Top tweets from the Spanish Grand Prix

The Spanish Grand Prix was a hell of a race, with many drivers, including race winner Fernando Alonso, making four stops on their way to chequered flag. The home hero put on a brilliant race from 5th on the grid, overtaking Raikkonen and Hamilton in the opening lap and Vettel and Rosberg after the first round of pitstops to win 32th Grand Prix of his career. Kimi Raikkonen managed his tyres well on a three-stop strategy to finish 2nd while Massa took his first podium finish of the season having started the race down in 9th place. The two Mercedes struggled to maintain their tyres and finished 6th and 12th after starting the race from the front row. We review the ‘Tyre Grand Prix’ in 10 Tweets.

We aim for 2-3 pit stops. Today was too many, we got it wrong, too aggressive. We will make changes, probably from Silverstone.

— Paul Hembery (@PaulHembery) May 12, 2013

Victoria de Fernando Alonso en el GP de España. Hoy suena el himno de España en el Circuito de Cataluña. twitter.com/OrgulloNaciona…

— Orgullo Nacional (@OrgulloNaciona1) May 12, 2013

Drivers all wearing Pirelli caps. They’ll need to change those 4 times by the end of the podium. #f1

— Tim Neale (@TimJN1) May 12, 2013

Spanish GP: Alonso wins. No podium for Vettel. Mercedes fade. #F1 #SkyF1 #F1onNBC

— F1 Grid (@F1grid) May 12, 2013

Lewis sums up what’s currently oh so wrong with #F1…radio message “I can’t drive any slower”. Is that really what you want to see??!?

— Jake Humphrey (@mrjakehumphrey) May 12, 2013

And this is why #KimiRaikkonen is a role model #F1 @lotus_f1team twitter.com/Loose_Wheel_Nu…

— loosewheelnut.co.uk (@Loose_Wheel_Nut) May 12, 2013

#F1 Kimi Raikkonen’s fourth podium in five races in 2013 for Lotus. Mr. Consistant

— Formula 1 News (@Formula1_com) May 12, 2013

EJ, don’t ask Kimi questions that start “How do you feel about …” #F1

— Fake Charlie Whiting (@charlie_whiting) May 12, 2013

P2 for #Kimi in the #SpanishGP, now 4 points off the championship lead. We like. #CatchTheBull

— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) May 12, 2013

#SpanishGP Seb: “We need to catch up; we’re not going the pace of the car, we’re going the pace of the tyres.”

— Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) May 12, 2013