Here’s how the Spanish Grand Prix unfolded through the eye of teams, drivers and media on Twitter.
Thursday
The teams arrived back in Europe for the first time in 2013, while Kimi Raikkonen made his feelings about any home advantage for Alonso abundantly clear
Jumping into action, here’s @rgrosjean, the #SpanishGP #BarcelonaTrackWalk is go #CatchTheBull twitter.com/Lotus_F1Team/s?óÔé¼?ª
— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) May 9, 2013
“@emiliaepi: Kiss for @valtteribottas #love twitter.com/EmiliaEpi/stat?óÔé¼?ª” Emilia has popped in to wish her man good luck this weekend!
— Williams F1 Team (@WilliamsF1Team) May 9, 2013
.@schecoperez with fellow Mexican driver @estebangtz prior to this afternoon’s FIA press conference. #SpanishGP #F1 twitter.com/McLarenF1/stat?óÔé¼?ª
— McLaren (@McLarenF1) May 9, 2013
The Boss twitter.com/dickiestanford?óÔé¼?ª
— Dickie Stanford (@dickiestanford) May 9, 2013
Here’s #Kimi and his 2014 livery thanks to @burn #ChaseTheBull twitter.com/Lotus_F1Team/s?óÔé¼?ª
— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) May 9, 2013
In full swing! #ChilledThirstday twitter.com/redbullracing/?óÔé¼?ª
— Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) May 9, 2013
Friday
Practice showed up more concern over Pirelli tyres durability for Paul Di Resta, but it was Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel that shared the spoils in the practice sessions.
Good Morning!Ran into a police control on my way to the track! Had to do a Alcohol test??! Result was of course 0.00?? twitter.com/NicoHulkenberg?óÔé¼?ª
— Nico Hulkenberg (@NicoHulkenberg) May 10, 2013
Grey skies and rain starting in Barcelona. How’s your day starting? #CatchTheBull twitter.com/Lotus_F1Team/s?óÔé¼?ª
— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) May 10, 2013
FIA scrutineering area twitter.com/McLarenFamily/?óÔé¼?ª
— McLaren Family (@McLarenFamily) May 10, 2013
3 minutes to go until FP1 in Spain. The rain has stopped but the track is wet so it’s not going to be the busiest session of the year….
— Caterham F1 Team (@MyCaterhamF1) May 10, 2013
Wet track means a wet box, so we’ve deployed the driers #CatchTheBull #BarcelonaGP twitter.com/Lotus_F1Team/s?óÔé¼?ª
— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) May 10, 2013
It’s #fp1 baby! Damp and spotting with rain #f1 #spanishgp twitter.com/guycaseley/sta?óÔé¼?ª
— Guy Caseley (@guycaseley) May 10, 2013
Here’s Jules talking to his Race Engineer Paul Davison twitter.com/Marussia_F1Tea?óÔé¼?ª
— Marussia F1 Team (@Marussia_F1Team) May 10, 2013
Mildly moist for #FP1 here for #SpanishGP #BarcelonaBaby twitter.com/F1isP1/status/?óÔé¼?ª
— Ellice (@F1isP1) May 10, 2013
Pastor back in the garage to prepare for his next run #FP1 #Barcelona twitter.com/WilliamsF1Team?óÔé¼?ª
— Williams F1 Team (@WilliamsF1Team) May 10, 2013
Hmm… drivers still using wet lines. Don’t think we’re going to see slicks this session…
— Karun Chandhok (@karunchandhok) May 10, 2013
Great to see the helmet camera making a return with @valtteribottas #F1
— F1 Fanatic (@f1fanatic_co_uk) May 10, 2013
My view right now…Vettel and the Red Bull. Anyone spot the changes? #f1 twitter.com/JennieGow/stat?óÔé¼?ª
— Jennie Gow (@JennieGow) May 10, 2013
Alonso reportedly being sued by a paparazzo. Not being funny but if I had my privacy invaded by those vermin I’d smack ’em in the chops too.
— Will Buxton (@willbuxton) May 10, 2013
Getting ready for the action, Mr @nico_rosberg #FP2 #F1 #Barcelona #BCN twitter.com/MercedesAMGF1/?óÔé¼?ª
— MERCEDES AMG F1 (@MercedesAMGF1) May 10, 2013
Voice asks: “Do u think that’s the best of the tyre?” Super-cool Sutil sounds like he’s sitting back & having a tea: “Yes I think that’s it”
— Sarah Holt (@sarahholtf1) May 10, 2013
High level PR talks in the Barcelona paddock @mercedesamgf1 @clubforce @lotus_f1team twitter.com/JRobertsF1/sta?óÔé¼?ª
— James Roberts (@JRobertsF1) May 10, 2013
#BOTTAS is back on track with just over 30 minutes remaining #FP2 twitter.com/WilliamsF1Team?óÔé¼?ª
— Williams F1 Team (@WilliamsF1Team) May 10, 2013
Great to see the #Barcelona grandstands packed for Friday’s Free Practice sessions at the Circuit de Catalunya. #F1 twitter.com/McLarenF1/stat?óÔé¼?ª
— McLaren (@McLarenF1) May 10, 2013
Saturday
Final practice seemed to confirm Alonso as favourite for pole, but the Mercedes pair came to the fore and locked out the front row of the grid for the second time this year.
