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Verstappen survives early spin to win in Barcelona while Hamilton delivers race of the day following an early bump with Magnussen.

And Mercedes were left to wonder what might have been from a race weekend where their car performed better than it has all year. By the midway point in the race Verstappen was in control for the first time all weekend. “In those moments I believe there’s nothing I can do but look at the positives – and there are plenty from this weekend. So much so that when the Monegasque pitted on lap 22 – with a 2.2-second stop time – he was comfortably five seconds ahead of the chasing Russell. Verstappen spent multiple laps hunting down Russell but a problematic DRS in the Red Bull car meant he couldn’t take the slower Mercedes. “We can’t even make the f**king DRS work! But the grand prix opened up for the Dutchman when leader Leclerc suffered a power failure to limp out midway through.

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Red Bull used the argument of its drivers running different strategies to call on a disgruntled Perez to let Verstappen by, and the positions changed at Turn 5 on lap 49 to give Verstappen the lead. That left Verstappen 6.2s behind Perez as Red Bull closed in on a 1-2 finish before the Mexican pitted for mediums to allow Verstappen to complete an eventual rise to the lead. Verstappen passed the baton to team-mate Perez, who could overtake Russell for the lead into Turn 1 thanks to a double helping of DRS and the Red Bull engine overspeed. But the reigning champion’s attack on Russell was thwarted by a DRS issue, as he had suffered in qualifying to abandon his pole lap, and despite a change of actuator on his RB18 for the race that had meant Verstappen was a late arrival to the grid. Perez was then called to box on lap 18 for a stint on the medium tyre to leave Leclerc alone with a seemingly insurmountable 30s lead as Verstappen nearly dropped his RB18 chasing Russell, having to deftly catch a slide after clipping the inside kerb at Turn 8. As Perez attempted to pick up the mantle for Red Bull by challenging Russell, the battling duo enabled Leclerc to further escape up the road so, as Verstappen recovered, the team allowed him to pass Perez out of Turn 6 to take the challenge to the defensive Mercedes.

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Hamilton, having worked his way through the field made a late stop for fresh tyres and his team’s confidence paid off as he made it through to pass Sainz for fourth on lap 59. He duly came in on lap 44 and emerged in front of Russell and five seconds behind his teammate. Pérez with working DRS could not be held off by Russell and he passed for the lead on lap 30. He had it open on lap 23 and the pair went wheel to wheel through turn one and into two and three as Russell refused to yield, brilliantly squeezing the Dutchman wide. Losing power on lap 26 he was forced to retire, promoting Russell to the lead. Verstappen charged and had Russell in range but with his DRS failing he could not make the pass as Russell defended brilliantly.

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Monaco’s traditional end-of-May date reduces F1’s flexibility at that time of the year. The series has been hit not just by rising prices but increasingly scarce availability of freight capacity. Although Domenicali did not go into extensive detail in the meeting of what might change, it’s understood that Baku could be grouped in a run of races with Shanghai and Suzuka.

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If he wasn’t pushing those types of things he isn’t doing his job.” “But at the end it is a great team result. “I think we will discuss it and he [Perez] will see the race plot, and he will see that he had close to 30 laps to do on the tyres, which in the end we needed to pit to make sure we covered Russell.

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“It was very difficult in last few laps, a survival race. “I tried to stay focused. It was a difficult beginning but a good end. Temperatures were raging, it was hooter than we’ve seen.” We saw temperatures raging, so you don’t want to risk a DNF when you have two cars who can nail a one-two. “It was a race of two halves for us.

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On an excruciatingly hot day in Barcelona, Red Bull recorded its second 1-2 finish of the season thanks to another Max Verstappen win.

