Virgin Strike Back

Spanish Grand Prix

It might have been a bit of a dull race, but the results have certainly spiced up the Championship being fought by the new teams. Virgin are back in the game and Hispania are struggling again.

It was a bad start to the race for current leader Heikki Kovalainen, who didn’t even start the race after his gearbox failed to work. It wasn’t much better for Bruno Senna, who was hit in the rear during the first lap and retired.

A solid race for the rest of the drivers followed, with the only over drama was when Jaime Alguesuari cut back onto Karun Chandhok too early, making Chandhok lose his front wing. A lap later, Chandhok was out of the race.

Despite a good battle between former Toyota team mates Trulli and Glock towards the end, it ended pretty much as it started in the first place.

	Driver	Team	Race Pos.	Points
1	Jarno Trulli	Lotus	14th	10
2	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing	16th	6
3	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Racing	17th	4
4	Karun Chandhok	Hispania	Ret.	0
5	Bruno Senna	Hispania	Ret.	0
6	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus	DNS	0

Standings

Drivers

	Driver	Team	Points
1	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus	30
2	Jarno Trulli	Lotus	19
3	Karun Chandhok	Hispania	16
4	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Racing	14
5	Bruno Senna	Hispania	10
6	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing	6

Teams

	Team	Points
1	Lotus	49
2	Hispania	26
3	Virgin Racing	20