Summary of F1 standings after the Spanish Grand Prix

During the Spanish Grand Prix this season, which was supposed to reveal the actual performance of the cars, Lewis Hamilton proved that he was in great shape and was aiming for nothing but the eighth drivers’ championship as well as the constructors’ championship with Mercedes. In Barcelona, it was the strategy that prevailed, and it was the engineers of the German team who made the right decision by stopping Lewis Hamilton before Max Verstappen for his second pit stop. Victory therefore went to Mercedes and Hamilton, already the third this year in four Grand Prix races.

In the drivers’ standings, Verstappen and Hamilton’s lead seems almost definitive. Of course, there are still many races to go and nothing is set in stone. However, the duo seems set to engage in a fierce duel for the title. Hamilton leads Verstappen by 14 points, a lead that is gradually widening. There are 33 points between Verstappen and Bottas, the gap has been deepened, although more tenacity, combativeness, and results are still expected from the Finnish driver, who moves up to the podium of the standings at the expense of Lando Norris at the end of this weekend.

For the constructor standings, no surprises at the top of the table. As announced at the start of the season, it’s a duel between Mercedes and Red Bull. For now, the advantage is with the Brackley team, which has 141 points in four races compared to 112 points for Red Bull. Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton are the two protagonists of this battle, Sergio Perez, the new arrival in the Austrian team, has not achieved the expected results so far to significantly close the gap with Mercedes from a points perspective.

The midfield seems to be divided into two groups, McLaren and Ferrari competing for the third place in the Constructors’ championship with only five points separating these two teams. Then Alpine, AlphaTauri, Aston Martin, and to some extent Alfa Romeo Racing, form a larger and more uncertain pack in the battle for the last places that grant access to points in each Grand Prix. Williams and Haas definitely make up the back of the grid this season, despite some flashes of brilliance from the talented George Russell.