Spanish GP - Bridgestone - RaceFerrari’s Felipe Massa has won the Spanish Grand Prix after a dominant display under glorious blue skies at the Circuit de Catalunya. Massa notched up his second consecutive win of the season and Ferrari’s third after a strong start from pole
position. He defended his position from attack from
Fernando Alonso in the first corner and was unchallenged for the rest of the 65 lap race. Lewis Hamilton gained second place on the first lap and crossed the line in this position, 6.8 seconds adrift of Massa. It was his third consecutive second place finish in the Briton’s rookie season. Alonso registered third spot.
After investigation with the Toro Rosso team it was determined that Scott Speed suffered a left rear puncture. Investigation of the tyre revealed a cut in the centre of the tread.
Kees van de Grint, Head of Track Engineering Operations
“Up front it was business as usual today. All but two cars opted for the conventional strategy of medium, medium, hard. The exceptions were Speed who used the hard for his first stint and Alonso who used it for his middle stint, both for understandable reasons. It was clear that the medium compound had an advantage on the track today. It was good to see David Coulthard, Nico Rosberg and Takuma Sato score points. Unfortunately Scott Speed’s Toro Rosso had a puncture, but we could see from the data that everything was perfect until Turn 5 where there was a drop in pressure to as low as 6 PSI and the tyre gave up as it is not to be run at these levels. Investigation of the tyre showed a cut in the middle of the tread which caused the puncture.”
Tyre selection
Renault
Giancarlo Fisichella Medium – Medium – Hard
Heikki Kovalainen Medium – Medium – Medium – Hard
Ferrari
Felipe Massa Medium – Medium – Hard
Kimi Raikkonen Medium – DNF
McLaren Mercedes
Fernando Alonso Medium – Hard – Medium
Lewis Hamilton Medium – Medium – Hard
Honda
Jenson Button Medium – Medium – Medium – Hard
Rubens Barrichello Medium – Medium – Hard
BMW Sauber
Nick Heidfeld Medium – Medium – DNF
Robert Kubica Medium – Medium – Hard
Toyota
Ralf Schumacher Medium – Medium – Medium – DNF
Jarno Trulli Medium – DNF
Red Bull Racing
David Coulthard Medium – Medium – Hard
Mark Webber Medium – DNF
Williams Toyota
Nico Rosberg Medium – Medium – Hard
Alex Wurz Medium – DNF
Toro Rosso Ferrari
Vitantonio Liuzzi Medium – DNF
Scott Speed Hard – DNF
Spyker Ferrari
Christijan Albers Medium – Medium – Hard
Adrian Sutil Medium – Medium – Hard
Super Aguri Honda
Takuma Sato Medium – Medium – Hard
Anthony Davidson Medium – Medium – Hard
Source Bridgestone
