Well, that was an interesting race from the beginning. I'm actually glad Webber won, since 2 wins in a row would put give Alonso too big of a gap (I want him to win his 3rd championship, but I also want an exicint championship until the end).
The Ferrari is fast now, no doubt. On hard tyres, Alonso was on equal terms with the Red Bulls, and Massa wasn't too far away either. They both drove well, a shame that Massa couldn't pull a podium here, but it's good to see him in good shape. Tyre strategy was a bit weird though, leaving the softs for the end and changing the first tyres barely a couple laps after some of the drivers with softs. I can't see how those tyres couldn't have taken a few more laps.
Red Bull is looking very strong, with a 1st/3rd. Webber played his cards well, and got a second win this year, and Vettel managed to climb up to 3rd.
Mercedes was completely disappointing, not competitive at all in this track in dry conditions. With rain they might have been in competition for the victory.
Lotus had again good pace, but they don't seem to capitalize on it. Grosjean was pretty unlucky though, and drove a great recovery race to get back to 6th position.
McLaren was absolutely horrible here. The pit stops were good though, no mistakes and fast overall, but they lacked the pace. Also, why did Hamilton do the first change so late, and then stayed like 6 laps on the softs before changing again? Button is at the bottom of a pit right now, and I still hope he can get out soon, because he's better than this.
Force India had their troubles, and it was a real shame that di Resta had to retire in the first lap in his home GP, specially since he was looking strong. Hulkenberg fought hard, but lost a points position when he made a mistake near the end.
Sauber were unlucky with Pérez's "race incident" and Kobayashi trying to emulate
Nakajima in his pit stop, which probably costed him a top 10 position.
Petrov couldn't even start the race (didn't even notice during the race since I started to watch it right at the start) and Kovalainen ended in his usual position.
Glock and Pic were in their normal positions too, between the Caterham(s) and the HRTs. And HRT didn't have any kind of pace here. De la Rosa tried to go for a 1 stop strategy, but it didn't work.
Senna had a decent race, took points, but he needs to get the qualifying right.
As for Maldonado...he needs a penalization (a real one), and he needs it soon. He's fast (a slow driver wouldn't have won in Barcelona) but he's reckless. If you punish him now, he might start driving more carefully, but leave it be and he will get even worse. And this incident wasn't intentional, of course, but he shouldn't try to defend on cold tyres, while on the dirty side of the track, in a corner that has a difficult entry. It just won't work. Pérez did the right thing, and left plenty of room for Maldonado, but he couldn't avoid his brain stopping working.
This was a good race again, but I think the excitement of the first races is starting to fade. Red Bull and Ferrari seem to have the best cars right now, with Lotus as a close third and Mercedes showing up if the conditions allow it. McLaren have lost the fight so far, but they certainly have the ability to get back to the top. Even with this, there are still 7, perhaps 8 drivers that still have a chance at the championship (slight chance for some, of course). I hope we can see mid-season twists to keep this interesting.
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