Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Maldonado ya yi ritaya daga tserensa na farko, da, saboda matsalolin watsawa. A cikin, ya kasa kaiwa Q2 a cikin cancantar kuma ya sake ficewa daga tseren. Ya yi rikodin kammalawarsa ta farko a China, a matsayi na goma sha takwas. A gasar ya kai Q3 a karon farko, a karshe ya cancanci matsayi na tara don tseren. Ya sake shiga Q3 a Monaco, ya cancanci na takwas, kuma a tseren yana kwance na shida tare da zagaye biyar da suka rage, lokacin da ya yi karo da Lewis Hamilton, ya fitar da shi daga tseren. Daga nan sai ya juya daga tseren tsere a Kanada. Daga nan ya ci gaba da samun saurin cancanta mai ban sha'awa tare da saurin tsere mara kyau a Burtaniya, Jamus, da Hungary, gami da hukuncin tuki a ƙarshen don saurin gudu a cikin rami. A Spa a cikin cancantar, Maldonado ya shiga cikin wani lamari tare da Lewis Hamilton a cikin zagaye bayan Hamilton ya matsa masa lokacin da duka biyu ke cikin zagaye mai zafi. Maldonado ya bayyana ya tsallake Hamilton yayin da suka gangara zuwa Eau Rouge. Maldonado ya sami hukuncin grid biyar don ayyukansa kuma Hamilton ya tsawata. Amma a tseren ya ci maki na farko a Formula One tare da kammala na goma. Maldonado bai kara samun maki ba har karshen kakar, kuma bai kai Q3 ba har karshen kakar. An kara girman mummunan karshen kakar wasa a Abu Dhabi
; inda ya cancanci 17th kuma ya fara 23rd (bayan hukuncin grid goma-wuri don amfani da injin na 9), kuma ya yi aiki da drive-through, kuma daga baya hukuncin lokaci na 30 na biyu bayan tseren, duka don watsi da tutar shuɗi.