Spanish Grand Prix

[SteveB]

Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix – Qualifying

1. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m 16.173s
2. Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1m 16.213s
3. Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1m 16.305s
4. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m 16.612s
5. Max Verstappen Red Bull 1m 16.816s
6. Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 1m 16.818s
7. Kevin Magnussen Haas 1m 17.676s
8. Fernando Alonso McLaren 1m 17.721s
9. Carlos Sainz Jr. Renault 1m 17.790s
10. Romain Grosjean Haas 1m 17.835s
11. Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren 1m 18.323s
12. Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso 1m 18.463s
13. Esteban Ocon Force India 1m 18.696s
14. Charles Leclerc Sauber 1m 18.910s
15. Sergio Perez Force India 1m 19.098s
16. Nico Hulkenberg Renault 1m 18.923s
17. Marcus Ericsson Sauber 1m 19.493s
18. Sergey Sirotkin Williams 1m 19.695s + 3 place penalty
19. Lance Stroll Williams 1m 20.225s
20. Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso Did not set a time

[Petros]

Incident right at the start, at least 3 cars out. Was it grosjeans fought?

I don’t think it was his fault initially was he certainly didn’t help matters by keeping his foot planted in creating so much smoke.

[SteveB]

Romain Grosjean has accident at start. Pierre Gasly and Nico Hulkenberg also out. Being put down to cold tyres.
Sebastian Vettel has gone from third to second.

Safety car deployed.

[SteveB]

Lewis Hamilton now seven seconds ahead of Sebastian Vettel.

[SteveB]

Sebastian Vettel pits for tyres.

[SteveB]

Valtteri Bottas pits and it is slow. Sebastian Vettel is now in second after his pit stop.

[SteveB]

Kimi Räikkönen retires with technical problem.

[SteveB]

Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel could have come second, but they seem to have mishandled the pit stop strategy.

[SteveB]

May rain before race is over. Would be interesting.

[SteveB]

Hamilton still leads with ten laps to go. Bottas 2nd. Will it finish that way.

Looks like it. Sebastian Vettel will then be fourteen points behind.