GP Spain: Race

1. M. Webber, Red Bull, 1:35:44.101
2. F. Alonso, Ferrari, +24.065 secs
3. S. Vettel, Red Bull, +51.338 secs
15. V. Liuzzi, Force India, +2 laps

At today’s Spanish Grand Prix Tonio claimed the 15th position, one place up on his grid slot. After a promising start he lost some places after a early pit stop. During the race he had some fights with Sebastian Buemi and Nico Rosberg. However, he was unlucky to stop on the final lap of the race when his VJM03 lost power through the middle sector.

Tonio commented: “It was a difficult race starting from so far behind. We had a decent start but we struggled with understeer and then snap oversteer on the first stint with the softer tyres. I lost a little time getting away from the pit stop but then the balance with the hard tyres was getting better. By that point though we had got caught in the traffic because of the faster cars coming by.”

“Once they had all gone and we got some clean laps we could show a decent pace so we can be quite happy at this aspect. Ultimately the points were too far away as we had already lost so much time at the beginning, but that’s racing and we have to sit and understand what happened to the whole weekend as it’s been quite difficult all round. I’m now looking forward to Monaco in just a few days’ time.”