Pastor Maldonado redesigned the front of his Lotus and the Spanish crowd lapped it up as Sebastian Vettel’s miserable weekend continued.
Here’s how Saturday at the Circuit de Catalunya unfolded on Twitter.
Nice surprise for Monisha Kaltenborn – The @OfficialSF1Team wishes a very happy birthday! @Circuitcat_eng pic.twitter.com/zC4qVgAkLT
— Sauber F1 Team (@OfficialSF1Team) May 10, 2014
Practice 3
FP3 is go here at @Circuitcat_eng! Come on @OfficialSF1Team #F1 #SpanishGP pic.twitter.com/SBamzCI8XW
— Matt Jones (@MattJones91) May 10, 2014
A dramatic moment for @Dany_Kvyat in the middle of Campsa. #F1 pic.twitter.com/JkQJtKaW8v
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) May 10, 2014
Have you seen #SuperSutil‘s new helmet design yet? #Art #AntoniGaudi #SpanishGP pic.twitter.com/6tPiElWBVo
— Sauber F1 Team (@OfficialSF1Team) May 10, 2014
Can't remember seing #F1 cars sliding so much on new tires. Doesn't look like a lot of fun… 😁 #wheresthegrip
— Daniel Abt (@Daniel_Abt) May 10, 2014
Not for the first time this weekend, Chilton has come to a stop in a gravel trap. #F1 pic.twitter.com/9JwuxBDXVp
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) May 10, 2014
Final 5 mins and time for the quali sims – calculating energy recovery and full deployment over one lap
— Renault Sport F1 (@RenaultSportF1) May 10, 2014
You’ve got it on the wrong way round, @danielricciardo #F1 pic.twitter.com/iiBi5RcFJa
— Phil Duncan (@PhilDuncanF1) May 10, 2014
2 #F1 sessions trackside. Lacking sound of ‘grunt’; down changes too tame. But really great to watch in corners fast+ slow #difficulttodrive
— Maurice Hamilton (@MauriceHamilton) May 10, 2014
Felipinho Massa got a lovely present from his father’s team.
Is a very special t-shirt @MassaFelipe19 pic.twitter.com/zfqYAdVu64
— WILLIAMS RACING (@WilliamsRacing) May 10, 2014
Qualifying
Here we go then, 5 to go before a crucial qualifying session. Tricky place to overtake here, making today even more important. #F1
— Marc Priestley (@f1elvis) May 10, 2014
Pastor Maldonado and Lotus were confident heading into qualifying, but it all ended very soon.
Pastor has been pacey so far this weekend, what will qualifying hold? #SpanishGP pic.twitter.com/IRZxP66Upo
— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) May 10, 2014
Maldonado’s car gets away from him and makes contact with the wall. #F1 pic.twitter.com/mwBbjhOF7t
— F1 Fanatic (@f1fanatic_co_uk) May 10, 2014
#F1 driver takes liberties with track limits, keeps foot in, gets bitten. Just the way it should be
— Glenn Freeman (@glenn_autosport) May 10, 2014
Local man is out. Surprising number of empty seats in the main grandstand #SpanishGP pic.twitter.com/vlOQvxnFcs
— Daniel Johnson (@danielt_johnson) May 10, 2014
A power unit problem meant Kevin Magnussen could not set a time in Q2.
K-Mag leaving the garage for Q2. @McLarenF1 @TeamMcLaren pic.twitter.com/cRcx2nMUQ2
— Sarah Merritt (@Sareyware) May 10, 2014
Pit to Kevin: “Really sorry Kevin, but I’m afraid our session is over.” Kevin aborts, he has a technical problem: http://t.co/JaTuZVRc0K #F1
— McLaren (@McLarenF1) May 10, 2014
Interesting to hear the Spanish fans clapping and cheering Sebastian Vettel as he runs back to the pits after conking out.
— Ben Hunt (@benjhunt) May 10, 2014
Hamilton dodging around Vettel. #F1 pic.twitter.com/CDsYSlrX1x
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) May 10, 2014
Mercedes duly took another pole position, with Nico Rosberg second on the grid for the first time this year.
Rosberg does a 1’25.400 but Hamilton beats it – 1’25.232 for pole position! #F1
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) May 10, 2014
Great qually efforts from @valtteribottas and @RGrosjean. But look at that 0.7s gap from @nico_rosberg to @danielricciardo…
— Anthony Rowlinson (@Rowlinson_F1R) May 10, 2014
Good to see Kimi give ALO a run for his money, but Ferrari still doesn’t look good, very clearly 3rd best engine now, lots of work to do.
