SPAIN GP – RACE RESULTS

Ferrari comes away from today’s Spanish Grand Prix at the Catalunya Circuit with a third and fifth place. Sebastian Vettel ran second in the first half the race, but had to give best to Lewis Hamilton after the second pit stop.

Vettel crossed the line in third place, managing the gap to Valtteri Bottas behind him. The Finn and his Williams were Kimi Raikkonen’s final target, after starting seventh and producing a spectacular opening lap to make up two places. Kimi continued to make up ground, closing right up to Bottas, but in the final laps, he had no real chance of getting past his fellow countryman. Victory went to Nico Rosberg. In two weeks time, the Formula 1 circus sets up camp for the most prestigious round of the championship, the Monaco Grand Prix. [ferrari.com]

Final Results:

Pos	Driver	Car	Gap
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1h41m12.555s
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	17.551s
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	45.342s
4	Valtteri Bottas	Williams/Mercedes	59.217s
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1m00.002s
6	Felipe Massa	Williams/Mercedes	1m21.314s
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull/Renault	1 Lap
8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus/Mercedes	1 Lap
9	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso/Renault	1 Lap
10	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull/Renault	1 Lap
11	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso/Renault	1 Lap
12	Felipe Nasr	Sauber/Ferrari	1 Lap
13	Sergio Perez	Force India/Mercedes	1 Lap
14	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber/Ferrari	1 Lap
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India/Mercedes	1 Lap
16	Jenson Button	McLaren/Honda	1 Lap
17	Will Stevens	Marussia/Ferrari	3 Laps
18	Roberto Merhi	Marussia/Ferrari	4 Laps
–	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus/Mercedes	Retirement
–	Fernando Alonso	McLaren/Honda	Brakes

DRIVERS’ STANDINGS:

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	111
2	Nico Rosberg	91
3	Sebastian Vettel	80
4	Kimi Raikkonen	52
5	Valtteri Bottas	42
6	Felipe Massa	39
7	Daniel Ricciardo	25
8	Romain Grosjean	16
9	Felipe Nasr	14
10	Carlos Sainz	8
11	Max Verstappen	6
12	Nico Hulkenberg	6
13	Sergio Perez	5
14	Marcus Ericsson	5
15	Daniil Kvyat	5
16	Fernando Alonso	0
17	Jenson Button	0
18	Roberto Merhi	0
19	Will Stevens	0
20	Pastor Maldonado	0

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QUOTES, VIDEO + STUFF

From ferrari.com – Kimi: “Overall, it has been a difficult weekend, but not a disaster and we learned a lot. In the race today we gained a few places, but I was not very comfortable with my car, as it was sliding around. Besides that, and for whatever reason, we are able catch the Williams but it’s very difficult to overtake them: they are very fast down the straights and once we get behind them, our car starts to be difficult to handle, much more than when you’re following other lapped cars. About the choice of going back to the ‘old’ aero package, I think it was good for all of us to be able to compare them on the circuit and I was prepared to run the risk. Maybe it would have been better with the new bits, that is probably the case, but at least now we know about it. So, for the next races, we have to do a better job and we need to have more clean weekends, without any issue, even a small one, to make sure that everything works. We know where we have to improve”.

From espn.co.uk – Kimi: “I think we learned a lot from going for two separate cars following yesterday and today so I’m more confident we can see things more balanced. Obviously in a test if you have a run coming up, you change a few things so sometimes the only way to do this and see the difference is to go with two cars at the same time on the circuit with different things. I think yesterday I prepared to take the risk and sacrifice a little bit myself and if we can learn and we can speed up our learning and knowledge then that will obviously help us.”

Video: Last lap of the race with Kimi Raikkonen chasing Valtteri Bottas

#Kimi7 passes Massa for 5th 👏🏼 #SpanishGP catching Bottas next pic.twitter.com/CHLrLO1B5Q

— KimiRäikkönenSpace (@EvenstarSaima) May 10, 2015

#Kimi: “WTF is this Marussia doing?!” #SpainGP http://t.co/uRw3Vr2uh0 😂😂😂 (gotta feel his pain though)

— KimiRäikkönenSpace (@EvenstarSaima) May 10, 2015

Race start replay https://t.co/86b1iMzobP #SpanishGP

— Ky (@FiftyBuckss) May 10, 2015

Analysis of the start https://t.co/oO3iVkpN1j #SpanishGP

— Ky (@FiftyBuckss) May 10, 2015

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