RACE REPORT
L
ewis Hamilton won the Spanish Grand Prix from pole position to cut
Sebastian Vettel’s overall lead in the Formula 1 world championship to six
points with a quarter of the season completed.
The Mercedes driver’s 55th career win, was hard-fought and tense with
Ferrari’s Vettel seizing the lead at the start and remained in the hunt all the way to
the finish as the tyre strategies played a decisive role in the final result.
Hamilton took the chequered flag 3.4 seconds clear of the Vettel, who did
all he could to beat him but in the end fell short as the Mercedes driver made his