Formula 1: Alonso triumphs at home round
With Fernando Alonso taking victory, a local hero has won the Spanish Grand Prix. In doing so, the former World Champion, whose Ferrari is equipped with dampers by ZF, after 2006 clinched his second win in the Catalonian metropolis. The Spaniard benefited from a good start and from P5 immediately advanced to third place. On the 13th lap, he took the lead, which he progressively extended up to the end of the race.
Alonso relegated Kimi Räikkönen, who relies on a clutch by ZF in his Lotus-Renault, to second place. Alonso’s Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa completed the podium. In the overall standings, Räikkönen is trailing the front runner by only four points, followed by Alonso with a 17-point gap in third place.
A respectable success was achieved by Daniel Ricciardo.The Australian, whose Toro Rosso Ferrari is equipped with a clutch by ZF as well, managed the leap onto position ten.
Results GP Spain (E), round 5, FIA Formula 1 World Championship, 10.05-12.052013:
1 Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, 1h 39m 16.596s., ZF
2 Kimi Räikkönen, Lotus-Renault, + 9.338s, ZF
3 Felipe Massa, Ferrari, + 26.049s, ZF
4 Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault, + 38.273s
5 Mark Webber, Red Bull-Renault, + 47.963s
6 Nico Rosberg, Mercedes-Benz, + 40.263s
7 Paul Di Resta, Force India-Mercedes, 69.988s
8 Jenson Button, McLaren-Mercedes, + 79.506s
9 Sergio Pérez, McLaren-Mercedes, + 81.738s
10 Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso-Ferrari, - 1 lap, ZF
Drivers’ World Championship standings:
1 S. Vettel, 89 points; 2 K. Räikkönen, 85; 3 F. Alonso, 72; 4 L. Hamilton, 50; 5 F. Massa, 45; 6 M. Webber, 42; 7 R. Grosjean, 26; 8 P. Di Resta, 26; 9 N. Rosberg, 22; 10 J. Button, 17.
Manufacturers’ World Championship standings:
1 Red Bull-Renault, 131 points; 2 Ferrari, 117; 3 Lotus-Renault, 111; 4 Mercedes,72; 5 Force India-Mercedes, 32; 6 McLaren-Mercedes, 29; 7 Toro Rosso, 8; 8 Sauber, 5.
Other results:
Results Barcelona (E), round 1, Porsche Supercup, 10.05-12.05 2013:
1 Sean Edwards, Porsche, 26m 14.124s, ZF
2 Nicki Thiim, Porsche, + 7.346s, ZF
3 Michael Ammermüller, Porsche, + 8.924s, ZF
4 Kuba Giermaziak, Porsche, + 9.342s, ZF
5 Michael Christensen, Porsche, + 10.875s, ZF
6 Robert Lukas, Porsche, + 11.227s, ZF
7 Klaus Bachler, Porsche, + 11.820s, ZF
8 Jeroen Mul, Porsche, + 12.813s, ZF
9 Richie Stanaway, Porsche, + 14.088s, ZF
10 Ben Barker, Porsche, + 16.910s, ZF
Drivers’ standings:
1 S. Edwards, 22 points; 2 N. Thiim, 18; 3 M. Ammermüller, 16; 4 K. Giermaziak, 14; 5 M. Christensen, 12; 6 R. Lukas, 10; 7 K. Bachler, 9; 8 J. Mul, 8; 9 R. Stanaway, 7; 10 B. Barker, 6.