Tuesday, 15 May 2018

2018 Spanish Grand Prix Review

Review of the fifth round of the 2018 F1 season at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, on the outskirts of Barcelona, for the Spanish Grand Prix.

The race itself was a good race to watch and the race where Current Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton controlled it. Hamilton took the lead at the start with Valtteri Bottas and Sebastian Vettel behind him and didn't look back leading most of the laps to conclude with a race win in this seasons Spanish Grand Prix for Lewis Hamilton's second race win of the season.



While, Hamilton's team-mate and Valtteri Bottas finished in second place in the other Mercedes to give the team its first one-two finish of the season, Bottas was twenty seconds behind Hamilton at the end.

Meanwhile, Max Verstappen finished in third place in the Red Bull to complete the podium, Verstappen was twenty-seven seconds behind Hamilton at the end of the sixty-six lap race.

Highlights of the race below, enjoy.




Rate the Teams and Drivers

Mercedes - 8
Lewis Hamilton - 9 (pole, race win)
Valtteri Bottas - 8 (finished second)

Ferrari - 7
Sebastian Vettel - 7 (finished fourth)
Kimi Räikkönen - 7 (DNF, Turbo)

Red Bull Racing - 7
Daniel Ricciardo - 7 (finished fifth, fastest lap)
Max Verstappen - 8 (finished third)

Force India - 6
Sergio Pérez- 6 (finished ninth, two laps down)
Esteban Ocon- 6 (DNF, Oil Leak)

Williams - 4
Lance Stroll - 5 (finished eleventh, two laps down)
Sergey Sirotkin - 4 (finished fourteenth, two laps down)

Renault - 6
Nico Hülkenberg - 5 (DNF, Collision with Grosjean)
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 7 (finished seventh, lap down)

Toro Rosso - 5
Pierre Gasly - 6 (DNF, Collision with Grosjean)
Brendon Hartley - 5 (finished twelfth, two laps down)

Haas - 6
Romain Grosjean - 5 (DNF, Spun off/Collision with Hülkenberg)
Kevin Magnussen - 8 (finished sixth, lap down)

McLaren - 6
Fernando Alonso - 7 (finished eighth, lap down)
Stoffel Vandoorne - 6 (DNF, Gearbox)

Sauber - 6
Marcus Ericsson - 5 (finished thirteenth, two laps down)
Charles Leclerc - 8 (finished tenth, two laps down)


Next stop Monte Carlo for the Monaco Grand Prix in two weeks time.

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