Complex sentence: Despite the newer tyres, neither Alonso nor Vettel were able to make an impression on leader Räikkönen who then hammered the point home by setting the fastest lap of the race on lap 56, which was his 23rd lap on the same set of tyres.
Split into simpler sentences: Despite the newer tyres, neither Alonso nor Vettel were able to make an impression on leader Räikkönen. Räikkönen hammered the point home by setting the fastest lap of the race on lap 56, which was the 23rd lap on the same set of tyres.