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Max Verstappen won the Spanish Grand-Prix, with his teammate Sergio Perez behind him making it a 1-2 for RedBull, after the pole-sitter, Leclerc retired.

Starting Grid:
LEC | VER  | SAI | RUS | PER | HAM | BOT | MAG | RIC | SCH | NOR | OCO | TSU | GAS | ZHO | VET | LAT | STR | ALB | ALO |
‘It’s lights out and away we go!
LAP 1!
Magnussen into the gravel at turn 4 after making contact with Hamilton. HAM goes into the pits after damaging his tyres. He changed on softs.
Russell up to 3rd and Schumacher up to 6th.
Hamilton believed he should retire to save his power unit.
LAP 7!
Sainz goes into the gravel, he lost the rear, spinning backwards in the gravel, recovered but dropped in P11.
Bottas and Ocon get past Schumacher.
In lap 10, Verstappen copies Sainz as he goes in the gravel in turn 4. Norris is now P7 as he goes past Ricciardo and Schumi, now P7.
Tsunoda past Ricciardo in lap 12. Russell gets warnings on the board that his car is overheating. Perez lets Verstappen past so he can attack Russell.
ZHO, ALB, GAS, TSU, ALO, LAT, SAI and NOR changed on mediums in LAP 13.
Russell and Verstappen box and are dropped in 4th and 5th place. top 3: Leclerc, Perez, Bottas.
Verstappen’s DRS isn’t working, the flap didn’t open in lap 15 and 16.
“The DRS opened and then instantly shut again for Verstappen. It’s really hurting him. Next lap it works but Russell holds him off.”- Chris Medland
Schumi past Ricci in lap 20.
Meanwhile, the last ones to pit, Leclerc and Perez changed on mediums, Leclerc still leading.
LAP 24
Verstappen with the DRS passed him but didn’t last as Russell fought back. They go side-by-side through the opening corners!
The stewards have noted the Turn 3 incident as Verstappen tried the outside line on Russell and was squeezed wide.
Perez caught up and asks to make a role reversal.
LAP 27! LECLERC LOST POWER AND IN LAP 28 HE RETIRES THE CAR.
LAP 30
Gasly 5-second penalty for causing a collision with Stroll.
Perez past Russell! now leading the GP.
Zhou out of the race after engine failure.
LAP 31: Verstappen past Bottas, currently P3.
LAP 34/66
Alonso past Tsunoda. Vettel in 7th after lando’s pitting.
Russell pits for mediums with 30 laps to go to the end.
Perez pits and Verstappen now takes the lead
Ferrari confirms Leclerc had a power-unit issue: “We had to retire Charles’ car due to an as yet unidentified PU issue”
Verstappen pits from the lead and rejoins ahead of Russell
‘Red Bull to Perez: “We’re on a different to Max, if he’s quicker we let him through” Perez: “That’s very unfair”‘
Perez moves over and lets Verstappen take the lead.
“Sainz gets Bottas using DRS before Turn 1, then Hamilton goes around the outside of Turn 3 with a very nice move using his tyre advantage.”
“Hamilton with DRS and he gets it done on the brakes around the outside of Sainz to take P4!”
“Hamilton has to let Sainz go for P4. That’s so harsh on him, but even more so if he doesn’t get to the end of the race.”
– Chris Medland

VERSTAPPEN WINS THE SPANISH GRAND PRIX!!!! IT’S A REDBULL 1-2 with RUSSELL in 3rd place!!! He takes the championship lead after Leclerc’s retirement t’s a 1-2 for Red Bull with Perez second, as Russell completes the podium ahead of Sainz and Hamilton in fourth and fifth.

Lando Norris was sick throughout the whole weekend, being diagnosed with tonsillitis.

NEXT: MONACO GRAND PRIX, Round 7 of the championship on May 27-29.

 

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