Raikkonen storms to victory as it rains in California

Kimi Raikkonen won the United States Grand Prix yesterday as both Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso failed to finish in Long Beach.

Raikkonen finally has the victory he’s deserved after reliability robbed him of victory in Brazil and a podium finish in Melbourne.

The race started in wet conditions, but dried half an hour into the race with most drivers taking on dry tyres at their first pit stop before the track was ready. This led to early leader Lewis Hamilton and challenger Fernando Alonso making unforced errors with the latter continuing a miserable early season run and crashing out of the race. One driver who did not change to dry tyres was Raikkonen’s team mate Grosjean who made excellent use of the intermediates to make his way through the field, eventually finishing in 4th place after a late clash with Pastor Maldonado whilst attempting to lap the Venezuelan.

Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel finished in the remaining podium positions with both struggling with their dry tyres on the wet track, whilst Brazil driver of the day Robert Kubica endured a horrible day, first being taken out by Grosjean early in the race and then, having made his way back up to a points paying position, being punted by TornadoF1s Daniel Ricciardo a few laps from home.

Race Result

POS	NUM	DRIVER NAME	NAT	TEAM	ENGINE	W	Race Time / Gap
1	11	Kimi Raikkonen	FI	FJR	Honda		1h 53m 47.427s
2	22	Nico Rosberg	DE	SCM	Ferrari	W	+5.121s
3	7	Sebastian Vettel	DE	Shake n Bake	Honda		+21.466s
4	12	Romain Grosjean	FR	FJR	Honda		+51.531s
5	3	Kamui Kobayashi	JP	Pedersen	BMW	W	+57.323s
6	8	Sergio Perez	MX	Shake n Bake	Honda		+57.860s
7	9	Nico Hulkenberg	DE	Mitchell	Toyota	W	+1m 03.591s
8	16	Adrian Sutil	DE	Andrew Racing	Renault		-1 Lap
9	15	Jenson Button	GB	Ajay	Cosworth		-1 Lap
10	19	Jean-Eric Vergne	FR	GR Motorsport	Renault		-1 Lap
11	6	Daniel Ricciardo	AU	Tornado	Ferrari		-1 Lap
12	17	Robert Kubica	PL	Andrew Racing	Renault		-1 Lap
13	20	Sam Bird	GB	Horizon	Honda		-1 Lap
14	2	Pastor Maldonado	VE	Willows Racing	Mercedes	W	-7 Laps
15	21	Robert Wickens	CA	Horizon	Honda		Didn’t Finish
16	5	Lewis Hamilton	GB	Tornado	Ferrari		Electrical
17	10	Jaime Alguersuari	ES	Mitchell	Toyota	W	Didn’t Finish
18	1	Fernando Alonso	ES	Willows Racing	Mercedes	W	Didn’t Finish
19	18	Sebastien Buemi	CH	GR Motorsport	Renault		Transmission
20	4	Bruno Senna	BR	Pedersen	BMW	W	Oil Leak
21	23	Lucas Di Grassi	BR	SCM	Ferrari	W	Didn’t Finish
22	14	Mark Webber	AU	Ajay	Cosworth		Water Leak

Drivers Championship

POS	NUM	DRIVER NAME	NAT	TEAM	ENGINE	PTS	WINS
1	22	Nico Rosberg	DE	SCM	Ferrari	28	1
2	5	Lewis Hamilton	GB	Tornado	Ferrari	18	1
3	7	Sebastian Vettel	DE	Shake n Bake	Honda	17
4	17	Robert Kubica	PL	Andrew Racing	Renault	12
5	11	Kimi Raikkonen	FI	FJR	Honda	12	1
6	12	Romain Grosjean	FR	FJR	Honda	7
7	6	Daniel Ricciardo	AU	Tornado	Ferrari	5
8	2	Pastor Maldonado	VE	Willows Racing	Mercedes	4
9	16	Adrian Sutil	DE	Andrew Racing	Renault	4
10	3	Kamui Kobayashi	JP	Pedersen	BMW	4
11	14	Mark Webber	AU	Ajay	Cosworth	3
12	8	Sergio Perez	MX	Shake n Bake	Honda	3
13	20	Sam Bird	GB	Horizon	Honda	2
14	9	Nico Hulkenberg	DE	Mitchell	Toyota	2
15	15	Jenson Button	GB	Ajay	Cosworth	1
16	1	Fernando Alonso	ES	Willows Racing	Mercedes	1
17	4	Bruno Senna	BR	Pedersen	BMW	0
18	10	Jaime Alguersuari	ES	Mitchell	Toyota	0
19	10	Nick Heidfeld	DE	Mitchell	Toyota	0
20	15	Tom Dillmann	FR	Ajay	Cosworth	0
21	18	Sebastien Buemi	CH	GR Motorsport	Renault	0
22	19	Jean-Eric Vergne	FR	GR Motorsport	Renault	0
23	21	Robert Wickens	CA	Horizon	Honda	0
24	23	Lucas Di Grassi	BR	SCM	Ferrari	0

Constructors Championship

POS	TEAM NAME	PTS	WINS
1	SCM	28	1
2	Tornado	23	1
3	FJR	19	1
4	Andrew Racing	16	0
5	Willows Racing	5	0
6	Ajay Motorsports	4	0
7	Pedersen	4	0
8	ShakenBake	3	0
9	Horizon	2	0
10	Mitchell	2	0
11	GR Motorsport	0	0

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