“We LOVE the sound of wheelguns in the morning!” twitter.com/MyCaterhamF1/s?óÔé¼?ª
— Caterham F1 Team (@MyCaterhamF1) May 11, 2013
Time for #FP3 now down in the garage with Pastor twitter.com/WilliamsF1Team?óÔé¼?ª
— Williams F1 Team (@WilliamsF1Team) May 11, 2013
Surely McLaren need to be out on track #fp3 #f1 #spanishgp
— Guy Caseley (@guycaseley) May 11, 2013
Any idea what the circuit TV feed is trying to tell us? #CatchTheBull #FP3 twitter.com/Lotus_F1Team/s?óÔé¼?ª
— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) May 11, 2013
Both inside, and outside the car? Impressive #Kimi #CatchTheBull twitter.com/Lotus_F1Team/s?óÔé¼?ª
— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) May 11, 2013
Who’d like to live in that beautiful reddish villa on the little bluff between turns 1 and 5? A bit noisy but amazing view!
— Gary Hartstein (@former_f1doc) May 11, 2013
Guess which garage Alonso is in.#homehero twitter.com/AllanMcNish/st?óÔé¼?ª
— Allan McNish (@AllanMcNish) May 11, 2013
My fireproof pyjamas ready for qualifying @puma @williamsf1team twitter.com/ValtteriBottas?óÔé¼?ª
— Valtteri Bottas (@ValtteriBottas) May 11, 2013
Checo’s spare helmet sits in the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes garage as we gear up for Qualifying. Just 15 mins to go. twitter.com/McLarenF1/stat?óÔé¼?ª
— McLaren (@McLarenF1) May 11, 2013
Revealing info on @pastormaldo – he’s been shouting at a picture of himself with last year’s winning trophy to motivate himself for qually
— Andrew Benson (@andrewbensonf1) May 11, 2013
“The Sauber blocked me completely,” says Raikkonen. “He should get a penalty that was stupid.” #F1
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) May 11, 2013
Nico goes quicker! 1.20.718, Lewis P2, 1.20.972!!! Front row lockout BABY! #Q3 #F1 #Barcelona #BCN
— MERCEDES AMG F1 (@MercedesAMGF1) May 11, 2013
Pretty happy with today after limited laps over the weekend, Q3 was the target! Should have a good race car tomorrow.
— Paul Di Resta (@pauldirestaf1) May 11, 2013
Sunday
Buoyed by his home crowd support, Fernando Alonso cruised almost effortlessly to victory in Barcelona for the first time since 2006. Mercedes had a woeful afternoon, while Kimi Raikkonen’s second place closed the gap to championship leader Vettel to four points.
On display in the Brand Centre: Bruce McLaren’s original crash helmet from 1970. #mclaren50 twitter.com/McLarenF1/stat?óÔé¼?ª
— McLaren (@McLarenF1) May 12, 2013
Amazing crowd here in Barcelona, lots of British Flags around the track!Great support???? twitter.com/maxchilton/sta?óÔé¼?ª
— Max Chilton (@maxchilton) May 12, 2013
All set for the Spanish Grand Prix @gvandergarde twitter.com/MyCaterhamF1/s?óÔé¼?ª
— Caterham F1 Team (@MyCaterhamF1) May 12, 2013
twitter.com/dickiestanford?óÔé¼?ª
— Dickie Stanford (@dickiestanford) May 12, 2013
Do you remember the pre-Bahrain shirt worn by our mechanic Neil? twitter.com/clubforce/stat?óÔé¼?ª Guess what he is wearing today… #NeilsWisdom
— Sahara Force India (@clubforce) May 12, 2013
“OK Lewis rear-left reaching top of the window so look after it.” “I can’t drive any slower.” #F1
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) May 12, 2013
Lewis is currently struggling with his tyres. #F1 #Barcelona
— MERCEDES AMG F1 (@MercedesAMGF1) May 12, 2013
We’re getting a four-stopper with Pirelli’s ‘harder’ hard tyres – makes you wonder what it would have been like with the original tyres. #F1
— F1 Fanatic (@f1fanatic_co_uk) May 12, 2013
Romain in and out of car. Something amiss at back of car, we’re checking what #WontCatchTheBull twitter.com/Lotus_F1Team/s?óÔé¼?ª
— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) May 12, 2013
incident in the pit lane. #Hulk damaged his front wing. new front wing.