I’m very happy to win and also very happy for Checo. A great result for the team.” Pérez is in a distant third with 85, and Russell narrows the gap of fourth with 74 points. The team made possibly pivotal improvements to the car after Miami, and it showed as Lewis Hamilton and Russell made their ways through practice and came in sixth and fourth, respectively, in qualifying. Red Bull leads the Constructor standings with 195 points compared to Ferrari’s 169. Red Bull arguably made some questionable decisions with their drivers, electing to prioritize Verstappen over Pérez. At the end of the day, Verstappen is racing to defend his world championship title. Although the Red Bull drivers made their way past the young rising star, he held on to score his second podium this season. He said at one point over the team radio, “Because I’m pressing it 50 times before it opens.” “My DRS not working made it tough,” Verstappen said after the race. Verstappen, though, has won every race that he has finished this season, going 4 for 4, and Red Bull takes its second 1-2 finish of the season. Verstappen watched as Sainz spun into the gravel of Turn 4 only on the seventh lap. Meanwhile, the now-former leader in the driver standings, Charles Leclerc, held the lead up until lap 27 when he lost power, forcing him to retire. Mercedes, though, is in a distant third with 120.

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1 The charging Verstappen passed Bottas for third around the outside of Turn 12. 1

Aston Martin Formula 1 team chief technical officer Andrew Green admits that a cooling issue has compromised the updated AMR22 at the Spanish Grand Prix.

"I think it's got potential, for sure it's got way more potential than the car that went before it. "And we didn't bring enough, to be honest. "I think the temperatures really caught us out this weekend.

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Yes, this was 25 points squandered and this is far too close a championship fight for that not to hurt. Ferrari is actually right to stay positive about a day that looks on paper like a total disaster. It does show that multi-stop races do add to the show – you can achieve a good result from various different strategies. All they do is inject tension into situations that are already high-pressure and that can take a toll on even the strongest working relationships. And that the standard still needs to be raised. These situations rarely bring out the best in team or driver.

Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc said his team can't afford many more unforced errors after retiring from a dominant lead in Formula 1's Spanish Grand Prix.

That has been a weakness in the last few races. "No, I don't know anything more than what happened basically. "We will look at this issue and we cannot afford for this to happen many times during the season, so we need to find the problem," he added.

Aston Martin Formula 1 team chief technical officer Andrew Green admits that a cooling issue has compromised the updated AMR22 at the Spanish GP.

"That's the next thing. "For sure, it didn't show its potential. "And we didn't bring enough, to be honest. "They both suffered with significant oversteer. "I think the temperatures really caught us out this weekend. So that didn't help.

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"I spammed it like 50 times at one point on the straight and it's just not opening so it was clearly an issue. "Once I was back on the track, the car felt like normal - so I was lucky there of course." "But it was very gusty out there today, one lap it felt all stable and the next lap suddenly you could have more oversteer in places so that probably caught me out by surprise and that wasn't ideal."

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"I know what to do in the car and I don't have to ask anyone. Outside of her previous and current relationships, Kelly is no stranger to the F1 racing scene. Racing season is well under way, and Red Bull driver Max Verstappen has been absolutely dominating the Formula 1 racing circuit.

Mercedes Formula 1's George Russell said the Spanish Grand Prix was “a survival race”, in which both Mercedes cars were “hurt a lot” by overheating issues.

"As I said, just proud to bring it home in P3 and thanks to all the fans here. He said: "I'd love to say that but today was very tough. Russell said: "Yeah, it was very difficult in the last few laps.

Max Verstappen took the lead of the Formula One Drivers' Championship after leading a Red Bull one-two in the Spanish Grand Prix.

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Max Verstappen said his intermittent DRS problems made it 'difficult' to win Formula 1's Spanish Grand Prix, which is why Red Bull turned to strategy to ...

Difficult beginning but a good end." "I tried to stay focused - of course, it's not nice when stuff like that happens, but at the end I was very happy to win and also very happy for Checo, it was a great result for the team," he said. "Then of course I was in the train and I tried to pass but my DRS was not always working, so it made it very tough, but we managed to use the strategy to get ahead again and do our own race and eventually win the race.

