Red Bull’s Max Verstappen is only 27 points behind Charles Leclerc, who finished sixth after making a late error
and Mercedes. The seven-time champion started in 14th and finished in the same position in a car that has been an absolute handful to drive all weekend, but his teammate George Russell will take heart in a gutsy fourth. Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas was in fifth.
He has conceded his previously all-conquering Mercedes team might have made a fundamental mistake in the design of their car. “In Barcelona testing, the question was put to me: ‘What happens if you get it wrong?’ And I said: ‘We don’t do that, we don’t get things wrong, we’re world champions’. But the fact is, with all the possibilities out there, we may have.”
Russell meanwhile made a superb start and benefiting from the incidents in front, moved from 11th to sixth on the opening lap. Hamilton too moved up two spots to 12th. Verstappen however was in control in front with a five-second lead and seven seconds up on Leclerc. With the track drying Pérez pitted for slick tyres on lap 19, as did the Mercedes drivers. Verstappen and Leclerc followed a lap later, all taking medium rubber but Leclerc’s stop was slow and Pérez passed him on the out lap to reclaim second.
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