Max Verstappen outpaces Mercedes duo to cruise to Spanish Grand Prix victory via IrishTimesSport
This weekend Verstappen conceded for the first time that his Red Bull car potentially had the pace advantage to complete a clean sweep of 22 wins, a feat never before achieved in F1. There is an awfully long way to go and he acknowledged it was highly unlikely but he is in rare form and the car is indeed so quick, as the performance here in Barcelona once more proved, that it is achievable.
The team principal, Toto Wolff, had said that the changes to their car’s design, brought in at the last round in Monaco, were essential for establishing a baseline from which they could move on development. In Spain on a track where they know all the parameters from testing here so often and that is representative of many circuits with medium- to high-speed corners, they will be hugely encouraged by the performance.
Verstappen was two seconds clear by lap five and was very shortly into a field of his own. Behind him however both Mercedes were proving to have great race pace. While Russell made up places from 12th on the grid to reach sixth, Hamilton came back on Stroll on lap eight on the outside of turn one to regain third. Russell was on a roll, and moved up to fifth as he passed Esteban Ocon on lap 11.
Russell, too, was happy with his tyres and wanted to stay out but Mercedes brought Hamilton in on lap 24 to take the medium tyre. He emerged behind Sainz but with the fresher rubber. Russell followed him in a lap later also for the medium tyres.
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