The Italian Andrea Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes), championship leader, won the Spanish Grand Prix this Sundaythe fourteenth of the Formula One World Championship and the first race in history held at the Madring, the new semi-urban circuit designed at IFEMA, the exhibition center in Madrid, Spain.
Antonelli, who at 20 years old is established as the youngest leader in history, reinforced his first place in the general classification with his eighth victory in F1, all obtained this year. The victory took place on the new track in the Spanish capitalwhere the premier category returned 45 years after it was run, for the last time, on the Jarama circuit, Madrid. The Italian won ahead of the Dutch quadruple world champion Max Verstappen (Red Bull) and the Englishman Lando Norris (McLaren), who finished third after starting from pole.
The Argentine Franco Colapinto (Alpine) finished seventh in a race in which the Spanish double world champion Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) finished seventeenth. For his part, the Spanish Carlos Sainz (Williams) had to abandon, as did the Mexican Sergio Pérez (Cadillac).
The Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) took fourth position, ahead of the Englishman George Russell (Mercedes) and the New Zealander Liam Lawson. The latter replaced Frenchman Isack Hadjar at Red Bull for the third consecutive time, who continues to recover from a wrist injury. For his part, Australian Oscar Piastri (McLaren) finished eighth, one place behind Colapinto.
The race also saw the Swedish-British debutant finish in ninth position, while the German Nico Hülkenberg (Audi) closed the points zone by being tenth. With this result, Antonelli leads the World Cup with 292 points, which represents an advantage of 81 over Russell and 91 over the seven-time English world champion Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari), who was forced to retire this Sunday.
With information from the EFE news agency
