It was the first lap which would be the last for Raikkonen and Verstappen when they had a runing with the Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas on lap one. Bottas, Raikkonen and Verstappen started 3,4 and 5 respectively.
Hamilton would go on to win, with Vettel and Ferrari finishing second, while shoey boy himself Daniel Ricciardo took the third podium step.
Notice how I’m avoiding the Haas team? Well they would walk away with one point after Grosjean finished 10. Kevin Magnussen finished out of the points and in 14th position. One point is better than zero… which is how many Kevin Magnussen has to date for Haas. I hope we are not going to see the second coming of Esteban Gutierrez… I hope not.
For the Haas squad it was a solid race weekend. It was not especially exciting, and they only scored one point. But it was another mistake free race, and both cars finished the race distance. Let’s not forget the importance of getting the small things correct on a consistent basis. Being stuck in the mid field is like the purgatory of F1 hell. But we’re not at the back, and reliability has been fairly good for the Haas F1 Team. Magnussen qualified P11 and finished P14. Grosjean started P14 and finished 10.
So that is it for the Spanish Grand Prix. Haas is in 8th place of the constructors championship with 9 points.
Fuel up the yacht, it’s time for Monaco.