Max Verstappen wins in Spain to proceed Red Bull sweep

Max Verstappen obtained the Spanish Grand Prix from pole place on Sunday to stretch his Formula One championship end in 53 components and proceed Red Bull’s sweep of the season with the workforce’s seventh success in as many races.

Seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton accomplished a distant second for Mercedes with workforce mate George Russell ending the podium on a cloudy nonetheless dry afternoon at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya.

Red Bull’s Sergio Perez, Verstappen’s closest championship rival, accomplished fourth after starting eleventh.

The win was Verstappen’s fifth of the season, third in a row and the double world champion’s fortieth in Formula One. The Dutch 25-year-old moreover secured a bonus stage for quickest lap.