In Pictures: Spain 2021
It was a very interesting weekend at Barcelona, a track everyone knows best of them all. On Saturday it was Sir Lewis Hamilton who did the fastest lap in qualifying and with it his 100th pole position in Formula One.
On Sunday, expectations were high as qualifying was tight, some say more than ever before this season. It was Max Verstappen who had the upper hand at the start, racing in the lead by turn 3, but at the end, it was a mixture of excellent team strategy and masterclass driving by Hamilton who ended up on the top step of the podium.
Valtteri Bottas finished third, completing the podium.
QUOTES FROM THE PODIUM:
““What a day! It was a remarkable job by the whole team again this weekend and it’s so good to see fans back here. I even saw a few British flags in the crowd and I’ve really missed that! I feel great, like I could do that all over again, all the training is clearly paying off!””
““I tried everything I could today and took the lead at Turn 1 but from there we were just lacking a bit of pace to Mercedes. Of course we wanted to win but I cannot feel too disappointed as I did everything I could out there and maximized the opportunities. Even if we had looked at another strategy and done a two-stop and pitted before them, we wouldn’t have made the time up as they were just faster than us.””
““Losing that position to Charles at Turn 3 on the first lap compromised the first stint of my race. I was hoping for more today but that made it difficult. My overall pace wasn’t too bad - bit of a shame that we couldn’t finish higher, but at least I managed to get on the podium. I’m never happy to settle for third, I’m here to win but it was a good day for the team, scoring more solid points. Monaco is going to be a unique challenge in two weeks’ time and I’m looking forward to it.””
JOMA