Mark Webber took victory in style at the Spanish Grand Prix, leading the race from start to finish. Unfortunately for the Red Bull team, who had been dominant all weekend, it wasn't a 1-2 finish. Fernando Alonso managed to take second place for Ferrari, while Sebastian Vettel finished third after Lewis Hamilton had a crash towards the end of the race.
Vettel was the Red Bull driver under pressure though, with Lewis Hamilton breathing down his neck for the most part of the race. Hamilton even managed to make his way past Vettel during the pitstops. Hamilton managed to pit later, and retained position ahead of Vettel. Then Hamilton set off in pursuit of Webber, but a series of fast laps from the Australian resulted in a 16 second lead, which no one could chip away at. Unfortunately for Lewis, he crashed at Turn 3 due to a broken rim on the second-last lap of the race.
It was a good race for Michael Schumacher. The seven-time world champion finished a season-best fourth place. Schumacher managed to overtake reigning world champion, Jenson Button, on his way out of the pitlane. Schumacher then proceeded to defend a hard-charging Button, for the next 48 laps.
It wasn't a particularly good race for Schumacher's team-mate Nico Rosberg who finished in 13th place.
Results:
1. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1h35:44.101
2. Alonso Ferrari + 24.065
3. Vettel Red Bull-Renault + 51.338
4. Schumacher Mercedes + 1:02.195
5. Button McLaren-Mercedes + 1:03.728
6. Massa Ferrari + 1:05.767
7. Sutil Force India-Mercedes + 1:12.941
8. Kubica Renault + 1:13.677
9. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth + 1 lap
10. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1 lap
11. Petrov Renault + 1 lap
12. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari + 1 lap
13. Rosberg Mercedes + 1 lap
14. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes + 2 laps
15. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes + 2 laps
16. Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth + 2 laps
17. Trulli Lotus-Cosworth + 3 laps
18. Glock Virgin-Cosworth + 3 laps
19. Di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth + 4 laps
Fastest lap: Hamilton, 1:24.357
Not classified/retirements:
Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 43
Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 28
De la Rosa Sauber-Ferrari 19
Senna HRT-Cosworth 1
Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1
World Championship standings, round 5:
Drivers: Constructors:
1. Button 70 1. McLaren-Mercedes 119
2. Alonso 67 2. Ferrari 116
3. Vettel 60 3. Red Bull-Renault 113
4. Webber 53 4. Mercedes 72
5. Rosberg 50 5. Renault 50
6. Hamilton 49 6. Force India-Mercedes 24
7. Massa 49 7. Williams-Cosworth 8
8. Kubica 44 8. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 3
9. Schumacher 22
10. Sutil 16
11. Liuzzi 8
12. Barrichello 7
13. Petrov 6
14. Alguersuari 3
15. Hulkenberg 1
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