Spanish GP: Hamilton wins ahead of Rosberg and Ricciardo

Lewis Hamilton wins the Spanish GP 2014 and takes the lead in the world rankings. The pilot of the Mercedes, who started from pole position, maintained his position from the first to the last lap, managing to keep his teammate behind him Nico Rosberg, who crossed the finish line second. A continuous battle between the two with fast laps, which once again demonstrated the superiority of the silver arrows over their rivals.
Third place for Daniel Ricciardo's Red Bull, satisfied and aware that third place is the best his car can hope for at the moment.
The Ferraris of Alonso and Raikkonen, who chased each other until the end, finished in sixth and seventh place respectively.

chronicle – Linear departure in SpanishGP with Lewis Hamilton who darts away and keeps the lead of the group. Teammate Rosberg tries to gain first position but is forced to let the Briton go. Good start for the Williams di Bottas who gets in front of Ricciardo and thus gains third position. Kimi Raikkonen started well and maintained his position ahead of the other Ferrari driver. Of note is the loss of positions, from eighth to thirteenth, for Jenson Button's McLaren after a contact with the car of teammate Magnussen. Contact also for Maldonado and Ericsson: the Lotus driver will take 5 seconds of stop and go. After the first laps the top ten sees the two Mercedes in the lead, not too far from each other, followed by Bottas, Ricciardo, Grosjean, Raikkonen, Alonso, Massa, Hulkenberg and Perez.

La Red Bull di Ricciardo he immediately launches into the attack Williams di Bottas but after the first laps the Australian was called back by radio to save his tyres.

After the first ten laps the most interesting duels are at the back, with the big names busy moving up from their positions in the points.
On lap sixteen Grosjean is the first to return to the pits, immediately followed by the Ferrari di Alonso.
The first retreat is that of Toro Rosso di Vergne due to an exhaust problem after 31 laps. Then followed halfway through the race by Kobayashi's Caterham due to a brake problem.

Strategies for the various pit stops begin in the pits. Ricciardo he manages to earn third place and then maintain it until the end of the race and finish on the podium.
Alonso tries to overtake Kimi as he exits the pits but to no avail. The Spaniard will have to wait until the end to get ahead of the Finn.
In the race to the pits Hamilton manages to maintain the lead of the race, even if Mercedes Rosberg it will not exit the mirrors for the entire duration of the 66 laps.

Starting from fifteenth position following the penalty suffered for replacing the gearbox, Hag he is the protagonist of a masterful comeback and beautiful overtaking throughout the race.
In the second half of the race the Ferraris also fight to get closer and closer to the podium area but the fight will mainly be between the two men in red to finish one in front of the other.

With seven laps to go, Hamilton e Rosberg they also lap the last car, Grosjean's Lotus, and fly away. Behind them, two more duels keep the spectators with their hearts in their mouths: Vettel behind Bottas for fourth place and the two Ferraris fighting for fifth position.
With 2 laps to go Rosberg tries everything and gets closer and closer to Hamilton, Alonso launches himself on Raikkonen for sixth place and manages to snatch the position from his teammate. Also Sebastian Vettel with a beautiful overtaking he manages to move into fourth position ahead of Bottas' Williams and behind his teammate Ricciardo, third.

Last lap of SpanishGP for Lewis Hamilton who flies towards his twenty-sixth career victory.
After having also completed the last lap on Raikkonen's Ferrari, the Briton launches towards the finish line. Rosberg he can't help but follow him, settling for second place. The podium closes Ricciardo, ahead of the other Red Bull of Vettel, Bottas, Alonso, Raikonen, Grosjean, Perez and Hulkenberg to close the top ten.

F1 GP Spain – Results and order of arrival

Nina Stefanelli