Spanish Grand Prix

Another exciting qualifying day. The new knockout qualifying seriously delivers excitement. This week saw another battle between Ferrari and McLaren. This week Ferrari came out on top. Massa pushed and came out on top of Alonso by a mere 3 hundredths.

As happened last year between Michael and Fernando - Q3 started with a chase. Hamilton maintained the lead and then the fuel burn off began. A bit of running around the track until first tire changes, right around 7 minutes left in the session. Then a few more laps around the course to set up for final hot laps on soft tyres. Everybody pitted with Alonso being the last on track. The setup was there for a big finish in front of the home crowd. The finish was very exciting - with everyone advancing their times during the last run to the line. Massa, Hamilton and Räikkönen all pushing - Massa finishing P1. Alonso had about 20 seconds before he reached the finish line. Very close - just came up short.