The Spanish GP represents the final exam for every F1 car, the Barcelona circuit is the perfect track to display the strengths and weaknesses of each single-seater.
Verstappen wins but Red Bull does not win, the credit for this victory goes to the Dutch champion, astute and cannibalistic, for a few races now Red Bull has no longer been the leader of the lot of cars but an attackable single-seater.
According to Lando Norris, McLaren is the most competitive car, but Norris fails to make the most of its potential as the Achilles’ heel of the British car appears to be straight-line speed.
Third Lewis Hamilton, the seven-time world champion revives Mercedes, after rumors of possible sabotage by Barkley’s team, Hamilton responds by overtaking Russell and finishing on the podium.
The Red team wasn’t competitive today, always one step behind Mclaren and Mercedes, the team tried a strategy with Sainz that didn’t pay off and with Leclerc they tried to extend the stint on the various compounds, a fifth and sixth place were unacceptable.
F1 returns next week with the Austrian GP, the Ferrari dream continues!
