Spain: The Hits and Misses of the Editorial Team

The top 3

Hamilton comes close to perfection

Between the qualifying sessions and the race, Lewis Hamilton dominated by winning in Spain, for the second time this season after his victory in Azerbaijan, and with style.

If the fastest lap in the race slips away in favor of a playful Daniel Riccardo, the Hat Trick was not far off for the Briton who takes advantage of his Mercedes’s good form and the right tires to soar in the championship. His rivals are warned, Hamilton is back and he’s going to be hard to stop!

What a feeling. It’s been an awesome weekend, the car felt incredible! I can’t thank the team enough for the hard work. To my fans, your energy was with me today as always, you guys are amazing! Looking forward to the next one 🙌🏾🙌🏾💥 📷 Vid Vorsic @MercedesAMGF1 #TeamLH #F1 pic.twitter.com/hsijb3KZxp— Lewis Hamilton (@LewisHamilton) 13 mai /f1/actualite/22669-grosjean-il-faudrait-avoir-des-echappatoires-en-ligne-droite-.html

Charles Leclerc confirms and impresses Sauber

With his second consecutive finish in the points in 5 races, rookie Charles Leclerc does more than just reveal his potential. He confirms all the hopes placed in him by Ferrari and proves that his humility-driven approach to Formula 1 can be rewarding.

By battling with Fernando Alonso’s McLaren, the Monegasque spent part of his Grand Prix in the spotlight of the cameras. A great way to attract attention from the Formula 1 paddock, which was already closely watching his performances.

Yepaaaa ! Again in the points !!! P10 today. Happy with today, always very difficult to keep this guy behind…
But learning twice as much racing with such a driver. pic.twitter.com/6HNMqCEyvT

— Charles Leclerc (@Charles_Leclerc) 13 mai /f1/actualite/22669-grosjean-il-faudrait-avoir-des-echappatoires-en-ligne-droite-.html

The return of Max Verstappen to the podium

The start of the season for Max Verstappen was extremely complicated, peaking with his collision with teammate Daniel Ricciardo in Baku fifteen days ago.

This weekend, the young Dutchman dominated his experienced teammate throughout. He even managed to snatch the last step of the podium, which was promised to Sebastian Vettel’s Ferrari. This race could very well mark the true start of Verstappen’s season after a series of damaging errors.

P3 Max makes it 150 #F1 podiums for the Team! 🏆 #SpanishGP race recap 👉 https://t.co/dZ28agOeNU pic.twitter.com/bRfyjSN1y0

— Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) 13 mai /f1/actualite/22669-grosjean-il-faudrait-avoir-des-echappatoires-en-ligne-droite-.html

The Flop 3

Even in Europe, the nightmare continues for Grosjean

Full of irony, the Haas driver admitted that there should be escape roads on the straight, in reference to his accident in Baku. Unfortunately, Romain Grosjean also makes blunders in the corners. Caught by a small slide from his teammate in the curve of the third turn, from the very first lap, the Frenchman’s mistake is hard to excuse. Clearly, the former Lotus driver lacks composure at the beginning of the season. Is the impatience to score points playing a role? Is the car too nervous? Confidence will not be on his side when he arrives in Monaco in a week and a half.

LAP 5/66

Not where Romain Grosjean was planning to spend his Sunday 😕#SpanishGP 🇪🇸 #F1 pic.twitter.com/2cbYOlRIUh

— Formula 1 (@F1) 13 mai /f1/actualite/22669-grosjean-il-faudrait-avoir-des-echappatoires-en-ligne-droite-.html

Between reliability and strategy, Ferrari gets lost

Only 4th in the race and excluded from the podium by Max Verstappen’s Red Bull, Sebastian Vettel admitted his incomprehension over the race pace of his red car, which was so fast over one lap. On the other side of the garage, Kimi Räikkönen struggled to hide his disappointment after retiring due to an engine problem, the second of the weekend for the Finn. Ferrari seems to be revisiting its old demons and is losing ground to its main rival, Mercedes, which is ultimately much more consistent.

But even worse, its strategic errors give opportunities to Red Bull, which doesn’t ask for much more to get involved in the fight for the podium and victory. Be careful not to fall into a negative spiral for the Reds…

#Seb5 P4 and #Kimi7‘s car retirement for a loss of power to be investigated is the outcome of the #SpanishGP, far from what we expected pic.twitter.com/dTYWqyKZkO

— Scuderia Ferrari (@ScuderiaFerrari) 13 mai /f1/actualite/22669-grosjean-il-faudrait-avoir-des-echappatoires-en-ligne-droite-.html

The crisis looms at Williams

The talent and candor of Robert Kubica have seriously affected the Williams team this weekend. Officially back in a Formula 1 since his terrible rally accident in 2011, the Pole was straightforward in describing the FW41 as undrivable.

The two main drivers won’t perform miracles this weekend either, occupying the last row of the starting grid and executing surprising spins behind the wheel, in qualifying for Lance Stroll and during the race for Sergey Sirotkin.

Advising within the legendary British team, Alex Wurz speaks candidly about a crisis to describe Williams’ situation. A reaction is expected!

#SpanishGP 🇪🇸 | T 44/66

Sirotkin nous fait des figures artistiques…#F1 pic.twitter.com/M332BVTgZb

— Secteur F1 🏎 (@Secteur_F1) 13 mai /f1/actualite/22669-grosjean-il-faudrait-avoir-des-echappatoires-en-ligne-droite-.html