, are left out. Up to 1990 even full-season totals differ from the championship standings, because only a driver’s best results counted towards the title. In 1988 Alain Prost outscored Ayrton Senna 105 to 94 and still lost the championship. Theseason page has the final standings.