 Nyora kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa28 Mbudzi 2012, Maldonado akachengetwa naWilliams kwemwaka, kwaakabatana neFinnish rookie Valtteri Bottas. Pakutanga kwemwaka, Maldonado akataura kuti chassis itsva yeFW35 yakanga iri danho rokudzokera shure kwataive tiri. Akakundikana kuzviita kunze kwekutanga chikamu chekugadzirira pamutambo wekutanga, iyo, uye akakodzera munzvimbo yechi17, nzvimbo imwe shure kweBottas. Maldonado akabuda munhangemutange pashure pemakumbo 24 uye nokudaro akarega. Mumutambo unotevera kuMalaysia, Maldonado akaita chikamu chechipiri chekukwanisa asi akabatwa nemvura zvinoreva kuti akakundikana kuisa nguva uye akatanga mujaho wechi16. Akanga achimhanya ari pachinzvimbo chegumi neshanu mumatanho ekuvhara emujaho paakasiya basa zvakare wechitatu mumutsara muMalaysia nekuda kwekutadza kweKERS. MuMonaco Grand Prix ya2013, Maldonado naChilton vakarovera apo Maldonado akakunda Chilton uyo akataura kuti akanga asina kuona Williams ari pedyo naye achipinda mukona uye izvi zvakabudisa mureza mutsvuku sezvo chipingamupinyi chakadzingwa muchiitiko ichi. Maldonado haana kukuvadzwa mutsaona. Muvhiki rakatevera chiziviso chokuti Maldonado aisazogara nechikwata cheWilliams muna, Maldonado akapomera chikwata chake kuparadza muWilliams. 