Lewis Hamilton won a drama filled
Formula 1 Gran Premio de Espana Pirelli 2017 on Sunday, as Mercedes, Ferrari
and Red Bull all saw just one car make the finish at the circuit de Barcelona
Catalunya. Hamilton took the flag 3.4s ahead of the title rival Sebastian Vettel,
with Daniel Ricciardo a distant third.
It was Hamilton and Vettel best
encounter yet this year, as each had turns leading a very tactical race before
the Briton was finally able to overtake the German to score his 55th career
victory and the second of the season. It moves him within six points of Vettel
championship lead as they head to Monaco. An excellent afternoon for Force
India saw Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon finish fourth and fifth respectively,
with Nico Hulkenberg an equally impressive sixth for Renault. Carlos Sainz took
seventh in his home race for Toro Rosso, while Sauber celebrated their first
points of 2017 thanks to Pascal Wehrlein eighth place. Toro Rosso’s Daniil
Kvyat and Haas’s Romain Grosjean completed the top ten.
The race began with drama. Hamilton
and Vettel ran side by side down to Turn 1, with the Ferrari finally getting
the advantage as the Mercedes struggled with wheel spin. Behind them, Valtteri
Bottas in the second Mercedes almost got past Hamilton before tucking back in
behind him, but as the Finn rode up the inside kerb his car was edged into
contact with fellow countryman Kimi Raikkonen, to his left.
The Ferrari was in turn nudged into
Max Verstappen as he was trying to go round the outside in his Red Bull. The
Ferrari and the Red Bull were immediately eliminated with suspension damage,
while in another incident Williams’ Felipe Massa collided with Fernando Alonso,
who had made a slow start in his seventh-placed McLaren. Both continued, but
finished only 12th and 13th.
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