Kimi Raikkonen increased his lead in the driver’s points table after securing a win in the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona. The Ferrari driver won pole position, snatching it from hometown hero Fernando Alonso who did not even finish the race retiring after 34 laps.

Ferrari is surely happy with their 1-2 combo of Raikkonen and Felipe Massa taking the first two positions trailed by McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton at third. The Brit (who now stands at second, nine points behind Raikkonen in the driver standings) is trailed by BMW Sauber’s Robert Kubica and Aussie Mark Webber in his Renault.

The race was not without incident with two appearances of the safety car. First in the first lap and second with Heikki Kovalainen losing control of his car (forcing him to retire). McLaren believes that a stone was lodged between the Kovalainen’s tire and wheel, causing decompression resulting in the crash. Kovalainen plowed into the tire wall amazingly escaping without apparent injuries.

A strong finish for team Ferrari yet again.

View the Spanish GP results after the cut.

1. Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari one hour 38 minutes 19.051 seconds
2. Felipe Massa (Brz) (Ferrari) 3.228 seconds behind
3. Lewis Hamilton (GB) McLaren-Mercedes at 4.187
4. Robert Kubica (Pol) BMW Sauber at 5.694
5. Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull-Renault at 35.938
6. Jenson Button (GB) Honda at 53.010
7. Kazuki Nakajima (Jpn) Williams-Toyota at 58.244
8. Jarno Trulli (Ita) Toyota at 59.435
9. Nick Heidfeld (Ger) BMW Sauber at 1:03.073
10. Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Force India-Ferrari one lap behind
11. Timo Glock (Ger) Toyota one lap
12. David Coulthard (GB) Red Bull-Renault one lap
13. Takuma Sato (Jpn) Super Aguri-Honda one lap
R Nico Rosberg (Ger) Williams-Toyota 41 laps completed
R Fernando Alonso (Spa) Renault 34 laps
R Rubens Barrichello (Brz) Honda 34 laps
R Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) McLaren 21 laps
R Anthony Davidson (GB) Super Aguri-Honda eight laps
R Sebastien Bourdais (Fra) Toro Rosso-Ferrari seven laps
R Nelson Piquet Jr (Brz) Renault six laps
R Adrian Sutil (Ger) Force India no laps
R Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Toro Rosso-Ferrari no laps

Source: BBC Sport