Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel held off a stern challenge from McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton to win a thrilling Spanish Grand Prix.
It was Vettel’s fourth win in five races, but the huge pace advantage Red Bull showed in qualifying vanished and Hamilton pressured him throughout.
Hamilton’s team-mate Jenson Button made one fewer stop in taking third.
Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso led the first 18 laps but faded to fifth behind Red Bull’s Mark Webber.
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Alonso fell further back throughout the race, but was well clear of the Mercedes of Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg, which were sixth and seventh.
Renault’s Nick Heidfeld was eighth, with the Sauber drivers Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi took the final two points positions. BBC Sport
the Sauber duo of Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi completed the top-10.
Heidfeld had to start from the rear of the 24-car field after missing out on Saturday’s qualifying session. His car suffered exhaust failure and then caught fire on track during the final practice. Stewards allowed Heidfeld to race due to his suitable lap time during free practice.
F1 returns to action next Sunday with the Monaco Grand Prix, which is the most prestigious event of the season. Toronto Sun
Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired 1 1 Sebastian VettelRBR-Renault Winner 2 3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes +0.6 secs 3 4 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes +35.6 secs 4 2 Mark Webber RBR-Renault +47.9 secs 5 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari +1 Lap 6 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes +1 Lap 7 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes +1 Lap 8 9 Nick Heidfeld Renault +1 Lap 9 17 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari +1 Lap 10 16 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari +1 Lap 11 10 Vitaly Petrov Renault +1 Lap 12 15 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes +1 Lap 13 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes +1 Lap 14 18 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari +1 Lap 15 12 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth +1 Lap 16 19 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari +2 Laps 17 11 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth +2 Laps 18 21 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault +2 Laps 19 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth +3 Laps 20 25 Jerome d'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth +4 Laps 21 22 Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth +5 Laps Ret 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari +8 Laps Ret 20 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault Accident Ret 23 Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth +38 Laps

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