F1 Debrief: All you need to know from the Spanish GP
Good morning. Welcome to your morning Motorsport F1 Debrief from the Spanish Grand Prix that saw Lewis Hamilton on top again, and Romain Grosjean back in trouble for causing a massive first-lap crash (er, again).
Photo by: Manuel Goria / Sutton Images
After a somewhat subdued victory in Baku, which he felt was inherited from Mercedes teammate and moral victor Valtteri Bottas, there was no stopping Lewis Hamilton in Sunday’s race.
Although he only just beat Bottas to pole by 0.04s on Saturday, Hamilton romped to a 20s victory over him – helped by Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel beating Bottas into the first corner.
Share Or Save This Story
Charles Bradley is Motorsport.com’s Global Editor in Chief. After spending five years in the aerospace industry in his native North Wales, while working weekends as a freelance writer at racetracks around the UK, Charles joined the staff of Motoring News in the heart of London. He transferred to the nascent Autosport.com team in 2000 before transitioning to the magazine, becoming its Editor between 2011 and 2014. Charles then upped sticks to work in America, as Motorsport.com’s Editor in Chief, where he created the multi-national and multi-lingual editorial team that quickly became the world’s most-read motorsport website. He was instrumental in delivering three of the biggest Global F1 Fan Surveys in sports history and is also a multiple award-winning scriptwriter. Charles is an overseas member of the Guild of Motoring Writers and lives in Miami Beach with his wife Helen – and a cat that’s named after Serbia’s top football club.
More from Charles Bradley
2024 F1 Chinese GP sprint qualifying results: Norris takes pole
The day Button scored his 'best F1 win'... until next time!
New compound to thwart Porsche’s inspired Long Beach ‘no tires’ call
How MotoGP brakes work: Secrets of stopping a 220mph bike
How Senna’s early Pacific GP exit raised his Benetton suspicions
Why MotoGP’s COTA thriller was just what Liberty wanted to see
F1 Chinese GP: How to watch, ESPN Formula 1 TV times in USA
How a Brazilian F1 pioneer lifted Lotus after Rindt's tragic loss
Latest news
F1 team-mates' qualifying battles: Chinese GP
2024 F1 Chinese GP sprint qualifying results: Norris takes pole
F1 Chinese GP: Norris time reinstated for sprint pole, Hamilton second
Peugeot surprised by severity of WEC Balance of Performance hit
Prime
Why F1 2026 worst-case fears could be key to new rules success
How the F1 driver market situation sits for each team with 2025 openings
What's been going wrong for Leclerc in F1's tiny margins qualifying game
What the Chinese GP's highlights reveal about its first F1 race for five years
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.