Lewis Hamilton was the biggest loser as the Circuit de Catalunya will host the Grand Prix of Spain on Sunday. The McLaren driver was dominant in second place behind winner Mark Webber, when a tire failure threw the barrier in the penultimate round.
It means that now only seventh in the drivers’ standings, 21 points behind his team mate and championship leader Jenson Button, who had a bad race in Spain behind Michael Schumacher.
If the tires of Hamilton had for two rounds, the British were now held only three points off the lead. be “It could have been (through) waste at the edge of speculation,” he McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh.
Webber aside, was the big winner on Sunday, the local hero Fernando Alonso, who not only benefits from a failure of Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, but also brake problem.
Alonso is just three points behind championship leader Button, Vettel and Webber, driving a car key, but only third and fourth respectively in the rankings.
is “Overall the weekend has been so-so for us, but in terms of performance fantastic,” Alonso said of Ferrari.
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 66 | 1:35:44.101 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 8 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 66 | +24.0 secs | 4 | 18 |
| 3 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 66 | +51.3 secs | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | 3 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes GP | 66 | +62.1 secs | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 1 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 66 | +63.7 secs | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 66 | +65.7 secs | 9 | 8 |
| 7 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 66 | +72.9 secs | 11 | 6 |
| 8 | 11 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 66 | +73.6 secs | 7 | 4 |
| 9 | 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 65 | +1 Lap | 17 | 2 |
| 10 | 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 65 | +1 Lap | 15 | 1 |
| 11 | 12 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 65 | +1 Lap | 19 | |
| 12 | 23 | Kamui Kobayashi | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 65 | +1 Lap | 10 | |
| 13 | 4 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes GP | 65 | +1 Lap | 8 | |
| 14 | 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 64 | Accident | 3 | |
| 15 | 15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 64 | Technical | 16 | |
| 16 | 10 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | 64 | +2 Laps | 13 | |
| 17 | 18 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Cosworth | 63 | +3 Laps | 18 | |
| 18 | 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 63 | +3 Laps | 22 | |
| 19 | 25 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin-Cosworth | 62 | +4 Laps | 23 | |
| Ret | 16 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 42 | Hydraulics | 14 | |
| Ret | 20 | Karun Chandhok | HRT-Cosworth | 27 | +39 Laps | 24 | |
| Ret | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 18 | Puncture damage | 12 | |
| Ret | 21 | Bruno Senna | HRT-Cosworth | 0 | Accident | 21 | |
| Ret | 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Cosworth | 0 | Gearbox | 20 |
Results Spanish Grand Prix…
Lewis Hamilton was the biggest loser as the Circuit de Catalunya will host the Grand Prix of Spain on Sunday. The McLaren driver was dominant in second place behind winner Mark Webber, when a tire failure threw the barrier in the penultimate round….
Results Spanish Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton was the biggest loser as the Circuit de Catalunya will host the Grand Prix of Spain on Sunday. The McLaren driver was dominant in second place behind winner Mark Webber, when a tire failure threw the barrier in the penultimate round….