"It was a very good and hard battle"

“It was a very good and hard battle”

Tom Raskomer 1 month ago 2 min read

Max Verstappen cruised to victory on the Spanish GP whereas George Russell completed in third place

Max Verstappen sealed the twenty fourth GP win of his profession in Spain. He additionally claimed his sixty fourth podium end. Final season, Verstappen had completed second on the Spanish GP behind Lewis Hamilton. This was his fifth successive podium end on the Spanish GP. The tally reads 2018 (third), 2019 (third), 2020 (2nd), 2021 (2nd), and 2022 (1st). It’s his sixth podium end right here and second, win general.

Wanting again on the race, Verstappen admitted that he loved the extreme duel with Mercedes driver George Russell throughout the closing quarter of the race.

“After all I used to be a bit pissed off on the time as a result of I couldn’t get Russell due to DRS points, however the struggle itself was actually cool additionally. I feel that lap the place I did go down the skin and George went across the outdoors and I used to be across the outdoors of Flip 3 once more, I feel that was a very cool struggle”, Verstappen mentioned after the race.

He additional added, “I look again at it and I’ll smile now; on the time in fact I used to be somewhat bit pissed off. Nevertheless it was a very good and hard battle, I feel.”

Each Verstappen and Russell can be happy with how issues turned out. Whereas Verstappen secured his 4th win of the season, Russell made it to the rostrum having earned a third-place end.

The place do issues stand after the Spanish Grand Prix?

Ferrari has been dismantled high of each the drivers’ and constructors’ championships. Max Verstappen overtakes Charles Leclerc to guide the drivers’ championship with 110 factors whereas Leclerc is now positioned second with 104 factors adopted by Pink Bull’s Sergio Perez in third place with 85 factors.

Within the constructors’ championship, Pink Bull overtook Ferrari on the high after the 1-2 end in Spain. Pink Bull leads the desk with 195 factors; Ferrari is behind in second place with 169 factors. There’s a honest quantity of hole between the highest 2 groups and the remainder of the grid with Mercedes occupying third place having earned 120 factors.