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Antonelli, 81 points ahead
Final Classification
END! – ANTONELLI’S 8TH VICTORY!
Kimi Antonelli becomes the first winner of the Madring, taking advantage of the luck of the virtual safety car and McLaren’s poor efficiency at the stop to take the victory ahead of Verstappen and Norris. If the FIA does not say anything about his off-track moment in the last laps.
57/57 – Last lap!
Antonelli leads ahead of Verstappen and Norris
56/57 – Norris almost placed second
Overtaking with doubles, Verstappen starts very slowly and the Englishman was on the verge of taking second. He complains on the radio that Verstappen has gone off the track in order to defend himself.
55/57 – Antonelli takes advantage
He left Norris three seconds behind, he even touched the wall at number seven, but the world leader is not having any problems stretching his lead in this race.
52/57 – Norris very close to Verstappen
The Englishman is in overtaking distance with Verstappen, but there is no way to pass, nor has he been able to try so far. You will have to wait for a mistake from the Dutchman.
51/57 – 3-way fight for victory
Antonelli is the leader, behind him is Verstappen and Norris who will fight during the remaining laps to decide the final order.
Leclerc seems to be too far away to put the three on the podium in trouble.
50/57 – Classification, there will be no more stops
48/57 – LECLERC ENTER, ANTONELLI LEADS
Soft, hunting tires all the way. He will try to reach the podium, although it seems complicated.
The new leader of the race is Kimi Antonelli.
47/57 – Piastri tries to gain positions
The Australian is in a fight with Bortoleto and Colapinto
46/57 – Classification
43/57 – Enter Piastri
One of the pilots who was yet to enter decides to make his stop to put in means.
These are the pilots who they need to make their stop and they would be waiting for a possible safety car:
1st. Charles Leclerc
6th. Liam Lawson
7th. Pierre Gasly
8th. Gabriel Bortoleto
40/57 – Norris closes in on Verstappen
In what would be a fight for second position, Norris is about to go into overtaking mode on Verstappen
38/57 – Hard tires hold up
At this point, the story is clear, hard tires hold up and Leclerc will have to stop. If a safety car does not come out, it seems difficult for the Monegasque to even fight for the podium.
Antonelli would be taking advantage of McLaren’s bad decisions to achieve another victory.
36/57 – Classification
35/57 – Russell overtakes Lawson
Battle for fifth position while calm ahead. Russell with new tires overtakes Lawson who has not changed tires. He managed to overtake him at the entrance to the tunnel after a mistake by the Kiwi.
Leclerc’s tires don’t seem to have any problems
32/57 – Do the hard ones hold up?
The big question for victory is whether the tough guys of Antonelli, Norris and Verstappen will hold out until the end. If they don’t do it they will have to go through the pits again and the victory would be inherited by Leclerc who is only one stop away.
Given what Leclerc’s tires hold up to, it doesn’t seem impossible that they could reach the end. They would have to do a total of 42 turns, Leclerc’s men have 32.
30/57 – Leclerc holds on
The Monegasque continues without stopping, 30 laps already for him with the hard tire. In F2 there was little degradation, in F1 a little more was expected. He keeps Antonelli at around 3.5 seconds, he seems to be doing the last few laps fast on the hard one. He is in contention for victory. It will depend on whether the others stop or not.
28/57 – 5 Seconds sanction for Sainz
5-second penalty for the Madrid driver for not leaving space for Fernando Alonso. If you do not make more stops they will be added to your time at the end of the race.
27/57 – Antonelli recovers
He seems to have solved his steering problems, now he has set the fastest lap of the race with a 1:37.477 and is flying in the direction of Leclerc
25/57 – Both Spanish dubbed
Between accidents, stops and now Sainz entering to change wing angle, the Spaniards are two of the three folded cars, the other is Valterri Bottas’s Cadillac
24/57 – PROBLEMS FOR ANTONELLI
The Italian reports problems with the management, who has gone from being one second to being three behind Leclerc
Norris’s bad stop
21/57 – Antonelli behind Leclerc
Antonelli with 5 lap hard tires attacks Leclerc who also has hard tires and hasn’t stopped yet. We’ll see if the difference in tires is enough to overtake or the Madring doesn’t even allow it with this difference.
18/57 – Classification
Leclerc has not entered and INVESTIGATE the touch between Sainz and Alonsoit doesn’t look good for Madrid
The touch between ALONSO and SAINZ
16/57 – Norris enters WITHOUT VIRTUAL
Norris loses the lead, 7 SECONDS stop and also just after the Virtual Safety Car left. Disaster for the one from Bristol, everything is now facing the one from Bologna, Kimi Antonelli.
