Lewis Hamilton wins Spanish GP

 

Lewis Hamilton took the world championship lead from Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg with a closely fought victory in the Spanish Grand Prix. 

Hamilton leads Rosberg by three points as his fourth win in a row finally made up the ground he lost by retiring from the season-opening Australian GP.
 
The Briton led from start to finish to win a tense battle with Rosberg, with the rest of the field far behind.

Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo was third and team-mate Sebastian Vettel fourth.

The world champion produced a superb recovery drive from 15th on the grid to finish ahead of Williams' Valtteri Bottas and the Ferraris of Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen.

Hamilton converted his pole position into a lead at the first corner and built a 2.6-second lead over Rosberg by lap 13.

But the German closed in to within 1.6secs over the next four laps until Hamilton made his first pit stop on lap 18.

"I wasn't fast enough really today," said Hamilton. "Nico was quicker. I had to rely on my engineers to tell me where I could find time and what the gap was.

"One more lap and I would have been close enough to give it a good go," said Rosberg. "I'm a bit gutted, but still second place and in a good position in the championship. There are many races to go.