Max Verstappen Wins 2024 Spanish Grand Prix
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the 2024 Spanish Grand Prix ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris and seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes in a mostly clean race which saw no yellow caution flags.
The only drama occurred early on when Norris, who began the race on pole position at the race’s start, tried to nudge Verstappen into the grass strip on the right side of the track after Verstappen got a better start, The minor kerfuffle allowed Mercedes’ George Russell, who was starting in third behind Verstappen, to launch himself past both Norris and Verstappen to briefly take the race lead on the first lap.
Two laps later, Verstappen passed Russell but Norris did not pass Russell until Lap 16, when Russell made his first pit stop of the race – that delay wound up being crucial as Norris was unable to fully close the late gap between himself and Verstappen at the end of the race.
Hamilton, meanwhile, fluctuated between third and ninth for the entire race, finally securing the final podium position on Lap 52, after passing Russell, who had elected to go to the hard tires on his final pit stop. The race then became a snoozefest from that point on as the podium positions remained unchanged for the race’s final 14 laps.
With the victory, Verstappen extends his lead in the 2024 Formula 1 driver’s standings with 219 points to 150 points for Norris – who received the point for fastest lap in the race – and 148 points for Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.
2024 Spanish Grand Prix Top 10 Finishers
1] Max Verstappen – Red Bull
2] Lando Norris – McLaren
3] Lewis Hamilton – Mercedes
4] George Russell – Mercedes
5] Charles Leclerc – Ferrari
6] Carlos Sainz Jr. – Ferrari
7] Oscar Piastri – McLaren
8] Sergio PĂ©rez – Red Bull
9] Pierre Gasly – Alpine
10] Esteban Ocon – Alpine