Pastor♈ Maldonado starts from pole position in Barcelona at the Circuit de Catalunya, with Ferrari's Fernando Alonso alongside him on the front row and an all-Lotus second row behꦰind them.

Lewis Hamilton lost provisional pole because his McLaren was short on fuel for its final qualifying run. he will💛 start from the back of the grid, alongside Narain Karthike♔yan who is allowed to start despite being unable to set a lap within 107% of the fastest Q1 time.

Starting grid

Row 1:
1. Pastor Maldonado Venezuela Williams-Renault Q3: 1:22.285s
2. Fernando Alonso Spain Ferrari-Ferrari Q3: 1:22.302s

Row 2:
3. Romain Grosjean France Lotus-Renault Q3: 1:22.424s
4. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Lotus-Renault Q3: 1:22.487s

Row 3:
5. Sergio Perez Mexico Sauber-Ferrari Q3: 1:22.533s
6. Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes-Mercedes Q3: 1:23.005s

Row 4:
7. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault Q3: No time
8. Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes-Mercedes Q3 No time

Row 5:
9. Kamui Kobayashi Japan Sauber-Ferrari Q3: No time
10. Jenson Button Britain McLaren-Mercedes Q2: 1:22.944s

Row 6:
11. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault Q2: 1:22.977s
12. Paul di Resta Britain Force India-Mercedes Q2: 1:23.125s

Row 7:
13. Nico Hulkenberg Germany Force India-Mercedes Q2: 1:23.177s
14. Jean-Eric Vergne France Toro Rosso-Ferrari Q2: 1:23.265s

Row 8:
15. Daniel Ricciardo Australia Toro Rosso-Ferrari Q2: 1:23.442s
16. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari-Ferrari Q2: 1:23.444s

Row 9:
17. Bruno Senna Brazil Williams-Renault Q1: 1:24.981s
18. Vitaly Petrov Russia Caterham-Renault Q1: 1:25.277s

Row 10:
19. Heikki Kovalainen Finland Caterham-Renault Q1: 1:25.507s
20. Charles Pic France Marussia -Cosworth Q1: 1:26.582s

Row 11:
21. Timo Glock Germany Marussia -Cosworth Q1: 1:27.032s
22. Pedro de la Rosa Spain HRT-Cosworth Q1: 1:27.555s

Row 12:
23. Narain Karthikeyan India HRT-Cosworth Q1: 1:31.122s *
24. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes Times deleted **

* Allowed to start despite time falling outside 107% of leading Q1 time** Excluded from qualifying results for insufficient fuel at end of Q3

All times unofficial