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[darwin dali]

Neat summary!

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Lotus did a great job on the summary. Pole position is important in Spain - 24 wins from pole!

FP2 TIMES:

Pos Driver Car Time Gap Laps
1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m26.852s - 26
2 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1m27.260s 0.408s 37
3 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m27.616s 0.764s 35
4 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m27.780s 0.928s 36
5 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull/Renault 1m27.943s 1.091s 25
6 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso/Renault 1m28.017s 1.165s 32
7 Jenson Button McLaren/Honda 1m28.494s 1.642s 31
8 Valtteri Bottas Williams/Mercedes 1m28.525s 1.673s 39
9 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso/Renault 1m28.674s 1.822s 31
10 Felipe Massa Williams/Mercedes 1m28.712s 1.860s 36
11 Fernando Alonso McLaren/Honda 1m28.723s 1.871s 28
12 Romain Grosjean Lotus/Mercedes 1m29.086s 2.234s 14
13 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull/Renault 1m29.098s 2.246s 4
14 Pastor Maldonado Lotus/Mercedes 1m29.217s 2.365s 34
15 Felipe Nasr Sauber/Ferrari 1m29.333s 2.481s 37
16 Marcus Ericsson Sauber/Ferrari 1m29.361s 2.509s 34
17 Nico Hulkenberg Force India/Mercedes 1m29.601s 2.749s 38
18 Sergio Perez Force India/Mercedes 1m29.707s 2.855s 35
19 Will Stevens Marussia/Ferrari 1m31.929s 5.077s 30
20 Roberto Merhi Marussia/Ferrari 1m32.751s 5.899s 23

[sagi58]

Neat summary!

Truly!!

[myownalias]

So Hamilton couldn't make it five poles in a row, can Rosberg turn pole position into a win to turn the tide on Hamilton? Great quail from Carlos Sainz for fifth place, Ricciardo also starts behind team mate Kyvat, Ferrari best of the rest as expected, but look further adrift of Mercedes than previous races. Improvement for McLaren with both cars getting into Q2, but still well off the overall pace, maybe one of the McLaren duo can score a point.

[darwin dali]

Great quail from Carlos Sainz

[myownalias]

Great quail from Carlos Sainz

It took me a while to figure out what you were on about.... then I realized I wrote quail... I blame that on the Surface Pro 3 auto correct.

[CigarGuy]

SO excited that both "my" teams, Lotus and Mc!aren got through Q1, not so excited after Q2.

[darwin dali]

you must be pretty rich

[myownalias]

you must be pretty rich

No, but I do have a Best Buy store card and 12 months interest free credit!

[darwin dali]

And I stayed at the Holiday Inn Express last night...
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[gdh]

I only saw the last 3 minutes of qualifying but well done Rosberg. I heard that Kimi opted to not go with the updated aero pkg, wonder if he is regretting that decision now.

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Raikkonen had a set of mediums ruined by the tire warmers. As well he has gone back to the Bahrain set-up.

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2015/05/09/t ... ens-tyres/

[gdh]

Ok race, not a lot of excitment other than poor tire mngt decision by Ferrari and a few poor pit stops with Hamilton. Congrats to Rosberg, was in total control from the start. I hope that the new tracks that are to be built will have many more opportunities for overtaking. More races like these past 2 and Bottas may just secure a seat at Ferrari.

[myownalias]

I'm kinda disappointed to see Vettel losing out in the pit-stops, I would have liked to see the Mercedes duo split up, but Mercedes are clearly way ahead in the development game. Good solid performance from Bottas again to hold off fellow Finn and elder statesman Raikkonen. I'm surprised that Sainz was allowed to keep his ninth place given his crashi-bashi with Kvyat and making the move by going off track, but inconsistent stewardship is the M/O of the FIA. And Crashtor lived upto his nickname by breaking his rear wing battling with his team mate early on.