Spanish GP: Race - Re-Cap & Results

We hope everyone enjoyed the Spanish GP - It's time for the race re-cap.

No drama as the cars all lined up on the grid and waited for the lights to go out. All 22 started the race with a decently-clean first lap. After the last few races, it was a relief to see all drivers have a chance at the points without a first lap accident/spin.

Nico Rosberg was quick to speed away from the rest of the pack. He started on Pole and had no problem using it to his advantage as he left his team-mate, Lewis Hamilton far behind. However, Sebastian Vettel was on Rosberg's trail, closing the gap quickly and aiming to pass.

It was a so-so day for McLaren-Honda. Things has been looking quite promising for Fernando Alonso until a brake failure caused him to retire on lap 26. Team-mate, Jenson Button was able to finish the race but in 16th, making it the 5th race in a row that the team has failed to score points.

Things for Lotus were a bit chaotic as they had multiple tricky pit-stops. Maldonado had to come in and have a piece of his rear wing ripped off as it had been damaged and was swinging back and forth wildly behind the car. Grosjean's pit-stop was a bit different. The French driver pulled in a bit too quickly, causing a few of his pit crew to go tumbling. One suffered torn ankle ligaments and the other got hit in a very *sensitive* area with the car jack. Both however are alright. Although, Maldonado's race was ended on lap 45 due to a brake failure as well.

Throughout the race, Valtteri Bottas put up a huge fight against Kimi Raikkonen, doing his absolute best to defend his 4th position while aiming to catch up with Sebastian Vettel who was in third. Hamilton got in the lead when Rosberg had to take a pit-stop, but when it was Hamilton's turn, Rosberg quickly got back in first and aimed to take his first win of the Season.

For Force India it was a day better than expected after a not-so-great Qualifying left Hulkenberg and Perez starting 17th and 18th respectively. However, Sergio Perez was able to finish the race in 13th, just 3 places away from the points. Nico Hulkenberg finished in 15th.

Young rookie, Carlos Sainz had a late battle with Red Bull's Daniil Kvyat as the two fought for 9th place and the chance at 2 Championship points. During so, Carlos Sainz put all 4 wheels off track and when he re-joined, he did so ahead of the Russian, causing quite a stir. However, the stewards ruled out no further action and Sainz retained his 9th place finish.

Nico Rosberg brought home his first win of the Season, celebrating with the famous champagne on the lovely Barcelona-Catalunya podium. Lewis Hamilton finished in a close Second place while Sebastian Vettel got Third. Another rewarding podium for Ferrari and Vettel.

Now the teams (except Manor) will stick around in Barcelona for the 2 Day In-Season test. Not all the current drivers are running but we will have all that info up soon and be covering it LIVE on our twitter @F1Insider78 so give us a follow if you're interested.

Here are the race results.

RESULTS:

1. Nico Rosberg / Mercedes-Mercedes / Germany / + 25 Points
2. Lewis Hamilton / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain / + 18 Points
3. Sebastian Vettel / Ferrari-Ferrari / Germany / + 15 Points
4. Valtteri Bottas / Williams-Mercedes / Finland / + 12 Points
5. Kimi Raikkonen / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland / + 10 Points
6. Felipe Massa / Williams-Mercedes / Brazil / + 8 Points
7. Daniel Ricciardo / Red Bull-Renault / Australia / + 6 Points
8. Romain Grosjean / Lotus-Mercedes / France / + 4 Points
9. Carlos Sainz / Toro Rosso-Renault / Spain / + 2 Points
10. Daniil Kvyat / Red Bull-Renault / Russia / + 1 Point
11. Max Verstappen / Toro Rosso-Renault / Netherlands
12. Felipe Nasr / Sauber-Ferrari / Brazil 
13. Sergio Perez / Force India-Mercedes / Mexico
14. Marcus Ericsson / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden
15. Nico Hulkenberg / Force India-Mercedes / Germany
16. Jenson Button / McLaren-Honda / Great Britain
17. Will Stevens / Manor-Ferrari / Great Britain
18. Roberto Merhi / Manor-Ferrari / Spain 
RETIRED - Pastor Maldonado / Lotus-Renault / Venezuela / Brakes
RETIRED - Fernando Alonso / McLaren-Honda / Spain / Brakes

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Article Written By: Amy Hawk
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