Red Bull driver finishes 24 seconds clear of Lewis Hamilton in another dominant display
On the streets of Monte Carlo, however, it was impossible to gauge its success or otherwise. The anticipation at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya weighed heavy in the air. It built inexorably over the weekend, Hamilton first playing down their chances, then he and Russell clashing with one another during qualifying due to a failure of communication from the team.
They are wary of reading too much into it, too early and that it may to an extent be track specific. Last year they were similarly strong in Spain and that proved a false dawn but this feels more tangible and permanent. The grins on both drivers’ faces spoke volumes and it is at very least a huge boost for morale and a great step forward.
There is a long way to go, however. Verstappen was immense and indeed now looks unstoppable. He was unchallenged in another crushing victory, a full 24 seconds clear of Hamilton after a race in which he had left the rest of the field behind within five laps. Describing his drive is almost unnecessary, he took off and was on rails. At one point even ignoring team exhortations to take it easy to avoid a track limit offence by banging out the fastest lap with ease and well within the track limits.
This weekend Verstappen conceded that his Red Bull car potentially had the pace advantage to complete a clean sweep of 22 wins, a feat never before achieved in F1. He acknowledged it was unlikely but he is in rare form and the car is indeed so quick, as the performance here in Barcelona once more proved, that it is achievable. Indeed barring mechanical failures the weakest link appears by far to be only Pérez’s tendency toward costly error.
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