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Cuando Pastor Maldonado decidió ser piloto de carreras en la Fórmula 1, seguro que soñó con ser el número uno, todo un campeón. Año y medio después de su debut, puede decir que lo ha conseguido, aunque por desgracia no en aquello que hubiera deseado. El venezolano es líder destacado en una clasificación poco agradecida, la del piloto con más sanciones del Mundial 2012. El piloto de Williams ha sufrido 14 penalizaciones cuando el Gran Premio de Italia es el decimotercero del año. Lleva una media de más de una por carrera esta temporada.

El remate final a su imagen de piloto polémico y carne de sanción lo dio en el Gran Premio de Bélgica, carrera que le va a pesar en Monza. En el circuito de Spa, Maldonado firmó un ‘hat-trick’ de penalizaciones. Con un par. La primera fue en la calificación por bloquear al Force India del alemán Nico Hulkenber: cinco puestos de sanción.

Pero fue durante la carrera cuando el venezolano se salió… en todos los sentidos. Maldonado fue sancionado con cinco puestos para la carrera de Monza por saltarse el semáforo de salida en Bélgica, y otros cinco puestos por colisionar con el Marussia del alemán Timo Glock.

Así, Maldonado saldrá el vigésimo segundo en Monza a pesar de quedar decimosegundo en la calificación con su Williams. Un duro castigo para un piloto acostumbrado a sufrir penalizaciones en forma de posiciones y multas económicas ya desde 2011, cuando debutó y sumó siete castigos.

Esta temporada, más rodado, ya ha doblado la cifra por su capacidad para chocar con los rivales, destrozar su caja de cambios o saltarse los límites de velocidad. ¿Qué sanción recibirá en el Gran Premio de Italia? ¿Volverá a criticarle un piloto como hizo el mexicano Sergio Pérez (Sauber) cuando dijo que “es un estúpido que puede herir a alguien”?

Resumen de las sanciones de Pastor Maldonado en el Mundial 2012 de Fórmula 1:
- Gran Premio de China (dos sanciones): apercibimiento por molestar al finés Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus) durante la primera tanda de la calificación (Q1) y pérdida de 5 posiciones en la parrilla de salida por la sustitución de la caja de cambios.

- Gran Premio de Bahrein (una sanción): 5 puestos en la parrilla por sustituir la caja de cambios.

- Gran Premio de Mónaco (dos sanciones):  5 posiciones en la parrilla por la sustitución, otra vez, de la caja de cambios,  y 5 posiciones por un incidente en los entrenamientos libres con el mexicano Sergio Perez (Sauber).

- Gran Premio de Canadá (una sanción): 5 lugares en la parrilla de salida por la enésima sustitución de la caja de cambios.

- Gran Premio de Europa (dos sanciones):  1.400 euros de multa por exceso de velocidad en el ‘pit-lane’ en los entrenamientos libres y una sanción de 20 segundos por un incidente con el británico Lewis Hamilton (McLaren).

- Gran Premio de Gran Bretaña (una sanción). Multa de 10.000 euros y apercibimiento por chocar con Sergio Perez.

- Gran Premio de Alemania (una sanción):  1.400 euros de multa por superar el límite de velocidad en el ‘pit-lane’.

- Gran Premio de Hungría (1 sanción): un ‘drive through’ (paso por boxes) por tocarse con el monoplaza del británico Paul di Resta (Force India). Debido a esa sanción, perdió puestos en la carrera y sólo pudo acabar decimotercero.

- Gran Premio de Bélgica (tres sanciones): cinco puestos de sanción para la carrera por bloquear a Hulkenber (Force India) en la calificación, retraso de cinco puestos en Monza por saltarse el semáforo de salida y otras cinco posiciones de penalización por colisionar con Glock (Marussia).

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Maldonado fastest at Hockenheim

By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer at Hockenheim Williams driver Pastor Maldonado was fastest in a wet second practice session at the German Grand Prix.

The Venezuelan, winner of the Spanish GP in May , was 0.088 seconds quicker than Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg, with Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel third.

In the drier, but still rain-hit, first session, Jenson Button headed McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton by 0.498secs.

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Michael Schumacher crashed his Mercedes coming into the Stadium section in the closing minutes of the second session.

The German legend lost the rear of the car coming through the fast fourth-gear right-hander called the Mobil 1 Kurve and spun across the track into the wall.

"Basically I was not fully concentrated. I was on the radio and I was doing some other changes to the car, and touched the white line. That's it," said seven-time champion Schumacher.

"Cosmetically it looks [like] almost all four corners touched on the barriers, so that's not the nicest way, but the impact wasn't too big."

But he said he was confident of a good weekend.

"It's OK. Any time we've been out, we've been top end."

