Away from Red Bull v McLaren, there was Mercedes v Ferrari in another fascinating strategic battle in Spain.
Mercedes beat Ferrari in the fight for the podium at the Spanish Grand Prix with Lewis Hamilton and George Russell once again confirming their upward trend at a key circuit on the calendar.
Hamilton, on the other hand, stayed close to the rear of Norris and although he was out of the DRS zone, he was able to keep the two Ferraris behind him. From then on, he stayed close to Russell for the entire second stint on this tyre. On his side, Sainz could not keep up with the pace of Hamilton and Russell, who opened a four second gap to the Spanish driver.
However, in doing so, Hamilton was given the option of stretching the life of his medium tyre and had a strategic advantage over Russell, who until then had always been ahead of Lewis on track. Leclerc, faced with this move, had to sacrifice some of the tyre advantage he had gained with the soft tyre at the start to anticipate his last stop with the medium tyre if he wanted to catch Mercedes.
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