By: EFE Updated 22 May 2022, 22: 56 am EDT
The Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull), the last world champion, took the lead in the Formula One World Championship by winning the Spanish Grand Prix this Sunday which was held at the Montmeló circuit, on the outskirts of Barcelona, where he retired -shortly before completing the halfway point, due to a problem in the power unit- the Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari).
Verstappen, aged 24, achieved his fourth victory of the season leading a ‘double’ for Red Bull – leader of both championships – which was completed by the Mexican Sergio Pérez, who signed his eighteenth podium in F1 by finishing second in a race in which he signed the fastest lap; and that the Englishman George Russell (Mercedes) finished third.
The Spaniards Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) and Fernando Alonso (Alpine) – who had started last, when changing engine, and starred in the comeback of the day- they classified in fourth and ninth position, respectively.
The seven-time English world champion Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) was fifth in the hot Montmeló race, which most completed at three stops. His former Finnish teammate Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) was sixth at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, which registered a full house this Sunday.
Frenchman Esteban Ocon (Alpine) was seventh; and the English Lando Norris (McLaren) finished eighth in a race in which he also entered the points, finishing tenth -behind the great Asturian driver- the Japanese Yuki Tsunoda (Alpha Tauri).
Verstappen now leads the World Championship with 100 points, six more than Leclerc; and with 25 over ‘Checo’, who is still third overall. Sainz maintained fifth place, which he now occupies with 65 points; and Alonso, who moved up one position, is fifteenth, with four units.
Red Bull also took the lead in the World Championship builders, which leads with 195 points, 26 more than Ferrari.
The next race, the Grand Prix of Monaco, will be played next weekend in the streets of the principality of the Côte d’Azur.
Also read:
They played with his feelings: Mbappé extended his contract with PSG and the memes showed no mercy against Real Madrid
Tigres fell in the Liga MX and entered an improper lineup: Cases of improper lineups in the Mexican tournament