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Vettel comes in from P6 for his drive through penalty, hes now P9 and Massa's now P16 after his.

 

Hamilton's currently P5, but his strategy seems to be one stop fewer than most of the others.

 

Button's just been passed by Kobayashi, who is attacking Rosberg now for P6 and thet're both catching Hamilton, who pits now. I think that puts him onto the same number of stops as the rest. He's P14 now.

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Vettel's just passed Button again and has now got Hamilton in his sights.

 

Kobayashi takes P5 from Rosberg as Rosberg locks up.

 

Vettel's now less than half a second behind Hamilton and a few corners later he slips comfortably past and now takes Rosberg.

 

Alonso's tyres seem to be dropping off, but Maldonado's seem to be holding out.

 

With only two laps to go Raikkonen's less than 2 seconds behind Alonso....but doesn't manage to make up the gap and finishes just point 4 of a second behind Alonso.

 

A few laps ago Webber managed to pop into 10th place, so both Red Bull's are in the points, though not quite as high as we usually see them.

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Garage fire sours Williams' win.

Spanish Grand Prix: Williams crew injured in pit fire

Williams's celebrations of first Grand Prix victory in eight years have been marred by injuries to four team members in a fire in the team's garage.

Three members of the Williams team were taken to hospital, while four Caterham mechanics were treated at the track's medical unit.

A Force India team member was also treated on the site after suffering smoke inhalation.

The incident is believed to involve a Kers unit, which sparked a fuel fire.

Caterham, who occupied the garage next to Williams in the Circuit de Catalunya pit lane, explained that one of those injured had a minor hand injury, with three others suffering respiratory issues.

Fire breaks out in the Williams garage

The fire began at the back of the Williams garage

A Williams spokesperson said: "Four team personnel were injured in the incident and subsequently taken to the medical centre. Three are now receiving treatment at local hospitals for their injuries, while the fourth has been released. The team will monitor their condition and ensure they receive the best possible care.

"The team, the fire services and the police are working together to determine the root cause of the fire."

The fire occurred after Williams's group photo commemorating Pastor Maldonado's victory , the Grove-based team's first since Juan Pablo Montoya's win in the 2004 Brazil Grand Prix.

Founder Frank Williams, whose family attended the race in celebration of his recent 70th birthday, was led to safety.

"I was there when [founder] Frank Williams was giving his speech to everyone," said Williams reserve driver Valtteri Bottas.

"I felt an explosion from behind, somewhere from the fuel area, and everyone ran out quickly."

Mechanics from several teams joined Williams's pit crew in attempting to extinguish the flames which sent smoke billowing across the paddock.

Maldonado's car was parked elsewhere awaiting post-race checks during the blaze, but the FW34 of team-mate Bruno Senna, who crashed out after 12 laps, was in the garage at the time.

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Q1

 

All cars pile out onto the track right away, there could be a few compromised situatioms coming up.

 

Perez hits the barrier, he loses a tyre and the session is red flagged. Looks like his qualifying is over as he's not able to get back to the pits unaided.

Also, as he's not set a time he'll be starting in P24 - as long as the stewards agree to let him in the race. (I'm sure they will.)

 

13:10 - 1 minute to go to the restart.

 

It seems that the front wheel that was hit by Maldonado in practice had failed and resuted in the crash that ended Perez' qualifying.

 

Vettel and Raikkonen are only P16 and P17, but are both running again.

 

Kovalainen goes to P17 and puts Raikkonen P18

Raikkonen goes to P5 so Kovalainen is P18 and Vettel is P17

Vettel goes to P4

Kovalainen runs again, but remains P18

 

Q1 drop zone

 

18. Kovalainen

19. Petrov

20. Glock

21. de la Rosa

22. Pic

23. Karthikeyan

24. Perez

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Q2

 

Di Resta, Picciardo and Senna are first out.

All the rest quickly join them. They're all on Supersofts except Grosjean.

