McLaren was faster, but Max Verstappen was the worthy winner...
Max Verstappen took victory at the Spanish Grand Prix after a brilliant drive. The Dutch driver managed to beat Lando Norris and a superior McLaren thanks to a good start and an early move on George Russell that was decisive for the outcome of the race in Barcelona.
He activated the ‘push mode’ on the first lap with DRS available to attack George Russell on the straight at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. On lap 15 the first set of pit stops started with Russell being the first to stop due to Mercedes’ higher degradation on the soft compound compared to their rivals and protecting themselves from an undercut by Norris.
Thanks to this tyre advantage, a better pace from the McLaren and less tyre wear than his rivals, Norris had a better second stint on average time than Max, even though he lost time by overtaking Carlos Sainz, Lewis Hamilton and George Russell on track. The last one was a brilliant and clean fight between both drivers.
McLaren’s 3.6 second pit stop on lap 48 was really bad and almost cost Norris the position with Russell – and Hamilton, what they were really trying to avoid. However, it was enough to get him into P2 ahead of the two Mercedes and eight seconds behind Verstappen with 18 laps to go.
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