Hamilton wins Spanish Grand Prix

In an extremely close battle between Hamilton and Vettel, Hamilton managed to just edge Vettel by 3.49 seconds in a thrilling race at the Gran Premio de Espana Pirelli 2017.

The race was amazing as both Hamilton and Vettel battled it out throughout with both of them having turns taking the lead through the race. Finally, at the end, Hamilton managed to overtake Vettel and at the end of the race, Hamilton goes 6 points over Vettel in the driver’s Championship.

Force India had a great race clinching 4th and 5th place at the end of the race. Nico Hulkenberg came in 6th for Renault and Carlos Sainz in 7th at his home ground.

“It’s been a really good weekend and a great way to bounce back from Russia. It was the rawest fight that I can remember having in a long-time. I loved it, this is why I race. This is what made me get into racing in the first place. This is what the sport needs to be like every single weekend. To have a close battle like that with a four-time champion is awesome. I lost out on the start and had to watch Sebastian fly by. He was so fast out in front and it was such a push to keep in touch with him and not let him pull away. I was able to manage my tyres in the first stint and keep relatively close, then it was tricky to keep up on the Medium tyre and then after the second stop. We came out so close together which was super tight into Turn 1. He didn’t give me much space, it was close! I thought Seb would get me at the end of the final stint but I was able to do it. I have to congratulate my team today, with the strategy and the pit stops, as well as everyone back at the factory that has worked so hard to deliver these upgrades, enabling us to be so close in this fight with Ferrari.” – Lewis Hamilton

Here are the full standings below.

POS	NO	DRIVER	CAR	LAPS	TIME/RETIRED	PTS
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	MERCEDES	66	1:35:56.497	25
2	5	Sebastian Vettel	FERRARI	66	+3.490s	18
3	3	Daniel Ricciardo	RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER	66	+75.820s	15
4	11	Sergio Perez	FORCE INDIA MERCEDES	65	+1 lap	12
5	31	Esteban Ocon	FORCE INDIA MERCEDES	65	+1 lap	10
6	27	Nico Hulkenberg	RENAULT	65	+1 lap	8
7	55	Carlos Sainz	TORO ROSSO	65	+1 lap	6
8	94	Pascal Wehrlein	SAUBER FERRARI	65	+1 lap	4
9	26	Daniil Kvyat	TORO ROSSO	65	+1 lap	2
10	8	Romain Grosjean	HAAS FERRARI	65	+1 lap	1
11	9	Marcus Ericsson	SAUBER FERRARI	64	+2 laps	0
12	14	Fernando Alonso	MCLAREN HONDA	64	+2 laps	0
13	19	Felipe Massa	WILLIAMS MERCEDES	64	+2 laps	0
14	20	Kevin Magnussen	HAAS FERRARI	64	+2 laps	0
15	30	Jolyon Palmer	RENAULT	64	+2 laps	0
16	18	Lance Stroll	WILLIAMS MERCEDES	64	+2 laps	0
NC	77	Valtteri Bottas	MERCEDES	38	DNF	0
NC	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	MCLAREN HONDA	32	DNF	0
NC	33	Max Verstappen	RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER	1	DNF	0
NC	7	Kimi Räikkönen	FERRARI	0	DNF	0