It was a tough race for reigning champion Max Verstappen  who  was demoted to 10th after seeing red in a battle with Charles Leclerc and George Russell at the Spanish GP in Barcelona.

“It’s a shame the safety car came out — it would have been better if it hadn’t”, said a frustrated Max Verstappen. “Anyway, a three-stop race allowed me to be on the attack instead of managing the tyres. That’s racing.
49 points behind the leader. Too many? Right now, yes, because we don’t have the pace. McLaren has been fast since the start of the season. We have to keep working.”

Another big pensalised by the Safet Car was Lewis Hamilton. “I expected to have a better result today. i don’t expect this performance, the car was not fast enough”.

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