Formula 1 2013 : Spanish Grand Prix 2013

Fernando Alonso won the Spanish Grand Prix by nearly 10 seconds in a dominant performance in front of his home fans. Kimi Raikkonen finished second for the third straight race. Alonso's Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa started from ninth, but finished third ahead of defending champion Sebastian Vettel and his Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber. Mercedes had a disappointing day after Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton started on the front grid. Rosberg finished sixth and Hamilton drifted back to 12th and was a lap off the pace.

Ferrari's Felipe Massa and Sauber's Esteban Gutierrez will drop three places on the grid, having been penalised for blocking in qualifying. Massa has been hit with his penalty for impeding Red Bull rival Mark Webber between Turns 11 and 13 in Q2, while the stewards have opted to demote Gutierrez after the Mexican affected the end of Kimi Raikkonen's run in the opening phase of qualifying. After the penalties have been applied, Massa will drop from 6th to 9th, while Gutierrez will fall from 16th to 19th position

Mercedes will start the Spanish Grand Prix from the front row after Nico Rosberg had the fastest qualifying time ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton. Sebastian Vettel will start from third spot for Red Bull ahead of Kimi Raikkonen's Lotus. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, the local favourite at his home race, will start fifth and Felipe Massa sixth.

Sebastian Vettel won the Bahrain Grand Prix, easily beating Lotus drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean. It was a dominant performance for the Red Bull driver, who grabbed the lead for good on the 17th lap. In an action-packed closing phase, Paul Di Resta took fourth for Force India and Mercedes-GP's Lewis Hamilton and McLaren's Sergio Perez both overtook the Red Bull of Mark Webber on the final lap to finish fifth and sixth respectively. Ferrari had a dismal day with Fernando Alonso, who lost the use of DRS, only managing seventh and Felipe Massa down in 15th.

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg claimed the second pole position of his career and first since last year's Chinese GP at the Bahrain International Circuit. Sebastian Vettel was 0.254 seconds off the pace in his Red Bull, while Ferrari's Fernando Alonso will start from third on the grid.

Lewis Hamilton was fourth quickest, but will start from 9th position after he was penalised for an unscheduled gearbox change. Mark Webber was fifth fastest, with a penalty from last week's Chinese GP demoting him to 7th on the grid. That allowed Felipe Massa to climb to 4th, while Force India team-mates Paul di Resta and Adrian Sutil occupy the third row. Lotus' Kimi Raikkonen took 8th position.