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[gotosy]

Hamilton takes the pole for the spanish GP
surprising Maldonado 2nd, Alonso 3rd

[gotosy]

Spain GP Qualifying



1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m21.707s
2. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m22.285s + 0.578
3. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m22.302s + 0.595
4. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m22.424s + 0.717
5. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m22.487s + 0.780
6. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m22.533s + 0.826
7. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m23.005s + 1.298
8. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault No time
9. Michael Schumacher Mercedes No time
10. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari No time


11. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m22.944s + 0.839
12. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m22.977s + 0.872
13. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m23.125s + 1.020
14. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m23.177s + 1.072
15. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m23.265s + 1.160
16. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m23.442s + 1.337
17. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m23.444s + 1.339

18. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m24.981s + 2.398
19. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m25.277s + 2.694
20. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m25.507s + 2.924
21. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m26.582s + 3.999
22. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m27.032s + 4.449
23. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m27.555s + 4.972
24. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m31.122s + 8.539

[RobH]

Fourth race on the spin McLaren have completely fucked up Hamilton's race.

How can you underfuel a car in qualifying? I've got a pocket calculator, I'll take the job of whoever was meant to work that one out.

And 0.5 a second quicker than the rest, they didn't even need to get close to the margins with his fuel!

Complete incompetence from McLaren. Again.

However, the FIA penalty is also ridiculous, given that only Q3 was affected. A 5-10 place grid penalty would've been fair, not exclusion from qualifying.

Edited by RobH, 12 May 2012 - 01:32 PM.

[gotosy]

What Mclaren is doing? It must be very frustrated for Hamilton

[gotosy]

Spain GP results


1. Maldonado Williams-Renault 1h39:09.145
2. Alonso Ferrari + 3.195
3. Raikkonen Lotus-Renault + 3.884
4. Grosjean Lotus-Renault + 14.799
5. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari + 1:14.641
6. Vettel Red Bull-Renault + 1:17.576
7. Rosberg Mercedes + 1:27.919
8. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes + 1:28.100
9. Button McLaren-Mercedes + 1:25.200
10. Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes + 1 lap
11. Webber Red Bull-Renault + 1 lap
12. Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1 lap
13. Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1 lap
14. Di Resta Force India-Mercedes + 1 lap
15. Massa Ferrari + 1 lap
16. Kovalainen Caterham-Renault + 1 lap
17. Petrov Caterham-Renault + 1 lap
18. Glock Marussia-Cosworth + 2 laps
19. De la Rosa HRT-Cosworth + 3 laps

[gotosy]

Major fire breaks out in Williams garage after Spanish Grand Prix





The Circuit de Catalunya pitlane had to be evacuated following the Spanish Grand Prix after a big fire broke out in the Williams garage.
The fire is initially believed to have been caused by an explosion in the area behind where the cars are worked on.
The pitlane was evacuated and firefighters and ambulances arrived at the scene. It is currently unclear whether there are any injuries.
Williams was still celebrating its first victory since the 2004 season, achieved by Pastor Maldonado moments earlier.
Force India's Otmar Szafnauer told Sky that one of his team's mechanics had been taken to the medical centre for smoking inhalation.
Williams said one of its mechanics was also in the medical centre, but was unsure about the injuries if any.


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