Hamilton is ‘in a daze’ as he nears Schumacher’s record
hope the Hamilton family are also proud.”
Verstappen’s superb victory against the backdrop of tyre trouble for Mercedes at Silverstone last weekend provided some hope that Hamilton will not have it all his own way this year. But in the 30-degree heat, the champion led every lap after charging to the first corner to leave team-mate Bottas trailing.
Bottas fell two places to fourth after he was too timid on the brakes at the opening bend, allowing Verstappen to sail around the outside, and Lance Stroll to sneak through on his right.
Bottas would make it back past Stroll on lap five but he was unable to do anything about Verstappen.
FIA Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix, Circuit de Barcelona-catalunya, Montmelo, Catalunya, Spain
Final Positions after Race (66 Laps):
1 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 1hr 31mins 45.279secs, 2 Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull 1:32:09.456, 3 Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Mercedes GP 1:31:45.279, 4 Lance Stroll (Can) Racing Point at 1 lap, 5 Sergio Perez (Mex) Racing Point at 1 lap, 6 Carlos Sainz (Spa) Mclaren at 1 lap, 7 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari at 1 lap, 8 Alexander Albon (Tha) Red Bull at 1 lap, 9 Pierre Gasly (Fra) Scuderia Alphatauri at 1 lap, 10 Lando Norris (Gbr) Mclaren at 1 lap, 11 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Renault at 1 lap, 12 Daniil Kvyat (Rus) Scuderia Alphatauri at 1 lap, 13 Esteban Ocon (Fra) Renault at 1 lap, 14 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Alfa Romeo Racing at 1 lap, 15 Kevin Magnussen (Den) Haas F1 at 1 lap, 16 Antonio Giovinazzi (Ita) Alfa Romeo Racing at 1 lap, 17 George Russell (Gbr) Williams at 1 lap, 18 Nicholas Latifi (Can) Williams at 2 laps, 19 Romain Grosjean (Fra) Haas F1at2laps
Drivers: 1 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 132pts, 2 Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull 95, 3 Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Mercedes GP 89, 4 Charles Leclerc (Mon) Ferrari 45, 5 Lance Stroll (Can) Racing Point 40, 6 Alexander Albon (Tha) Red Bull 40, 7 Lando Norris (Gbr) Mclaren 39, 8 Sergio Perez (Mex) Racing Point 32, 9 Carlos Sainz (Spa) Mclaren 23, 10 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Renault 20, 11 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 16, 12 Esteban Ocon (Fra) Renault 16, 13 Pierre Gasly (Fra) Scuderia Alphatauri 14, 14 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Racing Point 6, 15 Antonio Giovinazzi (Ita) Alfa Romeo Racing 2, 16 Daniil Kvyat (Rus) Scuderia Alphatauri 2, 17 Kevin Magnussen (Den) Haas F1 1, 18 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Alfa Romeo Racing
0, 19 Nicholas Latifi (Can) Williams 0, 20 George Russell (Gbr) Williams 0, 21 Romain Grosjean (Fra) Haas F1
Maufacturers: 1 Mercedes GP 221pts, 2 Red Bull 135, 3 Racing Point 63, 4 Mclaren 62, 5 Ferrari 61, 6 Renault 36, 7 Scuderia Alphatauri 16, 8 Alfa Romeo Racing 2, 9 Haas F1 1, 10 Williams 0