Chronicle Formula 1 GP Spain: Hamilton's lesson with Carlos Sainz seventh on a bad day for Fernando Alonso

No one can beat Lewis Hamilton at the Spanish Grand Prix. The seven-time world champion scored his fifth consecutive victory in Barcelona on a day when he beat a Max Verstappen who had the victory in his pocket. Mercedes got the change in strategy right and Red Bull took a chance by wearing Verstappen down by stopping only once. The last laps were the chronicle of an announced death of Mad Max and this finally happened, reinforcing Hamilton’s leadership in the Formula 1 World Championship.As for the Spanish drivers, Carlos Sainz finished in seventh position after signing a grand final of race with overtakings included of a high level to Lando Norris and Esteban Ocon. For his part, Fernando Alonso suffered again and finished in 17th position in a Grand Prix in which he made us enjoy a lot in the past. BREAKING: @LewisHamilton wins in Spain! 🏁 He finishes ahead of Max Verstappen (P2) and Valtteri Bottas (P3) to claim his third race win of the season 🏆 # SpanishGP 🇪🇸 # F1 pic.twitter.com/15fd6sY0TF – Formula 1 (@ F1) May 9, 2021 Montmeló Circuit hosted the fourth race of the season after a classification in which equality once again emerged as the main protagonist on the asphalt. Hamilton got pole – the 100th of his career – but Verstappen promised to put on a show and fight for a victory where he completed his first Formula 1 triumph in 2016. It had not been a bad Saturday for the drivers. Spanish people. Carlos Sainz started from sixth position and Fernando Alonso from tenth on a day in which the Montmeló Circuit measured Alpine’s improvement. His teammate Esteban Ocon started fifth, ahead of Sainz’s Ferrari and Norris and Ricciardo’s McLaren.For this reason, the objective of the French blue car was to get a good handful of points from Barcelona, although in the case of Alonso it was going to be difficult Verstappen gave the chest do at the start The enormous difficulty of overtaking on the track in the Spanish Grand Prix. For this reason, the start and the first laps acquired a capital importance in Montmeló, a circuit in which if you don’t overtake at the start then you need a mistake on the track or a strategy to do so. Something that Verstappen knew perfectly, who passed a Hamilton who was clean at the start and gave in to the Red Bull driver to lose the first battle of the afternoon, while Carlos Sainz lost two positions and Fernando Alonso held on as I could the envestidas of the Aston Martin of Lance Stroll, one of the pilots who better leave the grill. The outlook was bleak for the Mercedes: Verstappen passed Hamilton and Leclerc did the same with Bottas to put his head on the podium.It seemed that the Spanish Grand Prix could be boring, but this year Formula 1 offers us entertainment even in this kind of circumstances. The race had in store a brutal strategy duel between Verstappen and Hamilton for the victory, although earlier a blackout in Tsunoda’s AlphaTauri caused the safety car to leave. Verstappen did well and the cross was put by Fernando Alonso, who gave the position to Lance Stroll.Mercedes strategy lesson to Red Bull The rivalry during this year between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen looks like he will write a spectacular chapter in the history of the Formula 1, as did others such as those starring Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost or Mika Hakkinen and Michael Schumacher, among many others.After the battles of Bahrain, Imola and Portimao, in Barcelona there was an exciting strategy fight between the two great favorites to win the World Cup.On lap 25, Max Verstappen completed a very slow stop of 4.2 seconds that became an opportunity gold for Mercedes. Red Bull shot himself in the foot and gave a match ball to Hamilton, who ultimately did not take advantage of it. Toto Wolff’s team decided that the seven-time world champion would not stop with an alternative strategy to arrive very strong at the end. A plan that they finally changed with a change of strategy, knowing that with those tires they were not going to be able to hunt Verstappen. Very correct reaction from Mercedes. The race changed completely and Hamilton was confident of pushing hard and reaching the end of the race very close to a Verstappen whose tires were going to be very close to the end. Red Bull did not copy Mercedes’ strategy and everything seemed to indicate that it would arrive with a bad rhythm at the end of the race. And so it was: Hamilton arrived with a pace much higher than that of Verstappen and overtook Verstappen to increase his difference at the head of the World Cup. The end was not only a suffering for Max Verstappen, but also for a Fernando Alonso who was losing positions until he fell into the 17th due to an error in the strategy traced to that of Verstappen. For his part, Carlos Sainz was able to sign a seventh place after a good end of the race.