— Marc Priestley (@f1elvis) May 10, 2014
What an epic performance again today by @MercedesAMGF1 & @LewisHamilton He really is on it. Good to see Bob Bell in garage. Key man. #F1
— Mark Gallagher (@_markgallagher) May 10, 2014
After qualifying
Fernando Alonso was outqualified by a teammate today in Catalunya for the first time in 10 years #F1
— Sean Kelly (@virtualstatman) May 10, 2014
.@MassaFelipe19 I am disappointed with my lap today as I lost the rear in T10 after braking, its nothing to do with the car, it was my fault
— WILLIAMS RACING (@WilliamsRacing) May 10, 2014
Later, junior series were in action, GP2 and GP3 races taking place at the track.
Think you can’t win from 16th on the grid at @Circuitcat_eng in the dry? @JCecotto just did! #GP2 pic.twitter.com/an6TaMU6oV
— F1 Fanatic (@f1fanatic_co_uk) May 10, 2014
#GP2 Great to see Claire Williams & the @WilliamsRacing team at the podium to cheer reserve driver @FelipeNasr pic.twitter.com/1lGn1Wi51B
— Carlin (@CarlinRacing) May 10, 2014
Inter team battle between ROS & HAM is fun to watch. But the big fight tomorrow will be for 3rd with a few candidates eyeing up the podium.
— Allan McNish (@allanmcnish) May 10, 2014
Excellent first GP3 win for Red Bull Brit @alexlynnracing. Dr Marko looks pleased so that’s a good sign…
— Adam Cooper (@adamcooperF1) May 10, 2014
Good Qualifying today, P4 for the race. Lets get some good points tomorrow! @WilliamsRacing #SpanishGP #F1 #77
— Valtteri Bottas (@ValtteriBottas) May 10, 2014
Wolff revealed Red Bull objected to the cost cap idea because they didn’t want people digging into their accounts #f1
— Byron Young (@byronf1) May 10, 2014
Grosjean, Maldonado, Vergne, Hulkenberg and Sutil were selected at random to have anti-doping tests. #F1
— F1 Fanatic (@f1fanatic_co_uk) May 10, 2014
Mixed day. Happy to beat Koba in Q but as a team we are disappointed with our current performance..… http://t.co/OdAwzuUyy4
— Marcus Ericsson (@Ericsson_Marcus) May 10, 2014
Great performance from the team today, we have come with updates which are working well Tidy lap = tidy time #F1 #M4X pic.twitter.com/a4MRSJJvNq
— Max Chilton (@maxchilton) May 10, 2014
Feels good to be back in the top 10 ! Thanks to my guys for the hard work. De retour dans le top 10, merci à mon équipe. #lotus #r8main
— Romain Grosjean (@RGrosjean) May 10, 2014
P3 in qualy today. Those Mercs are smokin so doing the best we can for now. See what we can do tomorrow. All in all a pretty good day ✌️
— Daniel Ricciardo (@danielricciardo) May 10, 2014
F1 Fanatic on Twitter
F1 Fanatic has three Twitter accounts you can follow:
- F1 Fanatic: F1 Tweets straight from the editor including links to all new articles
- F1 Fanatic Live: Live F1 session coverage including team radio
- F1 Fanatic Update: Just links to new articles on F1 Fanatic – nothing else
2014 Spanish Grand Prix
- Vettel’s recovery run earns him Driver of the Weekend
- Spanish Grand Prix continues ratings rise since 2011
- 2014 Spanish Grand Prix fans’ video gallery
- 2014 Spanish GP Predictions Championship results
- Top ten pictures from the 2014 Spanish Grand Prix
Bradley Downton (@bradley13)
10th May 2014, 21:39
Regarding the Tweet where Ricciardo has his helmet on the wrong way, there has to be a joke there somewhere about how he’s beating Vettel with his eyes covered or something…
I’d just like to clarify I am by no means saying Ricciardo is better, just that I’m sure someone could make a joke there somewhere…
ElBasque (@elbasque)
10th May 2014, 21:54
If only i could sit this way i could see my teammate more often.
…
And what? youre not getting A-material for free
:P
ElBasque (@elbasque)
10th May 2014, 21:58
Re: the stands pic
I cracked a wry smile at the start of Sky’s broadcast when Lazenby used some generic line about how Spanish racing fans are some of the most passionate in the world. Where he got the word “racing” confused with “Alonso”, and forgot the caveat “when he’s at the front”.
Jarnooo
10th May 2014, 23:15
That was just the main stand. Some of the smaller ones were nearly empty.
Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
10th May 2014, 23:08
“Who wants some cake? Not you, Adrian…”
Serj
10th May 2014, 23:40
Original design for Felipe’s son T-Shirt was “Valtteri is faster than my daddy”.