Summary of the key topics from inside the Barcelona paddock from F1 Spanish Grand Prix
in Barcelona, but the Spanish Grand Prix provided some promising signs that this season might not be a one-man show.F1 editor Lewis Larkam rounds up his takeaways from being on the ground at the 10th round of the 2024 season…Norris may have been unable to convert his second-ever pole position into victory in Spain, and suffered his second straight defeat to Verstappen, but the McLaren driver has been a constant thorn in the Dutchman’s side of late.
Taking pole on merit in Barcelona further underlined the strength of McLaren’s MCL38, which Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz reckons is now the best package in F1.“I think Red Bull are struggling in certain tracks. Same as us. McLaren is quick everywhere. They're quick in low-speed. They're flat in turn three and nine. They were fastest in turn five.
“Definitely these two at the moment, there is not a lot between them but these two, but they are definitely setting the benchmark.”Things got a bit heated between the Ferrari drivers as they came to blows in Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix. But Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur was quick to downplay talk of developing tension between Leclerc and Sainz as he pointed to emotions always being high in the immediate aftermath of a race.
Red Bull opted for a three-stop strategy for Perez, who passed Pierre Gasly’s Alpine late on to salvage eighth, but he still finished almost a minute behind Verstappen.
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