The grid was dominated by BRAWN GP again, only S.Vettel managed to wedge between them and a great battle was to be expected. Rubens seized the lead immediately after the start and kept it for the most of the race. Right after the start there was such a chaos that SC had to be deployed, staying for almost 4 laps. 20 s, that was how long Toro Rosso stayed in the race, as both their cars retired because of a serial crash. Due to a different strategy J.Button exchanged Rubens in the lead. Ferrari, to my great dissatisfaction, again prepared pretty embarrassing show for the spectators, K. Räikkönen retired on the lap 48 and there was also a mistake directly in the race, when Felipe Massa, on a nice fourth position, had to let place by place to other drivers, as he was instructed to save fuel, finally coming sixth, running out of fuel 300m after the finish. I wouldn't be surprised if he had been crying in his helmet when he had to let Alonso in front of him. Shame, shame, shame. Wherever disappeared the dare and originality of the Ferrari cars???? Wherever went the organisation and technological wit. Probably to BRAWN GP. Ross Brawn is a keen fisherman, we call them "silent crazy men", I was one of them once. While fishing Ross spends enough time thinking of technology, team spirit and common sense to be able to teach the big teams a lesson or two. Though a Ferrari man myself, I like that a lot.
Starting grid of Spanish GP:
J.Button |
S.Vettel |
F.Massa |
R.Barrichello |
M.Webber |
T.Glock |
J.Trulli |
F.Alonso |
N.Rosberg |
R.Kubica |
K.Nakajima |
N.Piquet |
N.Heidfeld |
L.Hamilton |
S.Buemi |
K. Räikkönen |
S.Bourdais |
H.Kovalainen |
A.Sutil |
G.Fisichella |
The winner is, for the fourth time this year, J.Button, second Barrichello, third Webber. The R. Brawn's cars' dominance is more than obvious.
Classification after 5 races:
1. |
J.Button |
41 |
2. |
R.Barrichello |
27 |
3. |
S.Vettel |
23 |
4. |
M.Webber |
15,5 |
5. |
J.Trulli |
14 ,5 |
6. |
T.Glock |
12 |
7. |
L.Hamilton |
9 |
8. |
F.Alonso |
9 |
9. |
N.Heidfled |
6 |
10 |
N.Rosberg |
4,5 |
11. |
H.Kovalainen |
4 |
12. |
F.Massa |
3 |
13. |
K. Räikkönen |
3 |
14. |
S.Buemi |
3 |
15. |
S.Bourdais |
0 |
16. |
K.Nakajima |
0 |
17. |
A.Sutil |
0 |
18. |
N.Piquet |
0 |
19. |
R.Kubica |
0 |
20. |
G.Fisichella |
0 |
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