* Lap 1: Fernando Alonso – the first Spaniard to qualify on pole position for his home grand prix – makes a good start to lead team-mate Giancarlo Fisichella into Turn One. Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa retain their grid positions, third and fourth, but Kimi Räikkönen vaults from ninth to fifth ahead of Rubens Barrichello, Jenson Button, Jarno Trulli, Ralf Schumacher, Nick Heidfeld, Juan Pablo Montoya, Mark Webber, Scott Speed, Nico Rosberg, Vitantonio Liuzzi, Christian Klien, Franck Montagny, David Coulthard (in his 200th grand prix, at the track where it all started in 1994), Tiago Monteiro, Takuma Sato, Jacques Villeneuve (who started 22nd after two unscheduled engine changes ahead of the race) and Christijan Albers. Alonso pulls 1.4s clear of Fisichella, with Michael Schumacher another 1.6s adrift.

* Lap 2: Alonso extends his advantage to 2.2s. Coulthard passes Montagny for 17th.

* Lap 3: Monteiro spins at Turn Five and drops to the tail of the field.

* Lap 4: Alonso laps in 1m 18.084s to lead by 3.8s. Fisichella holds Michael Schumacher at bay while the leader escapes.

* Lap 5: Alonso posts a 1m 17.907s and extends his advantage by another second.

* Lap 6: Villeneuve passes Montagny for 18th.

* Lap 9: Alonso posts the latest in a series of fastest laps: 1m 17.268s.

* Lap 10: Alonso leads by 7.2s. The rest remain as they were. Sato spins at Turn Three and pits at the end of the lap. Team-mate Montagny peels in too. The Frenchman’s car is pushed into the garage.

* Lap 14: Alonso’s lead is up to 9.4s.

* Lap 15: Ferrari sends its mechanics into the pit lane… but neither driver peels in.

* Lap 16: Ralf Schumacher tries to pass Trulli at Turn One, but the Italian turns in and swipes off his team-mate’s front wing. Ralf Schumacher heads for the pits.

* Lap 17: Alonso pits and drops to fourth.

* Lap 18: Fisichella pits. Montoya spins into retirement at the exit of Turn Two.

* Lap 19: Massa pits.

* Lap 20: Michael Schumacher leads Alonso by 11.6s.

* Lap 22: Räikkönen pits.

* Lap 23: Leader Michael Schumacher comes in. He rejoins just ahead of third-placed Fisichella. Alonso is 10s to the good.

* Lap 24: Barrichello pits.

* Lap 25: Button pits and gets out ahead of team-mate Barrichello.

* Lap 26: Alonso leads by 10.3s. Fisichella runs wide at Turn Three and loses about five seconds, but he stays third. Speed pits.

* Lap 27: Trulli, Rosberg, Liuzzi and Coulthard pit.

* Lap 28: Webber and Klien pit.

* Lap 29: Heidfeld pits.

* Lap 32: The gap at the front remains about 10.5s. Räikkönen’s car sheds a piece of bodywork. Ralf Schumacher pits to retire.

* Lap 33: Half-distance. Alonso comfortably leads Michael Schumacher, Fisichella, Massa, Button, Barrichello, Heidfeld, Trulli and Webber. Villeneuve – yet to stop – is lapped, as are Rosberg, Klien, Speed, Liuzzi, Coulthard, Monteiro, Albers and Sato.

* Lap 35: Alonso is pulling away. He leads by 12.4s.

* Lap 39: Alonso sets a new fastest lap: 1m 16.723s. He leads by 13.4s.

* Lap 40: Alonso pits and rejoins third, just behind Fisichella.

* Lap 41: Fisichella pits and rejoins fifth, behind Raikkonen. Michael Schumacher leads Alonso by 8.6s. Barrichello stops for fuel and tyres as, finally, does Villeneuve.

* Lap 42: Massa sets a new fastest lap: 1m 16.048s.

* Lap 43: Michael Schumacher manages a personal best – 1m 16.922s. Massa pits and slips to fifth.

* Lap 44: Sixth-placed Button pits.

* Lap 46: Michel Schumacher and Räikkönen pit. Alonso resumes the lead and has more than 12s in hand. Trulli pits, too.

* Lap 47: Webber pits. So does Speed, but the latter has a technical problem and goes no farther.

* Lap 49: Rosberg makes his second stop, ditto Liuzzi.

* Lap 50: Heidfeld and Klien make their final stops.

* Lap 52: Alonso is pulling away at the head of the field, 14.5s clear of Michael Schumacher. Fisichella, Massa, Räikkönen, Button and Barrichello. The lapped Heidfeld is eighth, ahead of Webber, Trulli, Rosberg, Villeneuve, Coulthard, Klien, Liuzzi, Monteiro and Sato.

* Lap 53: Coulthard pits and drops to 15th. The closest battle in the midfield is between Trulli and Rosberg, who are scrapping for 10th.

* Lap 60: With six to go, Alonso leads by 17s. Rosberg is 0.2s adrift of Trulli.

* Lap 62: Webber is catching eighth-placed Heidfeld but is 2.3s in arrears.

* Lap 65: Liuzzi pits.

* Lap 66: The grandstands erupt as Alonso becomes the first Spaniard to win his home grand prix, 18.5s clear of Michael Schumacher. Fisichella, Massa, Räikkönen, Button, Barrichello and Heidfeld complete the points scorers. Trulli repels as last-lap, first-turn challenge from Rosberg to retain 10th.