Formula 1, another catwalk for Verstappen in the Spanish GP. Sainz and Alonso off the podium

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Verstappen wins almost effortlessly again this Sunday, al Grand Prix in Spain . The only pitfall for him too is tire wear, high due to the nature of the track but a condition which is common to all single-seaters. For some time, however, he has no longer counted on his ‘old habits’ of scoring one-two with Perez, because both Mercedes, first Hamilton and then Russell, went consistently better throughout the weekend.

Sainz off the podium

So fourth and off the podium for the Mexican but, even more bitter, is the absence of a podium for Sainz . With the great result in qualifying on Saturday 3 June and the technical problems of his box mate, he certainly dreamed of overturning the balance at the pit wall. Instead, with a fifth place finish today too, the substance does not change, except for the surprising absence of Aston Martin.

After a Saturday defined by Ferrari itself as ‘two-faced’, given the unexpected second place of Sainz and the last in qualifying of Leclerc which, due to problems and related last-second mechanical replacements, even started from the pits, the final result of the Spanish Grand Prix is ​​not particularly different from the top 6 of 2023.

Red Bull dominance

The conditions for a grand prix on a track as fast as the Catalan one weren’t exactly the most optimistic for Red Bull’s opponents: in fact, in the absence of a safety car, given the performance seen so far in 2023, one could bet on how many opponents there could be voiced by Verstappen. If the ‘bibitaro’ domain continues like this, the risk of not seeing the top step of the podium for any other team in the rest of 2023 is currently quite concrete.

The glass is half empty for almost all the other teams and that Verstappen started his test calmly keeping the hard tires without being worried in the least by any rival. Then, in order of importance, the Mercedes have begun to reap the benefits of the new package already tested last Sunday in Monaco which, however, was aspired to be able to give its best only on the most challenging tracks like this one.