Race: Verstappen Makes History With Spanish Win

Max Verstappen made history on Sunday as he held off a challenge from Kimi Raikkonen to win the Spanish GP on his Red Bull debut, a race in which Mercedes crashed out.

Sunday’s grand prix was over before it got going for Mercedes as Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton fought for the lead.

Hamilton led off the line before Rosberg swept around the outside at Turn 1 to lead the way.

The Brit tried to fight back but Rosberg refused to give him any space. Hamilton put his wheels on the grass and slid into his team-mate, putting them both into the gravel and out of the race.

With Mercedes out of the running, Red Bull and Ferrari launched into a fantastic battle for the victory.

Daniel Ricciardo led the early running as Red Bull put him on a three-stop strategy while Max Verstappen benefitted from each of his team-mates stops. Behind them Ferrari put Sebastian Vettel on a three-stopper and Raikkonen on a two.

This meant the quartet changed positions throughout their pit stops with all four leads laps at some point of the grand prix.

Verstappen was the first to make his final stop, pitting on Lap 35 with Raikkonen in a lap later. Vettel stopped for the last time on Lap 38 with Ricciardo pitting five laps later. All four on …

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