WATCH: Relive Pastor Maldonados incredible breakthrough win at the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix

Taking pole on Saturday (once McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton had been relegated to the when of the field for a fuel infringement), Maldonado then put in the momentum of his life, perfectly executing an undercut in the first stops to leapfrog superiority of Fernando Alonso, surpassing holding on to take victory.

Relive that incredible day in the video above, withal with a stand-out performance from Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi, and an unfortunate unpeace between Michael Schumacher and Bruno Senna.

This Barcelona road circuit held the Spanish Stupendous Prix two times, as the last race of the 1951 and 1954 Big showdowns - Juan Manuel Fangio having won the previous before Mike Hawthorn prevailed in the last option.

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This fast however extended 3.9-mile circuit included six corners and an incredible 1.2-mile-long straight, the most cutthroat vehicles taking simply over 2m 20s to finish a race lap. Running along part of the enormous Avenida Corner to corner, the circuit trim past the previous Pedralbes illustrious royal residence and afterward the Parc de Cervantes - around which the Turn 1 fastener circled.

After the dangerous 1955 Le Monitors 24 Hours debacle, this circuit stopped existing - and Spain would need to stand by over 10 years for its next Big showdown Fabulous Prix…