The Official Spanish Grand Prix Thread

It was a welcome return to the points for Sebastian Vettel, who managed to finish seventh on the back off a very well managed one-stop strategy. He raced for 36 laps on the soft tyre and was able to go to the flag while most of his midfield rivals followed the more conventional two-stop strategy Pirelli had suggested was the quickest ahead of the race.
But during the race we were given more revealing insight into how much Vettel's relationship with Ferrari has changed.
Having initially being told to push on those soft tyres, an instruction usually given before a call to pit for fresh tyres, Ferrari then told him it was considering going to the end of the race on those tyres - that strategy obviously requires a driver to be looking after his tyres, not burning through them.
Vettel's response over the radio was: "Ah, f--- sake! I asked you this before!"
While it can be stored in the vault of curious Ferrari strategy calls, fortunately the conflicting messages did not seem to have too much bearing on the final result.
Explaining his frustration, Vettel said: "It's quite simple, we didn't have anything to lose. We were P11 and trying to offset until the end of the race.
"We were catching the cars in front and then they pitted for their second stop, but I was not in a rush to catch them, managing my tyres, then I was told to push. Which I did, and then I was asked if I could make it to the end I said 'well, you could have asked that a couple of laps before', because I'd asked a couple of times what's the target and how long we want to go, so I could look after my tyres. I said we'll try to make it."
Vettel also admitted he still has work to do before he fully understands his recent struggles with the Ferrari, saying his first stint was still a struggle. Sure, it was only seventh position, but given how uncomfortable it was watching an all-time great struggle as Vettel did over the course of two race weekends at Silverstone, the fact Vettel's end result was positive is an encouraging sign.