Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull) won the Formula 1 Spanish GP this Sunday and was placed leader of the general classification of drivers to the detriment of the Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), who had to leave due to a mechanical problem.
In the sixth race of the season, the other Red Bull of the Mexican Sergio Pérez and Russell, second and third respectively, completed the podium.
At the Montmeló circuit in Barcelona, Verstappen achieved the 24th victory of his career and the fourth this season, after the GPs of Saudi Arabia, Emilia Romagna in Italy and Miami.
Leclerc’s abandonment
Previous leader of the World Championship, the Scuderia driver was comfortably in the lead, followed by the British George Russell (Mercedes) and Verstappen, when his car began to lose power.
“I lost engine power, and from there I had to stop (…) It’s like that, that happens, since the beginning of the year we haven’t had a single problem,” Leclerc reacted to the Canal + microphone.
Although the situation “hurts, there are at least many positive things, we managed to solve the tire degradation problems, it was really the answer we expected,” he relativized.
Mercedes peeks out
Having started from fifth position on the grid, Briton Lewis Hamilton suffered a collision with Dane Kevin Magnussen’s Haas in the early stages of the race, an incident that brought both drivers to the pits. Still he signed a fifth place … a warning that Mercedes is back?
