Hamilton wins Spanish Grand Prix

Madrid May 14 (IANS) Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes on Sunday won the Spanish Grand Prix following a titanic battle against Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari who finished in second place.

Hamilton was able to make good use of the pole position he assured in Saturday s qualification in the Montmelo race circuit here reports Xinhua news agency.

Daniel Ricciardo finished in third place after Hamilton s teammate Valtteri Bottas retired with an engine problem while Force India s Sergio Perez was fourth a lap behind the three leaders.

Vettel got off to a magnificent start and went into the lead. Hamilton was in close pursuit and in the end the power of his Mercedes was enough to see him to victory. Although a tyre chance which allowed him to get a better grip on the circuit was also a factor in a win which moves him to within six points of Vettel in the drivers championship.

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