— Sauber F1 Team (@OfficialSF1Team) May 12, 2013
P1 for #Kimi again. We like.
— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) May 12, 2013
L64 Di Resta told: “OK Paul I will inform you when you are able to use DRS. When I say ‘DRS’, use it.” #F1
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) May 12, 2013
Grande vittoria di Alonso. Gara incredibile di Felipe.PROVA DI FORZA!Great win from Alonso. Incredible race of Felipe.PROOF OF STRENGTH!
— Scuderia Ferrari (@InsideFerrari) May 12, 2013
BRAVOOOOO!!!!!! twitter.com/SantanderGP/st?óÔé¼?ª
— Formula Santander (@SantanderGP) May 12, 2013
Impressive, typical Alonso, win, foundations laid with that stunning move at Turn Three on lap one. ALO v RAI v VET for the title. Obviously
— Andrew Benson (@andrewbensonf1) May 12, 2013
Alonso’s tyres looked by far the best this race. That’s pure driver+team effort! That might be (might have been) the key to win championship
— alex wurz (@alex_wurz) May 12, 2013
I told you yesterday it would be an interesting race…! Thank you for those extra tenths …! Maximum push! twitter.com/alo_oficial/st?óÔé¼?ª
— Fernando Alonso (@alo_oficial) May 12, 2013
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Joshua Mesh (@joshua-mesh)
14th May 2013, 11:16
Looks like Hulkenburgs passenger is holding a gun XD
Retired (@jeff1s)
14th May 2013, 12:45
haha lol. I’m sure the spanish officer didn’t even realized it was an F1 driver. He thought about a drug dealer driving a thug BMW
Novotny (@novotny)
14th May 2013, 12:17
Is that for real – they actually breathalysed him on the way to the GP?
mnmracer (@mnmracer)
15th May 2013, 8:19
They probably thought it was Kimi :lol:
AdrianMorse (@adrianmorse)
14th May 2013, 13:00
I missed this in the broadcast, but why was DiResta being told where to use the DRS at the end of the race? Hadn’t he been using it all weekend already?
safeeuropeanhome (@debaser91)
14th May 2013, 13:26
Presumably the beep in the driver’s ear that tells them when they can use it stopped working.
AdrianMorse (@adrianmorse)
14th May 2013, 13:02
A lot has been made of Hamilton’s “I can’t drive any slower”, but he said the same thing once already, in Valencia 2011, which was shortly followed by “I can’t drive any faster”, if I remember correctly.
uan (@uan)
15th May 2013, 2:25
thank you for that – I remember Hamilton saying exactly that, but couldn’t quite place the race.
SeaHorse (@seahorse)
15th May 2013, 10:14
With the general hate for the 2013 tyres, it is a lot easier to make Pirelli and 2013 spec tyres the villains by quoting these type of radio messages.
The tyres have an operating window and if your car punishes the tyres by making it work in a higher temperature you get higher degradation. Remember that we had graining when these tyres were tested in winter at much colder temperatures? If Merc/RBR fail to operate within the window then it is the problem with the designing of their cars. Period.
MNM101 (@mnm101)
14th May 2013, 13:57
is there a guy at Lotus who really resembles Kimi or am i missing something in that tweet ?
Nick.UK (@)
14th May 2013, 14:08
Maybe Force India should give their mechanics T-Shirts that read: “Keep calm, and don’t screw up the pit stop”
Bendanarama (@bendana)
14th May 2013, 15:10
Why do you want us to share tweets from the Australian Grand prix, @KeithCollantine?
DaveBanchero (@mfdb)
14th May 2013, 17:53
The headline of the article says “while Kimi Raikkonen made his feelings about any home advantage for Alonso abundantly clear”…
Am I missing something, what did Kimi do via twitter?
goofy (@goofy)
14th May 2013, 22:17
Dickie Stanford is using Skype durig the race? Conspiracy theory: Williams is using Skype to avoid the official team radio :-P
But still a great picture! Love it! So much information in it!
McBride (@mcbride)
14th May 2013, 23:57
Really enjoyed that piece Kieth. A great insider’s view – gotta love Twitter!
plushpile (@plushpile)
15th May 2013, 7:16
Much preferred the articles when the formatting included the pics and links to twitter profiles…
SeaHorse (@seahorse)
15th May 2013, 10:20
The way Lotus is using hash-tags for each race and considering the fact that Kimi is just 4 points short of Vettel, I am tempted to say that the hash-tag for next race in Monaco should be something like #TametheBull? :P