Spanish GP: Double points for Williams Martini

The Williams Martini team would secure fourth and ninth places on the grid for the 2015 Spanish Grand Prix. Valtteri Bottas was ahead of team-mate Felipe Massa on the grid with both drivers starting on the medium tyre. The rest of the field were also on the medium tyre with some on new and others used. It would be a sixty six lap with the first stops expected around lap twenty three. On pole was Rosberg followed by Hamilton, Vettel, Valtteri, Sainz, Verstappen, Raikkonen, Kvyat, Felipe and in tenth Ricciardo. The field would move off on their parade lap.

The grid would line up and off they would go with Rosberg leading with Hamilton losing a place to Vettel with the Ferrari in second. Valtteri was fourth with Felipe having moved up one place to eighth. Felipe was able to pass Sainz for seventh while at the front Rosberg was leading Vettel by 2.2 seconds after lap four. Felipe would continue his move forward taking sixth from Verstappen. He was now behind Raikkonen with Valtteri still fourth but dropping away from Hamilton, 1.7 seconds behind after lap seven. Felipe was now 4.3 seconds behind Raikkonen after lap eight. Valtteri was now 3.6 seconds behind Hamilton with Rosberg extending his lead now 5.5 seconds ahead of Vettel.

Lap eleven and the order was Rosberg, leading by 6.6 seconds, from Vettel, Hamilton, Valtteri, Raikkonen, Felipe, Maldonado, Verstappen, Ricciardo, and Grosjean in tenth. Both Williams drivers were running very close together in their times as Valtteri was told that his tyres were looking good. Drivers would start to pit with Hamilton coming in on lap fourteen looking to undercut Vettel. But Hamilton's stop was delayed with the left rear corner slow to go back on. Valtteri was now third as on the next lap Vettel would pit coming out in front of Hamilton. Rosberg and Valtteri would pit the next lap seeing Raikkonen now leading. Valtteri was now running in fifth with Felipe sixth.

Raikkonen would pit on lap eighteen seeing Rosberg again leading from Vettel and Hamilton. Valtteri was again in fourth with Raikkonen now fifth. Raikkonen was now in the hard tyre while Felipe was still sixth. Both Williams drivers were again on the medium tyre for their second run. Alonso was in seventh but having yet to pit having completed twenty two laps on his set of medium tyres. Hamilton had been able to close in onto Vettel and tried to get past the Ferrari on the main straight but there was just not enough for him to get past. Alonso would pit on lap twenty three as Hamilton still tried to get past the Ferrari.

Valtteri was now 9.3 seconds behind Hamilton while Felipe was 2.1 seconds behind Raikkonen. Valtteri was extending his lead over Raikkonen while Felipe's gap to the Ferrari was remaining static. Rosberg's lead was now 7.2 seconds over Vettel with Hamilton 1.0 second behind the Ferrari. Valtteri would come on the radio to say that there was slightly more degradation of his rear tyres. Hamilton would pit on lap thirty four looking to get the undercut on Vettel. Valtteri was now third with Hamilton back out on the hard tyre. Felipe had also pitted taking on the hard tyre while Hamilton had passed Raikkonen for fourth. Hamilton was 7.2 seconds behind Valtteri with thirty six laps completed. Rosberg was told to keep pushing while Hamilton would get past Valtteri with the Williams driver on a very worn set of medium tyres. Vettel would pit on lap forty two seeing Hamilton now second. Vettel would come back out in fourth while Valtteri would again move back into third.

Raikkonen would pit from fifth on lap forty three with Valtteri pitting on lap forty four. This would see Valtteri fourth and Felipe fifth with both Williams drivers were now running on the hard tyre. In sixth was Raikkonen and he was now on the medium tyre and was 4.8 seconds behind Felipe. Rosberg would pit on lap forty six having completed thirty laps on the medium tyres. He would take on the hard tyre coming out in second behind Hamilton by 2.6 seconds. Raikkonen would pass Felipe for fifth seeing Felipe pit again on lap fifty remaining in sixth. Rosberg was closing in onto Hamilton but for Hamilton his concern was Vettel. Raikkonen was now 5.5 seconds behind Valtteri as Hamilton pitted on lap fifty three. Hamilton was back out on the medium tyre and was able t get ahead of Vettel in Turn one.

Rosberg was now comfortably ahead of Hamilton with Vettel third followed by Valtetri, Raikkonen, Felipe, Ricciardo, Grosjean, Kvyat, and Verstappen in tenth. Vettel would say on his radio that his strategy was ruined by traffic. Lap fifty seven and Rosberg was leading by 17.2 seconds but for Williams Valtteri was only 1.4 seconds ahead of Raikkonen with eight laps remaining. Raikkonen would continue to close in onto Valtteri but the Williams drivers continued to keep the Ferrari behind. The final laps would be completed and it would be Rosberg who would take a dominate win from team-mate Hamilton and Vettel. For the Williams Martini team they would see Valtteri and Felipe finish in fourth and sixth, another double points scoring finish for the team. Valtteri did a great job keeping Raikkonen behind in the closing stages and for Felipe it was another good result seeing him move forward from his qualifying.