Gran Premio de Espana Telefonica - 07 May 2010 - 09 May 2010 |
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This was a great weekend for Mark Webber who won the Spanish GP. He had outpaced his team mate in all sessions to take pole position. He drove a flawless race.
"Today was a special day," Webber said. "No doubt about it and I'm very happy to capitalise on the pole position. It's an aggressive run in to turn one with the slip stream and the big head wind and I knew the guys would be arriving in the braking zone, so I needed to be very precise with everything into there. I had that covered and then settled into the race."
"I was very happy with how the first stint went and I had a nice clean pit stop. Everything went my way today, it was very good. It felt like the longest Grand Prix I've ever done though! With the other victories there has been a bit more going on as I wasn't always in the lead, but today was all about watching the lap board go down and my god, it just takes forever! It was so good to get the victory, I'm just stoked, absolutely over the moon. We had a good set up and the car felt good."
Vettel on the other hand had a very tough race. He just couldn’t get past Webber in the start and 15 laps to the end he lost the front brakes.
"Fifteen laps to the end," Vettel said. "I lost the front left brakes and had to back off. I was lucky as there was a gap to Michael (Schumacher) behind me. I don't know how to feel as third is not a bad position, but I think we had a difficult race today with some things happening that we didn't want. It's good to take some points, the car is fast, but it was difficult."
Alonso, on the other hand a perfect race. Though his car did not have enough aerodynamic downforce, he managed to come second thanks to Hamilton who suffered a tyre deflation going into Turn 3 on the penultimate lap.
"I am happy with getting this second place in front of my fans: I am happy for them," Alonso said " but especially for the team, who have worked so hard this weekend without making mistakes. It's true the result came in an unexpected way, but that's racing. We knew we could expect a difficult Grand Prix, because on tracks like this we still don't have enough aerodynamic downforce to fight for pole position and the win, even if the races are very long and that was confirmed yet again today."
Alonso’s teammate Felippe Massa had a very difficult race due to lack of grip. He just could not get past Button. But together, both the drivers got some solid points for the constructor’s championship. He finished sixth.
For Sutil it was a great race. He drove superbly. He had a great start, moving from 11th to 8th position. For Liuzzi, it was clearly a race to forget.
Liuzzi said "It was a difficult race starting from so far behind. We had a decent start but we struggled with understeer and then snap oversteer on the first stint with the softer tyres. I lost a little time getting away from the pit stop but then the balance with the hard tyres was getting better. By that point though we had got caught in the traffic because of the faster cars coming by."
It was very unfortunate for the Indian driver, karun Chandhok. He had a stint with Jaime which caused him to retire. He says "I am very disappointed with the outcome of the race. It's a real shame what happened with Jaime. I stayed out of his way, kept the car completely straight and he just turned left into me. I was really pleased with my race until then." Schumacher was doing his best to keep Button behind him. He managed to do it successfully and came 4th. The delayed pitstop by Button allowed Schumacher to steal his position.
When I rejoined the track," Button said. "I didn't know where Michael was. Into Turn One, he turned in - and if I hadn't backed out of it, we would probably have crashed. As everyone knows, it's almost impossible to overtake around here, and Michael was moving about a bit to make sure I couldn't get past."
The last 15 laps were the most exciting part of the race for the viewers and the fans out there. Now we head to Monaco in just seven days time. There would be very little time for adjustments that could be done to the cars. The street circuit is very challenging and we are sure to see a lot of action and glamour there.
"Today was a special day," Webber said. "No doubt about it and I'm very happy to capitalise on the pole position. It's an aggressive run in to turn one with the slip stream and the big head wind and I knew the guys would be arriving in the braking zone, so I needed to be very precise with everything into there. I had that covered and then settled into the race."
"I was very happy with how the first stint went and I had a nice clean pit stop. Everything went my way today, it was very good. It felt like the longest Grand Prix I've ever done though! With the other victories there has been a bit more going on as I wasn't always in the lead, but today was all about watching the lap board go down and my god, it just takes forever! It was so good to get the victory, I'm just stoked, absolutely over the moon. We had a good set up and the car felt good."
Vettel on the other hand had a very tough race. He just couldn’t get past Webber in the start and 15 laps to the end he lost the front brakes.
"Fifteen laps to the end," Vettel said. "I lost the front left brakes and had to back off. I was lucky as there was a gap to Michael (Schumacher) behind me. I don't know how to feel as third is not a bad position, but I think we had a difficult race today with some things happening that we didn't want. It's good to take some points, the car is fast, but it was difficult."
Alonso, on the other hand a perfect race. Though his car did not have enough aerodynamic downforce, he managed to come second thanks to Hamilton who suffered a tyre deflation going into Turn 3 on the penultimate lap.
"I am happy with getting this second place in front of my fans: I am happy for them," Alonso said " but especially for the team, who have worked so hard this weekend without making mistakes. It's true the result came in an unexpected way, but that's racing. We knew we could expect a difficult Grand Prix, because on tracks like this we still don't have enough aerodynamic downforce to fight for pole position and the win, even if the races are very long and that was confirmed yet again today."
Alonso’s teammate Felippe Massa had a very difficult race due to lack of grip. He just could not get past Button. But together, both the drivers got some solid points for the constructor’s championship. He finished sixth.
For Sutil it was a great race. He drove superbly. He had a great start, moving from 11th to 8th position. For Liuzzi, it was clearly a race to forget.
Liuzzi said "It was a difficult race starting from so far behind. We had a decent start but we struggled with understeer and then snap oversteer on the first stint with the softer tyres. I lost a little time getting away from the pit stop but then the balance with the hard tyres was getting better. By that point though we had got caught in the traffic because of the faster cars coming by."
It was very unfortunate for the Indian driver, karun Chandhok. He had a stint with Jaime which caused him to retire. He says "I am very disappointed with the outcome of the race. It's a real shame what happened with Jaime. I stayed out of his way, kept the car completely straight and he just turned left into me. I was really pleased with my race until then." Schumacher was doing his best to keep Button behind him. He managed to do it successfully and came 4th. The delayed pitstop by Button allowed Schumacher to steal his position.
When I rejoined the track," Button said. "I didn't know where Michael was. Into Turn One, he turned in - and if I hadn't backed out of it, we would probably have crashed. As everyone knows, it's almost impossible to overtake around here, and Michael was moving about a bit to make sure I couldn't get past."
The last 15 laps were the most exciting part of the race for the viewers and the fans out there. Now we head to Monaco in just seven days time. There would be very little time for adjustments that could be done to the cars. The street circuit is very challenging and we are sure to see a lot of action and glamour there.
Spanish GP: Race Report |
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