Reuters

Raikkonen wins Spanish Grand Prix

Updated 16.09 Sun Apr 27 2008

Keywords: spanish grand prix, sport, kimi raikkonen, formula one

Reigning world champion Kimi Raikkonen won the Spanish Grand Prix but Lewis Hamilton managed to finish third.

Raikkonen led from start to finish in Barcelona and his Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa came second.

Kovalainen miraculously suffered nothing more than concussion

But the race was disrupted by a high-speed crash involving Hamilton's McLaren team-mate Heikki Kovalainen, who flew into a tyre barrier head on at 150mph.

The Finn suffered concussion and he was airlifted to hospital but there does not appear to be any danger that he will miss the Turkish Grand Prix in two weeks.

Martin Whitmarsh, McLaren F1 CEO, said: "He banged his head and has concussion, so as a precaution will undergo tests.

"There are no other visible signs of injury, although he says he is aware he has hurt his elbow."

Hamilton's third place finish keeps him in contention for the world title as he is nine points behind Raikkonen.

Hamilton said: "After two bad races, to be back on the podium is fantastic. It's a great relief.

"When we qualified fifth we knew it would be very difficult to match the Ferraris but we had a feeling Fernando would be lighter on fuel and that didn't cause us any troubles, then I tried to keep up with Felipe.

"In the last stint I pushed all the way to the last lap. It's at least good to be back."