F1 Spain & quote of the day

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Well, all you Badger GP people who were hoping for points from Hamilton have just been nobbled.
It will certainly be interesting seeing him fight from the back of the pack.

Lewis Hamilton loses Spanish pole because of rules on fuel.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/18047760

Gary Anderson BBC F1 technical analyst
"Sometimes I don't think McLaren think on their feet."

Williams driver Pastor Maldonado said he was aiming to turn the first pole position of his career into his maiden win at the Spanish Grand Prix.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/18045055

 

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What a race and what a result....get in there Raikkonen..... :-bd
Who would have thought! Top five.. Williams, Ferrari, Lotus, Lotus, Sauber...... @-)

BBC There are some difficult scenes in the paddock at the moment where we're trying to understand what has happened over at Williams.
We're hearing that there may have been an explosion in the garage possibly started by a Kers fire.

Caterham driver Heikki Kovalainen on Twitter: "Couple of our guys got injuries, burns and maybe one broken wrist, no news on Williams guys I hope they're ok."
Force India on Twitter: "Thanks for your best wishes to the team member who bravely went to fight the flames. He is being checked out in the circuit medical

Man of the match.... Maldonado

1 Venezuela P Maldonado Williams
2 Spain F Alonso Ferrari
3 Finland K Raikkonen Lotus
4 Switzerland R Grosjean Lotus
5 Japan K Kobayashi Sauber
6 Germany S Vettel Red Bull
7 Germany N Rosberg Mercedes
8 Great Britain L Hamilton McLaren
9 Great Britain J Button McLaren
10 Germany N Hulkenberg Force India
11 Australia M Webber Red Bull
12 France J Vergne Toro Rosso
13 Australia D Ricciardo Toro Rosso
14 Great Britain P Di Resta Force India
15 Brazil F Massa Ferrari
16 Finland H Kovalainen Caterham
17 Russian Federation V Petrov Caterham
18 Germany T Glock Marussia
19 Spain P de la Rosa HRT
20 Mexico S Perez (ret.) Sauber
21 France C Pic (ret.) Marussia
22 India N Karthikeyan (ret.) HRT
23 Brazil B Senna Williams
24 Germany M Schumacher Mercedes

 

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Very sad end to what was a fantastic weekend for Williams.