Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Yanayin Williams ya zama mafi muni a Koriya kuma Maldonado ya gama a matsayi na 14 bayan ya cancanci 15th. Ya sake samun nasarar shiga Q3 a Indiya
, amma kuskuren da ya yi a ƙoƙarinsa na ƙarshe ya bar shi a matsayi na 9 a kan grid. Gasarsa ta kasance abin takaici yayin da Kobayashi ya huda tayoyinsa bayan ya wuce direba Sauber. A ƙarshe ya gama a matsayi na 16. Maldonado ya koma ƙarshen ƙarshen grid a Abu Dhabi inda ya cancanci na huɗu, wanda ya zama na uku kamar yadda aka cire Vettel daga cancantar saboda rashin isasshen mai a cikin motarsa. Ya ci gaba da matsayi na uku a farkon farawa kuma yana gudana a daidai lokacin da motocin da ke kewaye da shi har sai da na'urar KERS ta kasa bayan lokacin farko na tseren aminci. Ba tare da KERS motarsa ta rasa hanzari ba kuma ya koma baya don ƙarshe ya gama na biyar. Maldonado ya gama kakar wasa tare da na tara daga na tara a kan grid a Amurka da DNF bayan faduwar zagaye na biyu daga na goma sha shida daga grid bayan hukuncin goma na wuri na uku bayan ya rasa gwajin ma'auni a Brazil, yayin da ya gama na goma sha biyar a Championship a maki 45, mafi ƙasƙanci a matsayin Championship ga direba wanda ya lashe tseren a lokacin kakar F1. Maldonado ya kuma sami horo 14 a duk tsawon kakar, biyar a gaban Sergio Pérez da Michael Schumacher, hukuncin Maldonado na grid don duka laifin tuki da sauye-sauyen gearbox sun kai 38 grid, 1.8 a kowace tsere.