By Melody Gross 
Max Verstappen, in Red Bull, won the Spanish Grand Prix and took advantage of the retirement of Charles Leclerc, of Ferrari, who comfortably drove the race, until the moment of retirement, due to a power unit failure in a single-seat Scuderia, who is for the first time in championship leadership.
At the Barcelona-Catalunya circuit, exactly where he celebrated his first Formula 1 victory, in 2016, in his first appearance with Red Bull, Max, the current champion, won for the fourth time in the 2022 World Championship (the third in a row!) and ranked 24 in the number one motorsport category, equating to the eleventh most successful driver ever in the sport, Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio.
Also for Red Bull, a very fruitful race: the team, with Sergio Perez in second place, put its two individual seats in the first two places, which happened for the second time in 2022 and 19 in the team’s history in Formula 1, and took the lead in the constructors’ championship that did not He has won it since 2013, surpassing Ferrari in the standings.
For Lewis Hamilton, he stopped in a five-game winning streak in Spain. The Mercedes Briton “survived” a collision with Haas Ferrari’s Kevin Magnussen on the first lap of the race (the accident caused a puncture that forced him to stop too early in the pits), and finished 66 laps on the fifth. Position, behind his team-mate, England’s George Russell, who took the second podium of the season (and third in Formula 1), and Spain’s Carlos Sainz Jr., of Ferrari
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1st Max Verstappen, Red Bull-RBPT, 1: 37.20.475 hours
Sergio Perez’s second, Red Bull-RBPT, in 13.072 seconds
Third George Russell, Mercedes, in 32.927 seconds
Fourth Carlos Sainz Jr., Ferrari, in 45.208 seconds
Fifth Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, in 54.534 seconds
6 Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo-Ferrari, in 59.976 seconds
7th Esteban Ocon, Alpine-Renault, at 1.15.397 seconds
8 Lando Norris, McLaren Mercedes, 1.23.235 seconds
9 Fernando Alonso, Alpine Reno, 1 lap
Tenth Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri-RBPT, 1 roll
11 Sebastian Vettel, Aston Martin Mercedes, 1 lap ahead
Twelfth: Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren-Mercedes, 1 lap ahead
13 Pierre Gasly, AlphaTauri-RBPT, 1 roll
14 Mick Schumacher, Haas Ferrari, one lap
15 Lance Stroll, Aston Martin Mercedes, 1 lap
16 Nicholas Latifi, Williams Mercedes, 2 laps ahead
17 Kevin Magnussen, Haas Ferrari, 2 laps away
18 Alexander Albon, Williams Mercedes, two laps away
19 Zhou Guanyu, Alfa Romeo Ferrari retired
20 Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, retirement
Fastest lap: Sergio Perez, in Red Bull-RBPT, 1.24.108m, lap 55, average speed of 200.099 km/h.
Next race (7th of 22): Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo on the 29th.
Drivers Championship
1st Max Verstappen, 110 points
Second Charles Leclerc 104 points
Third, Sergio Perez, 85 points
Fourth George Russell 74 points
Fifth Carlos Sainz Jr. 65 points
Sixth Lewis Hamilton 46 points
7th Lando Norris 39 points
8- Valtteri Bottas 38 points
9 Esteban Acon, 30 points
Tenth Kevin Magnussen 15 points
11 Daniel Ricciardo 11 points
12 Yuki Tsunoda 11 points
Thirteenth place, Pierre Gasly, 6 points
14 Sebastian Vettel 4 points
15 Fernando Alonso 4 points
16 Alexander Albon 3 points
17 Lance Stroll, 2 points
18 Zhou Guanyu, 1 point
19 Mick Schumacher 0 points
20 Nico Hulkenberg 0 points
21 Nicholas Latifi zero points
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1 Red Bull-RBPT, 195 points
2nd Ferrari 169 points
Mercedes third 95 points
Fourth: McLaren-Mercedes 46 points
Fifth Alfa Romeo – Ferrari 31 points
6 – Alpine Renault 26 points
7th place AlphaTauri-RBPT, 16 points
Eighth Haas-Ferrari 15 points
9 Aston Martin – Mercedes 6 points
Tenth Williams Mercedes 3 points