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May 12, 2013

Motor racing-Alonso turns up the heat with Spanish win

BARCELONA, May 12 (Reuters) – Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso rewrote the Formula One form book and turned up the heat in the championship battle by winning his home Spanish Grand Prix for the second time on Sunday.

The double world champion’s second victory of the season, and 32nd of his career, made him the first driver in 23 years of racing at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya to win from outside the top three grid positions.

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Rosberg leads Mercedes lockout with Spanish pole

BARCELONA (Reuters) – Germany’s Nico Rosberg put in a lightning lap to secure Mercedes’ third successive pole position on Saturday with team mate Lewis Hamilton sealing a front row lockout at the Spanish Formula One Grand Prix.

The pole was Rosberg’s second in a row after Hamilton, the 2008 world champion, took pole in China last month.

May 11, 2013
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