15/57 – Virtual Safety Car!
Stroll out of the race and the Virtual comes out, at the moment the drivers behind Norris have entered, except Leclerc. It can hurt both Norris and Leclerc. To the Englishman for not having time to enter, to the Monegasque for carrying hard coins.
Sainz’s start and his touches
13/57 – Sparks between Sainz and Alonso
Touch between the Spaniards in turn five, Alonso has damage to his wing after Sainz did not leave him space. The Asturian complained on the radio “At the start he hit two, now he’s squeezing me against the wall”
11/57 – Classification
10/57 – Lawson overtakes Colapinto!
The New Zealander manages to overtake the Argentine. Colapinto’s medium tires may not be as good as Lawson’s hard ones. The Red Bull that the Kiwi wears will also have something to do with it, obviously.
9/57 – Norris escapes
No one can keep up with Norris, with a 1:30,343 He set the fastest lap of the race, he has a five-second advantage over Antonelli. On the other hand, his teammate, Oscar Piastri, is ninth, having lost two positions with respect to his starting place.
images of the exit
7/57 – Hamilton retires
The brakes do not allow Lewis Hamilton to continue the GP, Charles Leclerc inherits his fourth position
6/57 – TROUBLE FOR HAMILTON
The seven-time world champion is having problems with the brakes, he has fallen to 15th position. It could even retire if it fails to cool the brakes.
5/57 – Verstappen lets Antonelli pass
It was not clear to Red Bull that the Dutchman could avoid the penalty for going off the track and now Verstappen lets Antonelli pass. Hamilton almost takes advantage to overtake him but they continue 3rd and 4th
4/57 – Classification
3/57 – Colapinto seventh
The Argentine is one of the drivers who has gained two positions, after his great qualifying yesterday, today he had a good start and is seventh. Ahead of Liam Lawson.
2/57 – Many cars outside
The drivers knew that the start was key, they have not given an inch and several, including Verstappen and Antonelli, have skipped corners to maintain position, and also avoid a collision, it must be said. We’ll see what the commissioners decide.
1/57 – THE SPANISH GP BEGINS!
Lando Norris defends the pole, Antonelli cannot overtake him in the first corner. Behind, Verstappen does manage to place second. The cars do not enter the curves, one of the two always ends up leaving the line
Return to training!
Lead Lando Norris the warp turn, this is about to begin.
Norris and Antonelli go out with mediaVerstappen and Hamilton with softthey go on the attack.
Alonso and Sainz go with tires hard
The starting grid
This will be the starting order, remember, with Sainz starting from 20th position.
Brand new circuit
The Madring will be debuted in the F1 race by the drivers today. After the performances of the F3 and the F2 it has become clear that overtaking on the track is incredibly complicated and the position in the classification can determine a large part of the result this Sunday.
It joins circuits like Jeddah either Miami as a route where location has taken precedence and how convenient it is to make an urban circuit that only works on certain days of the year, rather than putting into operation a specific and permanent track.
There are polarized opinions, some pilots really like it because of the sensations transmitted by going so fast so close to the walls and the spectacular Monumental curve. Others are not convinced and ask that the pilots be consulted when creating circuits since there are no overtaking points.
Alonso’s future
Cryptic are the words that the Asturian is giving during the Spanish Grand Prix, leaving his continuity in the queen category of motorsport in the air.
Yesterday could not have been more than 18th in the standingsbeing the only Aston Martin that could set a time after the problems suffered by Lance Stroll. Today he will start 17th thanks to the aforementioned sanction of Carlos Sainz.
Alonso sends a message in the middle of the mass bath with Sainz in Madring: “I don’t know if it will be the last time I will race in Spain”
And the Golf?
With this Ferrari came Carlos Sainz to the circuit. The Madrid native will start from 20th position after receiving a 3-place penalty for disturbing Valtteri Bottas during Q1.
It seems difficult for Williams to reach the points. Yesterday he was five thousandths behind his teammate, Alex Albon to get out of Q1.
WELCOME!
Good afternoon! Welcome to the Spanish Grand Prix, the first on the circuit of Madringwhere at 3:00 p.m. the race will begin.
Lando Norris He will defend pole after managing to set the best lap at the last moment, practically by surprise:
Norris signs a historic pole at Madring by just 11 thousandths; Alonso, without power and a day to forget for Sainz
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