Motor racing-Hamilton suffers as Mercedes drop from the top
BARCELONA, May 12 (Reuters) – Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton were right to be cautious after their Saturday Spanish Grand Prix high turned into another Sunday slump for Mercedes.
“It’s got to go down as one of the worst races I’ve had for a long, long time,” said 2008 Formula One world champion Hamilton after starting on the front row of the grid and struggling to 12th place and out of the points with four pitstops.
Alonso cheers while others curse
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Fernando Alonso and the army of Spanish fans cheering on his home grand prix victory owed Formula One tyre supplier Pirelli a debt of gratitude on Sunday even as others cursed the manufacturer.
“Alonso wouldn’t have won with last year’s tyres today because he had a puncture and it would have deflated,” Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery told reporters at the Circuit de Catalunya as he fended off criticism of the quick-wearing product.
Motor racing-Alonso cheers while others curse
BARCELONA, May 12 (Reuters) – Fernando Alonso and the army of Spanish fans cheering on his home grand prix victory owed Formula One tyre supplier Pirelli a debt of gratitude on Sunday even as others cursed the manufacturer.
“Alonso wouldn’t have won with last year’s tyres today because he had a puncture and it would have deflated,” Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery told reporters at the Circuit de Catalunya as he fended off criticism of the quick-wearing product.
Alonso turns up the heat with Spanish win
BARCELONA (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.
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.
For the record, the winner in Barcelona has started on pole 17 times in 22 years, not 18. The FIA forgot Damon Hill’s win from second in ’94
Alain Prost won in Spain with three different teams, but two of those victories were at Jerez.
I should rephrase that: Kimi would be first to win with three different teams in Barcelona. Others have won three times or more, of course.
If Kimi wins today, he’d be the first driver to win three times for three different teams in Barcelona.
A lot of pollen (or floaty stuff of some sort) blowing around in the air but otherwise looks like a fine day ahead.
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