F1: Max Verstappen wins Spanish GP after Leclerc is forced to retire – live reaction!

22.05.2022 - 21:15 / msn.com

LIVE – Updated at 16:02 Lap-by-lap report: Can Max Verstappen reel in Charles Leclerc’ at the top of the championship and will Lewis Hamilton finally get going? Join Alex hess now. And here’s Sergio Perez: “I have been feeling a lot of support this weekend so I am extremely happy to be on the podium for the first time in the Spanish Grand Prix. I think it was close but at the end it is a great team result and I am happy with that.

We went on different tyre strategies and I let Max by in the beginning, but then I thought I could go by and not lose crucial seconds to make my strategy work. But anyway. .

. it is a team result. ”And here’s George Russell: “Today was very tough, I gave it everything I could AND AM just so proud to be standing here as the guys have worked so hard.

I’M Pleased to be able to bring it home in P3 - lots of points on the board for us. It was a very difficult last few laps: it was a survival race. ”Max Verstappen on his win: “Of course I went off, I just lost the rear.

And I was in the train and trying to pass but my DRS was not always working which made it tough. We had the strategy to get ahead again and do our own race. Difficult beginning but a good end! I tried to stay focussed, which is not always easy.