Max Verstappen remains unstoppable in Formula 1: he won the Spanish GP and asserted himself at the top of the championship

Max Verstappen with his Red Bull won in Spanish Grand Prix of Formula 1 and consolidated itself at the top of the championship after the tenth round of the season. It was the seventh victory of the season for the three-time world champion who did not start first, although he built on his victory in the initial stage of the race held in the Barcelona-Catalonia Autodromein Montmeló.

Verstappen started second after Lando Norris He stole the pole positions by just 20/1000. But in the game, although he surpassed the Englishman, the one who surprised was George Russell (Mercedes) who jumped to the lead from fourth place.

Although it didn’t last long Russel in the vanguard because in the third round he surpassed him Verstappen. In round 18 the Dutchman made his first stop and they put the medium compound on him, like the one used by the majority of the leading group in their first stops.

The competition did not provide too many emotions, but the duel that stole the day was the one that ended with Norris overtaking Russell on lap 35, after a fight that went through several corners.

At the start George Russell surprised, who started fourth and came ahead on the outside in the first corner (REUTERS/Susana Vera)

In round 65 Verstappen He entered the pits and they put soft tires on him to make it to the end. Max managed to control the actions and Norris, although he reduced the difference, was not able to be less than a second away from being able to apply the DRS (N. of the R: system that allows the car behind a better air intake in the spoiler rear and more speed) and try to overtake.

Verstappen captured his 61st victory in the Máxima. Last year he had already surpassed Sebastian Vettel (53) in history and completes the podium among the top winners in 74 years of the category. The most successful is Lewis Hamilton (103) and is followed by Michael Schumacher (91). His newfound success allowed the 26-year-old driver to assert himself at the top of the championship.

“We won the race at the beginning when I took the lead and I was able to make that difference since Lando was very fast. “I think we had an aggressive strategy, but it worked,” Verstappen said.

“At the beginning I was very determined to take the lead in the race and that was key. It was important to have passed George and my car moved in turns six and seven,” he added.

Lando Norris started first, but made a bad start. He could have finished second (REUTERS/Susana Vera)

He was escorted by Norris and Lewis Hamilton, who with his Mercedes managed to surpass his teammate. “I had a bad start today and I made a mistake“Lando acknowledged. “It was a great day today. The strategies and stops were very good today. I lost a little time with the Ferraris today. “We weren’t there to fight for the lead,” Hamilton assumed. “All overtakes were tight,” acknowledged the seven-time world champion in reference to the overtake with Carlos Sainz (Ferrari).

The top ten was completed by Ferrari fans Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz; Oscar Piastri (McLaren), Pierre Gasly (Alpine), Sergio “Checo” Pérez (Red Bull) and Esteban Ocon (Alpine).

The World Championship will have no respite since the coming weekend will continue the action with the Austrian Grand Prix. The world champions will be home to the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg.

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