 

Current drop zone:-

Vergne

Senna

Grosjean

Vettel

Ricciardo

Raikkonen

Kobayashi

 

Vergne hits the barrier and breaks his front wing which lodges underneath the car. He manages to limp back to the pits without halting the session.

 

Vettel runs from P14 to P9

 

Current Drop Zone:-

 

Hulkenberg

Raikkonen

Grosjean

Di Resta

Vergne

Senna

Ricciardo

 

 

Vettel and Kobayashi are P9 and P10

Hulkenberg goes to P8. Button, Vettel and  Kobayashi are P9,10 and11

Grosjean goes to P10,  Vettel, Kobayashi and Raikkonen all move down to P11 to 13

Vettel runs again and goes P8, pushing Hulkenberg, Button and Grosjean to P9, 10 and 11

Kobayashi runs to P10, Button and Grosjean go to P11 and P12

Grosjean now goes P8. Vettel, Hulkenberg, Kobayashi and Button move to P9 to P12

Raikkonen runs from P13 to P10, so Hulkenberg now joins Kobayashi and Button in the drop zone.

 

Q2 drop zone:-

 

11. Hulkenberg

12. Kobayashi

13. Button

14. Senna

15. Di Resta

16. Ricciardo

17. Vergne

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Q3

 

Rosberg comes out first, a few others soon follow.

 

Maldonado to P1

Grosjean to P1

Schumacher to P2

Rosberg to P1

Hamilton to P3

Webber to P3

Raikkonen to P7

Massa to P8

Vettel aborts his run

Alonso to P5

Webber to P1

Hamilton to P3 (again)

Massa to P6

Schumacher to P1

Grosjean runs from P5 - and stays P5

 

Final Qualifying:-

 

1. Schumacher

2. Webber

3. Rosberg

4. Hamilton

5. Grosjean

6. Alonso

7. Massa

8. Raikkonen

9. Maldonado

10. Vettel

11. Hulkenberg

12. Kobayashi

13. Button

14. Senna

15. Di Resta

16. Ricciardo

17. Vergne

18. Kovalainen

19. Petrov

20. Glock

21. de la Rosa

22. Pic

23. Karthikeyan

24. Perez

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Canada qualifying:-

 

Usual Suspects fell by the wayside in Q1

 

18. Kovalainen

19. Petrov

20. Vergne

21. de la Rosa

22. Glock

23. Pic

24. Karthikeyan

 

 

Q2 was less predictable and a few names DIDN'T get into Q3 that are normally expected to be there.

 

Maldonado hit the wall coming out of the last chicane and executed a lovely 360 degree spin, but his car was too damaged for him to continue and so fell to P17 by the end of the session.

At the end of the session several cars were making alast dash and who was in and who was out were changing rapidly. At one point both Force Indias appeared to be through to Q3, but in the end only one made it.

 

11. Kobayashi

12. Raikkonen

13. Hulkenberg

14. Ricciardo

15. Perez

16. Senna

17. Maldonado

 

Q3 and they're all out going hell-for-leather, but Button doesn't seem to be doing too well.

Di Resta comes in again without setting a time - is Force India settling for 10th again? All the rest have set times now, even if some of them are not that great.

Several are out running again in the last few minutes.

 

Massa to P1

Hamilton to P1

Vettel to P1

Webber to P3

Vettel runs again and sets an even faster P1

Alonso to P2

Rosberg to P5

Hamilton to P2 but he would still have been P2 even if Vettel HADN'T set an even faster time.

Di Resta P8 (Yay, they didn't just settle for 10th place!)

 

Final Results and grid positions.

 

1. Vettel

2. Hamilton

3. Alonso

4. Webber

5. Rosberg

6. Massa

7. Grosjean

8. Di Resta

9. Schumacher

10. Button

11. Kobayashi

12. Raikkonen

13. Hulkenberg

14. Ricciardo

15. Perez

16. Senna

17. Maldonado

18. Kovalainen

19. Petrov

20. Vergne

21. de la Rosa

22. Glock

23. Pic

24. Karthikeyan

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