2024 Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix Highlights

Oracle Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen won the 2024 Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix for a record fourth time as he secured his seventh victory of the season to extend his championship lead over Ferrari’s Charles LeClerc.

Having started on the front row behind McLaren’s Lando Norris, the Dutch driver found himself behind the Mercedes of George Russell by the end of the first lap. Verstappen moved into first place a few laps later and cruised to victory, finishing two seconds clear of Norris.

Max Verstappen, Driver, Red Bull Racing

We made some good set-up changes going into qualifying, and the car was much better. I think we really maximised that, and the car felt more connected and nicer to drive. We were strong into the high speed, and I felt comfortable there, and the high-speed corners were quick. We have had a clean weekend and have been fine-tuning the car throughout the week. During the practice session, I felt we were not the quickest out there, but qualifying felt good. McLaren was quick the whole weekend, and we have been a little behind them, so we need to look at what we can do to optimise the performance tomorrow and be more competitive. Looking to tomorrow, I think it will be very tight; it will be about how we approach the tyres, especially with the high degradation. It will be a close and exciting race tomorrow. We need to analyse a few things, but qualifying has been good, so we can aim to fight for the win.

Sergio Pérez, Driver, Red Bull Racing:

We struggled a little bit with the pace today, and it was super hard to pass anyone on that first stint, especially in the dirty air; I was managing my tyres and in a DRS train. I think that ultimately compromised our race, and we had some balance issues with the soft tyre, which made things harder than predicted. Given our starting position, we switched to a three-stop strategy, which meant we managed to save what I believed was the maximum today. Our Saturday was the main problem, and I am pretty disappointed because we haven’t been able to maximise the potential in the car this weekend, at least on my side. Max did a tremendous job today to come away with the win. I have learned a lot this weekend for the coming weeks, and I am hopeful we can be more competitive and come back strong in Austria. I must help deliver perfect weekends for the Team because it will be a very competitive season.

CHRISTIAN HORNER, CEO and Team Principal

Max drove a brilliant race today, and we got it just right strategically. The first lap was crucial, with the start being one element of it, but Max also needed to overtake the Mercedes at the right moment and then quickly get the tyres under control, which is very difficult under pressure. Checo was on a three-stop strategy today, and he executed a tricky race with good overtakes to secure points, so he should take some confidence away from the weekend. It was a very exciting race with hard, fair racing and small margins. McLaren is doing a great job, Ferrari isn’t far away, and Mercedes has made progress as well, but we’re just keeping our nose ahead, and it’s important that we keep pushing because there are still many more races to go.

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