Spanish Grand Prix

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In the last couple of laps it was a survival race and I’m just proud to bring it home.” But we managed to do a strategy to get ahead, a difficult beginning but a good end.” The Brit looked good for fourth but a late DNF risk from overheating caused Mercedes to ask him to slow down, letting Carlos Sainz by.

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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 2022 Formula One season has reached race number six in Barcelona, Spain. Lewis Hamilton might have won the past five in a row at this circuit but, ...

It's been described as a bit of an "agricultural" job to get it installed in time for the race. He looks determined to put on a show for the home fans. Perez has been called in for his first stop from second, so now is the time for Verstappen to make his move, with clear track to leader Leclerc beckoning. 3.43 p.m.: Now Perez is asking for Verstappen to give way so he can have a run at Russell! He's closed to within just over 1.2 seconds of his teammate and has the better-functioning car. The world champion finally got in front of the Mercedes at Turn 1 but had to give up track position. 3.48 p.m.: Lewis Hamilton has had a difficult weekend but he's just set a new fastest lap of the race. Verstappen, on fresh tyres, has just set a new fastest lap time of 1:25.732. He is coming for Russell and Perez... Verstappen is the only man i the top six on soft tyres and will be trying to make up the ground on his teammate while he can. Verstappen now leads the grand prix, with Perez second, Russell third, Bottas fourth and Sainz up to fifth. The reigning world champion went from fury at DRS problems to jubilation at the finish as he led Red Bull to a one-two, with Perez taking second. With little to lose, he pushed the limits of both his Mercedes and the circuit itself, receiving a warning for running wide too many times. Verstappen now leads the standings again from Leclerc, while Red Bull have regained to spot in the constructors' championship, but not everything is as rosy as it might be.

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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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.

... • Mercedes has brought several upgrades to their cars for the Spanish GP. • There is some obvious improvement, but Lewis Hamilton is still struggling ...

"But obviously, I believe in myself; I've still got a lot to improve. Russell lucked in with safety cars at the races in Melbourne and Miami to finish ahead of Hamilton. "I don't know how to get around that. "Lewis has to hustle, and that is not how we are used to him driving a Mercedes. George seems to be able to be more precise." "This car just doesn't talk to Lewis in the way that he likes a car to talk to him," said respected pundit Martin Brundle on commentary duty for Sky Sports. I don't know what I will do, but I will just continue to work hard and try to figure it out."

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.

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.