The bulls were on a rampage at the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona as the champion team Mercedes crashed out in Lap 1, after the cars of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg collided, sending the two world champions packing off as the race began.
It was a red letter day for Red Bull’s 18-year-old Max Emilian Verstappen as he drove magnificently to win the Barcelona Formula One race on a hot day which saw a lot of drama on and off the field. While Verstappen made history (he is the youngest F1 champion), his team mate Daniel Ricciardo who was among the contenders in the initial part of the race had to be content with a fourth, while the Ferarri pair of Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel came in second and third respectively.
The young Verstappen jumped out of his car at the parc ferme, celebrating wildly with his mechanics as he bathed in a sea of smiles. The marshals bowed to the winner for his composure in this pressure packed race. As he came out he is embraced by Vettel, the man whose record he just took as F1’s youngest winner. For the first time in history, the Dutch anthem payed out for a Grand Prix winner.
The Performance Chart: F1 Spain
Position
Driver
Team
1
Max Verstappen
Red Bull Racing
2
Kimi Raikkonen
Ferrari
3
Sebastian Vettel
4
Daniel Ricciardo
5
Valtteri Bottas
Williams
6
Carlos Sainz
Toro Rosso
7
Sergio Perez
Force India
8
Felipe Massa
9
Jenson Button
McLaren
10
Daniil Kvyat
11
Esteban Gutierrez
Haas
12
Marcus Ericsson
Sauber
13
Jloyon Palmer
Renault
14
Kevin Magnussen
15
Felipe Nasr
16
Pascal Wehrlein
Manor
17
Rio Haryanto
DNF
Romain Grosjean
Fernando Alonso
Nico Hulkenberg
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton
The Barcelona Formula 1 race began with great expectations with Nico Rosberg arriving in Spain with a 43 point lead over Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton was in pole position after the qualifying. Rosberg hoped to grab his eight straight win. Before the race began, all were aware that there had been nine different winners in the past nine races in Barcelona. Ricciardo, Verstappen, Bottas and Sainz were the prime contenders.
But everything went wild and bad as the Mercedes teammates crashed into each other just as the race had got into the first lap. They were both out of the race. As the safety car pulled up, there was high drama as Hamilton threw his steering wheel from the car and Rosberg swept his gloves in frustration. Both had thier helmets on, the traditional sign of F1 anger.
Immediately Ricciardo led for Red Bull with team mate Verstappen on his heels. Sainz was third for Toro Rosso. That was just the start and soon thereafter the Ferrari drivers took over and the rest, as they say, was history.
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