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Whilst Vettel stretched clear to win, polesitter Webber was unable to get past Alonso and eventually finished P4. Rosberg overtook team-mate Lewis Hamilton into turn one but had an engine de-rate through turn three. Rosberg finished sixth after tyre issues plagued his race. The pair started alongside one another but Hill had too much pace when Schumacher's Benetton jammed into 5th gear. Fernando Alonso jumped from fourth to first at the start but faded after the first round of stops. Since the Spanish Grand Prix moved to Montmélo for the 1991 running of the event, 23 of the 31 fastest drivers in qualifying have gone on to win the race, proving a strong omen for Charles Leclerc after his immense performance yesterday.

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So hopefully for me, that was a bit like a win, and I dedicate it to her.” He managed to pull off a number of overtakes as he cut his way through the field, running a three-stop strategy that included a late charge on softs. Hamilton explained that the race pace was “much better” and the car felt “much nicer” over the long runs thanks to the updates, giving him reason to think he could have been in the mix with the Red Bulls that finished first and second in a normal race.

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“The car felt great in the race, our pace is closer to the top guys in the race, which is amazing. “In those moments I believe there’s nothing I can do but look at the positives – and there are plenty from this weekend. Leclerc, meanwhile, sent an equally-strong warning to his team over reliability issues, saying: “I had no indications before. Verstappen threw on fresh tyres and undercut Russell when Mercedes eventually replaced his set. He was second best to Leclerc from lights out on Sunday too, and was blown off track by a tailwind just nine laps into the race. “We have to be realistic,” Verstappen, who moves six points ahead of Leclerc in the drivers’ championship, said.

Red Bull have jumped Ferrari in the Formula One Constructors' Championship after the Spanish Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton/George Russell Charles Leclerc/Carlos Sainz Max Verstappen/Sergio Perez

Mercedes Formula 1's George Russell said the Spanish Grand Prix was “a survival race”, in which both Mercedes cars were “hurt a lot” by overheating issues.

He said: “I'd love to say that but today was very tough. Russell said of the closing stages: “Yeah, it was very difficult in the last few laps. I gave everything I could to hold Max off, he did an amazing job.

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The small Montmelo train station also struggled to transport fans to and from the city centre during peak hours. "The huge number of fans at this event both inside and outside the circuit created the traffic issues for the fans," an F1 statement said. Particularly on Saturday and Sunday, the severe congestion on the access roads around the circuit ground traffic to a halt, with fans then struggling to find parking space.

Ferrari says the power unit failure that put Charles Leclerc out of Formula 1's Spanish Grand Prix came out of the blue, with no prior warning of problems.

"We do not have yet an explanation. So it was really sudden. "It was a sudden issue," he said.

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It was 15 seconds behind at the end and he caught all the way up - at times, he was the quickest. And the driver!” He added: “Him showing this very good pace was important, not only for his morale, but also our morale. Our pace was closer to the top guys in the race, which is amazing. “We have reasons to believe we can get there. “With Lewis, we had probably the fastest race car.

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So hopefully for me, that was a bit like a win, and I dedicate it to her." He managed to pull off a number of overtakes as he cut his way through the field, running a three-stop strategy that included a late charge on softs. Hamilton explained that the race pace was "much better" and the car felt "much nicer" over the long runs thanks to the updates, giving him reason to think he could have been in the mix with the Red Bulls that finished first and second in a normal race.

Max Verstappen won his fourth win in the season's first six races, and climbed into the F1 driver's points lead after capturing Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix.

Alonso and teammate Esteban Ocon’s Alpines both had a strong day, as Alonso sliced his way through the back half of the field to finish ninth, while Ocon came home in seventh. A dejected Sergio Perez followed team orders allowing Verstappen back to the front on lap 49, which ended the day’s drama as far as the podium positions went. Max Verstappen initially was within challenging distance and Carolos Sainz not far back in third, but Sainz would spin off the track on Lap 6, followed by Verstappen on Lap 8.

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"Since the last race of last year it's been difficult all round," he said. But in this Mercedes car, which had big upgrades to the floor and front wing in Spain, he flourished. While Hamilton finished behind his younger team-mate again, his result was hailed by the team after he suffered a collision and puncture on the opening lap which sent him to the back. "Can we fight for a world championship? "The race pace is much, much better… ; George Russell finished third on Sunday and Hamilton fifth after a huge recovery