Lap-by-lap report: Can Max Verstappen reel in Charles Leclerc' at the top of the championship and will Lewis Hamilton finally get going? Join Alex hess now.
After the pomp and showbiz of Miami, it’s game-face time at the Circuit de Catalunya, where Max Verstappen is looking to hunt down Charles Leclerc in the standings and on the asphalt with a third successive GP win. His Monégasque rival, 19 points ahead in the standings, blitzed round the circuit with an almighty lap yesterday to beat Verstappen to pole. Lap 9/66: Verstappen hits the gravel! Lap 25/66: But maybe all that swearing did the trick, as he closes in on Russell and this time his DRS works like a charm. He nips past Russell going into turn one but the Mercedes man reclaims his spot at the next turn and defends brilliantly to hold his place. Lap 22/66: Leclerc pits in a handy 2.2secs, and emerges from the pit lane to see Russell, then Verstappen emerge round the final corner. Lap 38/66: Perez pits from the lead, the one-stop tactic out the window, and gets some new mediums as Russell did minutes before. We will look at this issue and we cannot afford for this to happen many times in the season so we need to find the problem.” Lap 46/66: Hamilton passes Ocon for fifth, but the main question now may be what happens with the front two. And here’s Sergio Perez: “I have been feeling a lot of support this weekend so I am extremely happy to be on the podium for the first time in the Spanish Grand Prix. I think it was close but at the end it is a great team result and I am happy with that. Lap 49/66: The big question is quickly answered: Perez lets Verstappen past, under instruction from his overlords. I’M Pleased to be able to bring it home in P3 - lots of points on the board for us.
The Spanish GP from Barcelona is live on Sky Sports F1 at 2pm, with build-up from 12.30pm, and Leclerc will start on pole ahead of Verstappen, the driver he ...
The Spanish GP from Barcelona is live on Sky Sports F1 at 2pm, with build-up from 12.30pm, and Leclerc will start on pole ahead of Verstappen, the driver he leads by 19 points in the championship. Watch the Spanish Grand Prix live on Sky Sports F1 today at 2pm, with build-up from 12.30pm; Charles Leclerc on pole from Max Verstappen, with George Russell and Lewis Hamilton fourth and sixth for Mercedes Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen will go head to head again from the front row of the grid for today's Spanish GP, as the title rivals headline a race which is set to also see Mercedes fight Ferrari and Red Bull.
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It was heartbreak for Charles Leclerc in the Spanish Grand Prix, as the Monegasque – who'd led every practice session and qualifying segment bar one of the ...
“The lead of the championship will go down to basically nothing, or maybe we will lose it actually,” said Leclerc, speaking to the press as the race was raging behind him. And although Leclerc was trying to look at the positives when he faced the media, he warned that Ferrari “cannot afford” incidents like this in the future. In those moments I believe that there’s nothing else I can do but look at the positives and there are plenty this weekend.
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. "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. "I had no indications before and it just broke and I lost the power completely, so it's a shame."
Know when and where to watch the live streaming of Formula One Spanish GP 2022 on Sunday. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc will start the race from pole position.
The seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton, followed by Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas will start the race at P6 and P7 respectively. Meanwhile, Mercedes’ George Russell will start the face from P4, followed by Red Bull’s Sergi Perez in P5. View this post on Instagram
Max Verstappen capitalised on Charles Leclerc's costly engine failure to win a dramatic Spanish Grand Prix and take the championship lead.
As he showed pace on fresher tyres in the late stages, Red Bull had a decision to make. It appeared a more pivotal error at the time, too, as he went from challenging Leclerc from second to dropping behind Russell and Perez in fourth. Though the team attempted a fix pre-race, Verstappen would have his DRS flick up for some laps and not for others. Ferrari have yet to diagnose the issue, only calling it Power Unit related. Elsewhere at the start, Sainz went into anti-stall and got away poorly, dropping from third to fifth at his home race. The drama started on the first lap.
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.
The world champion finished a place ahead of Red Bull teammate Sergio Pérez to take the lead in the championship, George Russell claimed third and Lewis ...
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.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen won the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona on Sunday, after early race dominator Charles Leclerc was forced to retire his Ferrari ...
1 The charging Verstappen passed Bottas for third around the outside of Turn 12. 1
Max Verstappen has taken the lead of the 2022 Formula 1 championship by recovering from a half-spin to spectacularly win the Spanish Grand Prix after ...
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 teammate 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 30 lead as Verstappen nearly dropped his RB18 chasing Russell, having to deftly catch a slid 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.
With temperatures reading 36 degrees Celsius, the 2022 Spanish Grand Prix got under way – with Charles Leclerc holding off the Red Bull of title rival Max ...
George Russell believes Mercedes has a “real shot” against Ferrari in today's Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix, predicting it will be a “chaotic” race with high ...
“I think we'll be in the mix with them. Sainz’s average was 1m26.532s, one-tenth up on Leclerc’s of 1m26.687s. “I think it's going to be a chaotic race,” Russell said after qualifying in Spain. “It's going to be a number of stops for everybody.
The Mercedes driver and Kevin Magnussen collided on the first lap after the Haas man tried to go around the outside of Hamilton, leaving him with a puncture and ...
I was just really unfortunate at the start to get the puncture I got, but I didn't give up. He [Hamilton] would have raced for the win. But then, to be fighting for fourth, I was so happy.
Lewis Hamilton believes he could have fought against the Red Bulls in the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix had it not been for his first-lap clash with Kevin ...
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.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen won the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona on Sunday, after early race dominator Charles Leclerc was forced to retire his Ferrari ...
Verstappen caught and passed Perez on Lap 49. The charging Verstappen passed Bottas for third around the outside of Turn 12. Russell’s car was overheating, while Verstappen’s DRS wasn’t always working, and they pitted together on Lap 14.
Max Verstappen has taken the lead of the 2022 Formula 1 championship by recovering from a half-spin to spectacularly win the Spanish Grand Prix after ...
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.
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.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen raced to his third victory in as many outings.
If I didn’t have the issue at the start I would have been fighting the Red Bulls so that gives me a great hope at some stage we will be fighting for the win. Russell also impressed to secure his second podium of the year. “Since the final race of last year it has been difficult all-round. “Lewis, that was amazing,” said Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff, seconds after the race finished. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. So gloomy was Hamilton’s apparent fate that he wanted to retire his car.
Formula 1 has labelled the Spanish Grand Prix's crowd management issues as 'not acceptable' and has urged the local promoter to address the problem for next ...
The small Montmelo train station also struggled to transport fans to and from the city centre during peak hours. "We have made the promoter aware that this is not acceptable and must be fixed for next season." "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.