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Max Verstappen takes a dominant grand-slam victory in Barcelona ahead of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell taking Mercedes’s first steps towards recovery. Featuring Luke Smith from the Athletic.
The Mercedes car finally hits puberty, while Max Verstappen wins the championship for the third race in a row.
Max Verstappen takes a Barcelona grand slam, winning the race from pole having led every lap and setting the fastest lap of the race.
Max Verstappen scored a rare grand slam victory at the Spanish Grand Prix, leading every lap from pole and logging the fastest lap of the race on his way to a commanding 24-second victory.
Verstappen’s win was only very briefly in doubt at the start of the race, when a strong launch by front-row starter Carlos Sainz had them running side by side into the braking zone at Turn 1. But the Dutchman had the inside line, which forced the Spaniard to yield and concede the place and consolidate second.
Verstappen was rarely spotted after that, building enough of a buffer to comfortably hold the lead after his two pit stops and stamp his authority all over the race, extending his championship lead to 53 points.
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