“Basically I was not fully concentrated. I was on the radio and I was doing some other changes to the car, and touched the white line. That's it”

Michael Schumacher BBC F1 technical analyst Gary Anderson said: "Last two minutes of the session and probably £200,000 worth of damage, so that will be an expensive night for Mercedes."

In the course of two sessions in tricky conditions, only two other drivers terminally lost their cars.

Toro Rosso's Daniel Ricciardo, in the second session, and Williams reserve driver Valtteri Bottas in the first beached their cars in the gravel after losing control during braking for the Sachs Kurve, the hairpin in the Stadium section.

Hamilton was two seconds off the pace of Button when the track was at its quickest and Anderson said McLaren would have to look at why that was.

Hamilton was also slower than Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, the world championship leader, when running in the wetter conditions towards the end of the session.

The teams were trying out upgrades aimed at improving performance, with greatest attention focused on McLaren and Lotus.

McLaren have introduced redesigned sidepods, aimed at improving airflow over the car and closing the gap in performance that has opened up between them and championship pace-setters Red Bull and Ferrari.

2011 - Lewis Hamilton 2010 - Fernando Alonso 2009 - Mark Webber 2008 - Lewis Hamilton Lotus were trying out their own version of the 'double DRS' straight-line speed boosting device pioneered by Mercedes at the start of the season.

Unlike the Mercedes system, the Lotus device does not work by ducting air from the rear wing to stall the front wing.

Instead, there are air intakes around the roll-over bar behind the driver's head and a new central pylon in the middle of the rear wing.

It appears air is taken in through the first, through the car and up the second, stalling the rear wing further and giving an extra boost in straight-line speed.

It is not yet known whether the device is linked to the DRS moveable rear wing system or - as seems more likely - operates when the car is going beyond a certain speed.

The system is being trialled this weekend and the team have not yet decided whether it will be raced.

If it is, it will only be on Kimi Raikkonen's car as it is too much work to fit it on team-mate Romain Grosjean's in time.

As far as McLaren were concerned, Button had said on Thursday that McLaren were optimistic they would be a step forward.

"Here we come with mechanical upgrades, aero upgrades, so hopefully they will work well. I have to believe they will, they're very straightforward, so we should put them on and go faster. It's a pretty good chunk.

4 - Michael Schumacher 3 - Ayrton Senna, Nelson Piquet 2 - Gerhard Berger, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Fernando Alonso "You'd have to say Ferrari and Red Bull are the two who have stepped forward compared to everyone else and I think that's just big updates.

"Ferrari have been consistently fast since Barcelona [in May], where they had a big update and their results have shown that.

"We haven't had a big enough update to be in the mix. Here should be that update and I hope it takes us back to the front."

McLaren sporting director Sam Michael said: "Today is all about testing them and so far it's looking pretty good. We have new sidepods and a few other things under the skin.

"Basically the undercut hugs closer to the car so you're not pushing the air so far out before it gets to the Coke-bottle area. It's just a much nicer solution."

Anderson said: "McLaren are pretty confident in their updates - they have decided to just believe in the wind tunnel."

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg will drop five places on the grid as a result of a penalty for changing his gearbox. Romain Grosjean of Lotus has the same penalty after changing his after the British Grand Prix.

Friday, 20 July: Second practice 12:55-14:35; BBC Radio 5 live sports extra & BBC Sport websiteSaturday, 21 July: Third practice 09:55-11:05 BST; BBC Sport website and BBC Radio 5 live sports extra. Qualifying 13:00; BBC Sport website and BBC Radio 5 live. Highlights 17:00 BBC Two and BBC HDSunday, 22 July: Race 13:00 BST; BBC Sport website and BBC Radio 5 live. Race highlights 17:30 BBC Two and BBC HD. Race highlights repeat 23:40 BBC One and BBC HD

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Pastor Maldonado profile

By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer

Inconsistency has been a charge levelled at Pastor Maldonado for much of his career, and this year has been no different.

Team: Williams Team-mate: TBA Nationality: Venezuelan Born:09/03/85, Maracay Grand prix debut: Australia 2011 In Australia, a sixth place in the opening race of the season was thrown away when he crashed chasing Fernando Alonso on the last lap.

He took a beautifully controlled and mature maiden victory in Spain - beating Alonso along the way - but then tossed away the chance of another strong result in Monaco with some inexplicable mistakes.

And just when he needed a steady weekend to get himself back on track, he had another poor race in Canada - and then was to blame for the incident that took Lewis Hamilton out in the closing stages of Valencia.

Maldonado won his seat at Williams last year because he was bankrolled by the Venezuelan government, by way of the state oil company.

But he has since proved that he has a bundle of natural talent, which more than merits a place on the grid. What he needs to do now is find a way to maximise it every weekend.

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