Formula 1 Webber Wins Spanish Grand Prix
Posted on May 10, 2010 by Harry
Mark Webber in Red Bull Racing was the winner of the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday May 9th near the beautiful city of Barcelona. The Red Bull’s driver dominated the event from the very beginning as in the qualifying session managed to secure the Pole Position.
Second, in the starting grid was his team mate, Sebastian Vettel while Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso were in the 3rd and fourth spot respectively. The race begun without any major surprises as we didn’t see many overtakes during the race. The action came just two laps before the checkered flag when Lewis Hamilton – who was at that point in second place – suffered a left front wheel tyre destruction and went of the track, crushing his car over the tyres wall. This promoted Fernando Alonso of Ferrari in the second spot and Sebastian Vettel on third spot. Vettel suffered also a tyres problem and he went into the pits to change tyres thus offered the opportunity of Alonso to steal his position.
The news regarding this race was the fourth place of Michael Schumacher who for the first time managed to be faster than his co-driver Nico Rosberg. The 7 times Formula 1 Champion drove excellently despite the fact that was chased for most of the race from Jenson Button and later on also from Felipe Massa.
This grand prix once more revealed the domination of Red Bull in qualifying sessions and in the race but also revealed that McLaren is the only team that can really hunt down Red Bull. Improvements forward made also by Ferrari and Mercedes and it will be interesting to watch who will manage to win the next Grand Prix in a week in the glamorous Monte Carlo of Monaco. The event is scheduled for May 16th at 14:00 GMT and there the car with the better aerodynamic design will have the advantage. It will be also very interesting to see how the new teams that are very slow, will behave on the narrow streets of Monaco.
Race Results:
1 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:35:44.101
2 Fernando Alonso Ferrari +24.0
3 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault +51.3
4 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP +62.1
5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes +63.7
6 Felipe Massa Ferrari +65.7
7 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes +72.9
8 Robert Kubica Renault +73.6
9 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth +1 Lap
10 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari +1 Lap
11 Vitaly Petrov Renault +1 Lap
12 Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari +1 Lap
13 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP +1 Lap
14 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes Accident
15 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes Technical
16 Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth +2 Laps
17 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth +3 Laps
18 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth +3 Laps
19 Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth +4 Laps
Ret Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari Hydraulics
Ret Karun Chandhok HRT-Cosworth Suspension
Ret Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari Puncture damage
Ret Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth Accident
Ret Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth Gearbox
Championship Standings After 5 Races:
| Pos | Driver Name | Team | Points | Wins | Podiums | Poles | Pos | Team | Points |
| 1 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 70 | 2 | 2 | 1 | McLaren / Mercedes | 119 | |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 67 | 1 | 3 | 2 | Ferrari / Ferrari | 116 | |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 60 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Red Bull / Renault | 113 |
| 4 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 53 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Mercedes GP / Mercedes | 72 |
| 5 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 50 | 2 | 5 | Renault / Renault | 50 | ||
| 6 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 49 | 1 | 6 | Force India / Mercedes | 24 | ||
| 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 49 | 2 | 7 | Williams / Cosworth | 8 | ||
| 8 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 44 | 1 | 8 | Toro Rosso / Ferrari | 3 | ||
| 9 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 22 | 9 | Lotus / Cosworth | 0 | |||
| 10 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 16 | 10 | BMW Sauber / Ferrari | 0 | |||
| 11 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 8 | 11 | HRT F1 / Cosworth | 0 | |||
| 12 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 7 | 12 | Virgin / Cosworth | 0 | |||
| 13 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 6 | ||||||
| 14 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 3 | ||||||
| 15 | Nico Hülkenberg | Williams | 1 | ||||||
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