This was the team's first win since the 2004 Brazilian Grand Prix, 132 races ago.
Starting the weekend as a 300-1 outsider, Maldonado became the first Venezuelan to savour the winner's champagne, finishing just 3.1 seconds ahead of home favourite Fernando Alonso in his Ferrari.
And for only the second time in F1 - the other occasion in 1983 - there have been five different winners and five different constructors winning the first five grands prix.
As for Lewis Hamilton, demoted to the back of the grid with his qualifying times excluded after stopping on track due to running with low fuel, he managed to make a two-stop strategy work by finishing eighth in his McLaren, one place ahead of team-mate Jenson Button.
Vettel now leads the championship on countback from Alonso, with the duo tied on points, with Hamilton falling eight points down.
A very happy Maldonado, who only took one point for Williams throughout a wretched debut campaign, said: "It is a wonderful day, not only for me, but the team.
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