Here’s your pictorial fix from the Spanish Grand Prix. You’ll get to see all sorts of things after the break, so long as all sorts of things are quality Formula 1 photos from the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya last weekend. There’s over 90 images so take your time and be sure to enjoy them all.
It’s the Lewis and Nico show in this press conference. And with five wins from five races for Mercedes AMG you can understand why.
There’s some interesting stuff in there from Lewis discussing different driving styles to Nico and Michael Schumacher, which may explain why his early struggles with the team. Clearly, that’s all in the past now.
Daniel does get a few mentions, it was his first legal podium finish after all.
Lewis Hamilton has cruised to his fourth straight grand prix win overnight, taking victory in the Spanish Grand Prix by 0.6 seconds from teammate Nico Rosberg. Cruised and 0.6 seconds don’t seem to go together but in this case they do. A clean start from pole by Hamilton and alternate tyre strategies meant Rosberg was never likely to challenge for the lead until the dying moments of the race.
And so it proved. Hamilton was never totally comfortable, especially in his middle stint, but it was only ever going to be his race to lose. While it makes for good copy and some nice headlines Hamilton was not seriously threatened for position. He now also overtakes Rosberg to lead the championship race.
Daniel Ricciardo finally has his first (legitmate) podium finish and continues his role as the intermeidary between the runaway Mercedes pair and the rest of the field. Sebastian Vettel finished fourth and reminded everyone along the way that he should not be considered a forgotten four-time world champion. His charge from P15 to claim fourth should earn him most “driver of the day” type plaudits.
Valtteri Bottas was consistent all race and would be more pleased with his P5 if he wasn’t despatched from P4 by Vettel late in proceedings.
Fernando Alonso was the last of the drivers on the lead lap and he ensured Kimi Raikkonen’s renewed Ferrari career continues to disappoint by taking P6 from the Finn with a few laps to go.
Romain Grosjean collected the first points for him and Lotus in 2014 with an eighth placed finish, ahead of the two Force Indias of Sergio Perez and Nico Hulkenberg.
Full results and championship standings can be read after the break.
Mark Webber has capped off a totally dominant weekend in the most perfect way by winning the Spanish Formula One Grand Prix in Barcelona. The Australian posted the quickest times in all three qualifying sessions yesterday to claim pole position and he had no equal during today’s race, leading from start to finish.
Webber set numerous fastest laps during the Grand Prix and won by 24 seconds over Fernando Alonso. Webber’s Red Bull Racing teammate Sebastien Vettel suffered braking issues late in the race and was forced to drive conservatively to nurse his car across the finish line. Vettel managed to hold on for third place more than 50 seconds behind Webber.
There was drama late in the race when second placed Lewis Hamilton suffered a left front puncture with less than two laps to go. On the previous lap Hamilton had set the fastest time for the race (1:24.357), but the incident forced him off the track and into a tyre barrier. The parochial Spanish crowd cheered mightily as Alonso inherited his former teammate’s second place position.
Speaking after the race Webber acknowledged the efforts of his team, “The team have just been incredible the week. Collectively, Renault and Red Bull, everyone just put a huge effort in—the driver did a little bit of his work as well—in the end it was a fantastic result and I’m absolutely thrilled.”
Webber’s third career GP victory and his first for 2010 moves him into fourth place in the title race. He now has 53 points, 17 behind current leader and defending champion Jenson Button.
The F1 circus back up immediately for next weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix and if Webber and Red Bull can continue their qualifying supremacy they should be well placed to register consecutive Grand Prix victories.
Stay tuned for a picture gallery of the Spanish Grand Prix to be added in the next 24 hours.
Mark Webber is back in his fancy Red Bull Racing computer game thingy. This time he’s giving us a preview of what to expect from this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix. Well, apart from lots of fans for Fernando and a tough race for car and driver.
You can see the video below after the break.