2024 F1 Spanish GP results: Verstappen beats charging Norris

Verstappen beat McLaren’s Lando Norris and the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton within the 66-lap race.

George Russell (Mercedes) led for a few laps firstly after a courageous transfer across the outdoors of Verstappen and Norris, who ran wheel-to-wheel from the beginning on the long term to Flip 1.

However Verstappen handed Russell to take the lead as quickly as DRS turned obtainable, whereas Norris opted to run lengthy on the mushy tyres that he began on, giving up his observe place for a tyre delta benefit.

Norris had an incredible battle with Russell for second simply after half distance and spent his remaining stint chasing Verstappen house. 

2024 F1 Spanish Grand Prix outcomes

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Polesitter Norris led the cost to Flip 1 and though the faster-starting Verstappen had the within line, after Norris squeezed him in the direction of the grass away from the startline, a daring Russell swept round each to guide due to a robust double slipstream from the vehicles in entrance.

Verstappen held second, with Norris falling from first to 3rd. Hamilton ran fourth from the Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, who have been adopted by Pierre Gasly (Alpine) and Oscar Piastri (McLaren).

Sainz handed Leclerc at Flip 1 for fifth after a brush of wheels that precipitated Sainz to make use of the run-off.

Verstappen used his DRS to get an incredible run on Russell firstly of lap three, and battled his well beyond across the outdoors of Flip 1 as Russell opted to go to the within to defend.

Verstappen prolonged his result in 4.5s over Russell forward of the primary spherical of pitstops, regardless of a second at Flip 8 on lap 12.

Russell was the primary of the highest six to cease on lap 16, however suffered a gradual right-rear change, and rejoined simply forward of Sainz. That launched Norris to shut barely on Verstappen, whose response was to pit on lap 18, placing Norris again into the lead.

Hamilton handed Sainz for sixth with a decent transfer at Flip 1 on lap 19 and instantly set quickest lap. Verstappen misplaced time passing Piastri at Flip 7, who then pitted from fourth.

Norris ran even longer to lap 23, rejoining in sixth on contemporary mediums. Leclerc led for a lap earlier than making his first cease, which handed the lead again to Verstappen, who was 5s away from Russell, Hamilton, Sainz and Norris.

Norris set quickest lap and handed Sainz for fourth on lap 27. Piastri, who was on an analogous technique, proved the McLaren might move a Crimson Bull by DRS-ing previous Sergio Perez for ninth.

Norris DRS-ed previous Hamilton on lap 32, elevating him to 3rd, whereas team-mate Piastri made related progress and moved as much as seventh by half distance.

Norris pulled an incredible transfer on Russell for second at Flip 3, however Russell regained his benefit across the outdoors of Flip 4, earlier than Norris made the transfer stick at Flip 7. Russell pitted on lap 37 for hards.

Verstappen’s lead over Norris diminished from over 9s to 4.4s throughout this stint, as Hamilton was the following frontrunner to make his second and remaining cease, switching to softs.

Verstappen additionally opted for softs when he stopped on lap 45, placing Norris into the lead with 21 laps to go. Norris pitted for softs a few laps later, simply rejoining forward of Russell in second with an 8s hole to Verstappen.

Norris pushed onerous from the beginning of his remaining stint, taking 2s out of him in three laps, forcing Verstappen to reply by elevating his tempo. The hole stabilised at 5s because the laps ticked down, and Norris was left to rue the observe place he misplaced firstly after ranging from pole.

Regardless of a remaining push by Norris, Verstappen gained by 2.2s. Hamilton handed Russell for third on lap 52.

Leclerc (on softs) handed Sainz (on hards) for fifth with 11 laps remaining however Leclerc simply fell brief in his pursuit of Russell by 0.3s on the end.

Piastri completed seventh forward of a three-stopping Perez, who handed Gasly within the remaining levels, the latter doing effectively to get better from a gradual first cease. Esteban Ocon’s Alpine rounded out the purpose scorers.

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