Raikkonen Wins Spanish GP

After a three week break, the F1 season resumed and Ferrari have picked up where they left off with their second 1-2 finish in a row with World Champion Kimi Raikkonen taking the chequered flag followed by team-mate Felipe Massa closely behind with Lewis Hamilton completing the podium.

For the last seven years the Barcelona Grand Prix has been won by the driver standing in pole position and Kimi wasn't about to let the run come to a halt. Despite the close times of the top drivers, the Flying Finn was always very comfortable with no real challenge coming from Massa for the lead.

Lewis Hamilton has had a troublesome few weeks after a disastrous Bahrain Grand Prix in which the Briton finished 13th resulting in a large amount of criticism coming his way. His third position came from a very solid race and could signal the return to form for last seasons runner up.

Things didn't go so well for his McLaren team-mate Heikki Kovalainen, who crashed out on lap 23 on turn nine when his MP4-23 suffered front left wheel failure sending the Finn into the tyre wall head on, fortunately he got away with a concussion.

The result extends Raikkonen's championship lead to nine points over Lewis who moves up to second, just one point ahead of Massa.

Full Results

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	1	Kimi R�ikk�nen	Ferrari	66	1:38:19.051	1	10
2	2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	66	+3.2 secs	3	8
3	22	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	66	+4.1 secs	5	6
4	4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	66	+5.6 secs	4	5
5	10	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	66	+35.9 secs	7	4
6	16	Jenson Button	Honda	66	+53.0 secs	13	3
7	8	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	66	+58.2 secs	12	2
8	11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	66	+59.4 secs	8	1
9	3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	66	+63.0 secs	9
10	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	65	+1 Lap	19
11	12	Timo Glock	Toyota	65	+1 Lap	14
12	9	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	65	+1 Lap	17
13	18	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri-Honda	65	+1 Lap	22
Ret	7	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	41	Mechanical	15
Ret	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	34	Engine	2
Ret	17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	34	Accident	11
Ret	23	Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	21	Accident	6
Ret	19	Anthony Davidson	Super Aguri-Honda	8	Radiator damage	21
Ret	14	Sebastien Bourdais	STR-Ferrari	7	Accident	16
Ret	6	Nelsinho Piquet	Renault	6	Accident	10
Ret	20	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	0	Accident	20
Ret	15	Sebastian Vettel	STR-Ferrari	0	Accident	18