The Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team claims a double podium as Lewis takes victory at the 2020 Spanish Grand Prix
Does it get almost boring watching the Silver Arrows team dominate the 2020 Formula 1 season? As a fan of the team and more particularly Lewis Hamilton, it doesn’t, but it could to all those F1 followers who might support Red Bull, Ferrari or the others.
One performance of note is the improvement by Lance Stroll and Sergio Peres from Racing Point. Just shows how dominant Mercedes-Benz are in motorsport.
- Lewis scored the 88th victory of his Formula One career, his fourth of the 2020 season and fifth at the Spanish GP
- Valtteri recovered from a difficult start to finish P3, scoring his 50th F1 podium
- On lap 23 of the race, the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team reached 25,000 laps raced in F1
- Today’s result marks Lewis’ 156th podium in F1, setting a new record for the most in F1 history
- Lewis (132 points) leads the Drivers’ Championship by 37 points from Max Verstappen (95 points), with Valtteri in P3 (89 points)
- The Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team (221 points) leads Red Bull Racing (135 points) by 86 points in the Constructors’ Championship
- Mike Sansoni, the Senior Performance Engineer, accepted the Constructors’ trophy on behalf of the team
Lewis Hamilton
This feels absolutely incredible. I was just in a daze out there, I didn’t even know it was the last lap in the end, that’s how in the zone I was. I can’t remember the last time I felt like that. It was really special and a real surprise after our recent tyre problems. We brought all of our learnings from the previous weekend into this one and that enabled us to do well today. A fantastic effort from everyone in the team, I’m so grateful for all their hard work and for continuing to push, so a huge thank you to everyone at the factories. I got the perfect start and then it was all about tyre management. It was so hot out there and very demanding, but I was just focused on protecting the tyres and bringing the car home. What an incredible result.
Footnote: What is happening with the Scuderia? Their cars aren’t competitive and Seb Vettel almost looks like he’s not trying? Bring on 2021 and let’s hope that the Red Cars are closer to the front of the grid and race
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