dand soon, Russel He was the early leader in one of the races. Barcelona most interesting of the last two decades. But Max He took the Englishman’s stickers off on lap 3 and was the only possible rival for the rest of the race… McLaren took it off with a strategy that no one understood and he gave the leader a cushion of 8 seconds that were later irrecoverable. The illusion that there is a World Cup fades and Alonso nailed it: “This World Cup will be won by Verstappen, for sure”.
The exit of Russel was anthologicaltaking advantage of the marking that Norris and Verstappen They were made on the inside of the curve and he launched his Mercedes outside and took first place. It lasted just three laps, but the video game detail was left to Hamilton’s teammate, who was at the start ahead of him.
Carlos Sainz took off Leclerc on lap three, with the DRS activated, to take fifth place and go after Hamilton. The man from Madrid was in full eruption, who was touched by the Monegasque, stunned by the pass of ’55’.
There was another tense moment, andOn lap 20, when Hamilton passed Sainz under braking for Turn 1, but touching Carlos’s car and throwing off the track, when he was still slightly behind the Ferrari.
The McLaren strategist excelled by leaving Norris on the track for 8 laps after it stopped Verstappen in the first arrest, whichand gave the Dutchman a key advantage to win the race. The car is a bomb, but for McLaren, as in Canada, he lacks reflexes of many years without fighting for victories. A shame. Then, they missed Norris’ stop by a second.
The impressive and decisive fight between Norris and Russell before the last stop, where both Two exteriors were made, but the battle ended up being won by Lando, to take second place. Of the young people, the McLaren driver now seems to be the driver who is making the most progress and gaining resources in the race.
He pace of Aston Martin, and partly of Ferrari, It was the most painful thing of the weekend. At the decisive moment of the year those from Maranello are stuck and Mercedes and McLaren they have passed in terms of benefits. In the case of Alonso’s team, being behind Alpine and Haas in Barcelona is a terrible result, which indicates that they are about to hit rock bottom. An immediate reaction is required after 12th for Fernando and 14th for Stroll.
