Spanish Grand Prix stays with Verstappen

The tenth stage of the Formulation 1 world championship, the Spanish Grand Prix, turned out to be thrilling, however on the Barcelona circuit all of it ended with a traditional final result – the victory of the Dutch Purple Bull driver Max Verstappen, already the seventh of the season.

The beginning turned out to be probably the most attention-grabbing – whereas everybody was questioning who might be stronger within the duel between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris (McLaren), in apply, Mercedes driver George Russell was the very best within the first meters of the gap. In the course of the lengthy acceleration to the primary flip, he “caught a niche” from the grappling leaders, following which fell out on the outer radius in time and immediately discovered himself forward of everybody – from fourth place to first. Nicely, Norris let Verstappen cross following an unsuccessful try to dam him.

Nevertheless, Russell didn’t lead the peloton for lengthy; Already on the third lap, Verstappen handed the Mercedes fairly simply, having obtained directions from the pits that now might be the very best probability for this. Because of this, Verstappen was the very best following 66 laps. Norris (greater than two seconds behind) and Briton Lewis Hamilton (plus 18 seconds) had been on the rostrum. The following, eleventh stage of the World Championship, the Austrian Grand Prix, will happen on the Spielberg circuit on July 30.

Particular person standings: Max Verstappen – 219 factors, Lando Norris – 150, Charles Leclerc – 148…