For the first time this season, all twenty-four drivers finished the race in Valencia. Unfortunately, the race as a whole wasn't as much as a spectacle as there were so few incidents but there were a lot of battles for position.
From the start, Vettel and Webber got away cleanly but the Ferrari's both overtook Hamilton and Button was overtaken by Rosberg. Six laps into the race Button finally managed to pass Rosberg back into sixth but that was all Button managed to do throughout the race. Hamilton managed to overtake Massa on lap sixteen during the first set of pit stops, but from there Hamilton went through the race without any hiccups and arguments between him and the McLaren team about tyre wear meant he didn't compete for a podium.
Michael Schumacher came out from that first set of pit-stops and instantly collided with Petrov which resulted in the Mercedes car losing its front wing and ultimately ended Schumacher's hunt for any points. The stewards dismissed the incident much as we did the race. The only drama throughout the race was the battle for second between Webber and Alonso. Alonso managed to overtake the Red Bull on lap 21 but Webber pitted a lap earlier and it paid dividends as he over-took Alonso on lap thirty. But Alonso got his own back by doing virtually the same thing on lap forty-six to stop Red Bull from sealing a one-two. Race results in full:
1.Vettel (Red Bull), 2.Alonso (Ferrari), 3.Webber (Red Bull), 4.Hamilton (McLaren), 5.Massa (Ferrari), 6.Button (McLaren), 7.Rosberg (Mercedes), 8.Alguersuari (Toro Rosso), 9.Sutil (Force India), 10.Heidfeld (Renault), 11.Perez (Sauber), 12.Barrichello (Williams), 13.Buemi (Toro Rosso), 14.Di Resta (Force India), 15.Petrov (Renault), 16.Kobayashi (Sauber), 17.Schumacher (Mercedes), 18.Maldonado (Williams), 19.Kovalainen (Lotus), 20.Trulli (Lotus), 21.Glock (Virgin), 22.D'Ambrosio (Virgin), 23.Liuzzi (Hispania), 24.Karthikeyan (Hispania).
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