![]() ![]() ![]() Sergio Perez was seventh, ahead of Felipe Massa who recovered from 18th on the grid to finish eighth, with Jenson Button picking up some valuable points for McLaren in ninth.Īnthony Davidson looks at the collision between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg that wiped both Mercedes drivers out of the Spanish Grand Prix on lap one. The Spaniard may have been overlooked for the Red Bull drive, but was able to run ahead of both Ferraris in the early stages. Valtteri Bottas was fifth for Williams, ahead of Carlos Sainz who impressed in the Toro Rosso. "It is frustrating, we threw the win away today," Ricciardo rued. A left-rear puncture then forced him to make a pit-stop on the penultimate lap. The Australian had led most of the race, but found himself running fourth on the road after the stops. Indeed, even before a late puncture, sticking to the traditional three-stopper looked to have cost Ricciardo a podium finish as he struggled to overtake Vettel despite having a quicker car. "There will be two drivers out there asking 'why did you two-stop him and three-stop me?'" commented Martin Brundle. The Finn had to settle for second spot and moves above Hamilton in the drivers' championship after running a similar strategy to Verstappen, a strategy supposedly slower than that used by Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo behind. Max Verstappen says it's 'amazing' to have won his first Grand Prix, with the Red Bull driver becoming the youngest man in history to win an F1 race. ![]()
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