Formula One leader Oscar Piastri won the Spanish Grand Prix from pole position in a McLaren one-two with Lando Norris on Sunday while Max Verstappen was demoted from fifth to 10th for a late collision with George Russell\u2019s Mercedes.<\/p>\n
Piastri beat teammate and title rival Norris by 2.471 seconds for his fifth win in nine races this season, and McLaren\u2019s seventh, to stretch his championship lead to 10 points. Ferrari\u2019s Charles Leclerc completed the podium after passing Verstappen\u2019s Red Bull six laps from the end of a race that saved the drama to the end.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a nice way to bounce back from Monaco. A superb weekend,\u201d said Piastri, who finished third last weekend in a race won from pole by Norris.<\/p>\n
Verstappen, who made four stops in total and ended up fighting on the slower hard tyres against rivals with softs, collided with Leclerc and then twice with Russell after a safety car restart with six laps to go.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve seen those sort of manoeuvres before on simulator games and go-karting but never in F1,\u201d said Russell, who has had clashes before with four times world champion Verstappen.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t really know what was going through his mind.\u201d<\/p>\n
Penalty points
\nNico Rosberg, Mercedes 2016 world champion and now a pundit for Sky Sports television, said Verstappen should have been black-flagged for what looked to him like intentional retaliation for the earlier contact.<\/p>\n
The 10-second penalty was added to Verstappen\u2019s time post-race, with the driver also given three penalty points to take his total tally to 11 for the 12 month period – one step from a one-race ban.<\/p>\n
Verstappen and Leclerc also faced a post-race investigation for their clash. \u201cI tried to push him to the left, there was a bit of contact but fortunately no consequences,\u201d said Leclerc.<\/p>\n
Verstappen claimed the Monegasque had rammed into him and should have given back the place.<\/p>\n
Russell finished fourth after eventually being let through by Verstappen, who was incensed to be told to do so but reluctantly obeyed.<\/p>\n
Sauber\u2019s Nico Hulkenberg finished a surprising and morale-boosting fifth for the future Audi team after passing Ferrari\u2019s seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton on the penultimate lap.<\/p>\n
Hamilton was a disappointing sixth, Isack Hadjar seventh for Racing Bulls and Pierre Gasly eighth for Renault-owned Alpine.<\/p>\n
Ferrari moved up to second from fourth in the constructors\u2019 standings, now 197 points behind McLaren.<\/p>\n
Verstappen remained third in the drivers\u2019 championship but now 49 points behind Piastri in what is becoming a McLaren battle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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