Kimi Antonelli wins Spanish Grand Prix, extends championship lead

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Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli won the Spanish Grand Prix at the Madring after McLaren's Lando Norris lost the lead because of the timing of a virtual safety car on lap 15. Norris had started from pole and was more than six seconds clear when the VSC was called after Lance Stroll stopped, but he had already passed the pit entry so Antonelli and Max Verstappen pitted under the VSC and gained time. Norris then suffered a slow stop that took seven seconds instead of the usual two, rejoined in fifth and could only recover to third on a track where overtaking proved extremely difficult. Antonelli claimed his eighth win in 14 races this season and extended his championship lead to 81 points over team-mate George Russell; Lewis Hamilton retired after six laps with a brake failure and finished 101 points behind Antonelli. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, who began the race on hard tyres, stayed out through the VSC, led briefly, then pitted on lap 48 and finished fourth. Antonelli said Norris deserved to win, and Norris remarked the team would "take it on the chin" and that there could be more wins this year.

Formula 1

@f1tv.bsky.social

Kimi Antonelli wins Round 14 ahead of Max Verstappen and Lando Norris! 🏆 Here are your points finishers at the MADRING 👇 #F1 #SpanishGP

11926d ago

Piston Broke8

How and why in this day and age can someone design a new circuit where no one can pass? Unforgivable.

Laster1

You're going to see a lot of people switching Madring for Boring.

✨🪐💫1

ITALIAN STALLION DOES IT AGAIN

Trey_B1

Loved the result w/Kimi & Max in the top 2. At least we got some fun at the very end due to sheer luck. The track… wasn’t good. Might be the new worst track on the grid. :/

Foreversideways1

Anyone managed to stay awake, yet another crap city circuit. F1 is just a money circus with races sold to the highest bidders

Andrew Minett1

Can you pass on to the broadcast team that taking 7 laps until a start replay is unforgivable. Use split screens and the other tools available so we can actually see the small amount of things that actually happened in this boring race. Really disappointed in the TV broadcasts lately.

Matt Bishop 🏳️‍🌈 🏁

@thebishf1.bsky.social

Excellent #SpanishGP win just now for Kimi Antonelli (pic 1), thereby joining Denny Hulme (pic 2), Jacky Ickx & Daniel Ricciardo on 8 career #F1 GP wins. Could 2 F1 drivers possibly look more different than Antonelli & Hulme? I think not!

4826d ago

David Henderson2

Thanks, I dozed off there for a moment

Clive1

The drivers from the past were far more interesting conversationalists; I had the pleasure of meeting several of them at Brands Hatch back in the 70s.

mclaren news 🧡

@mclarenf1news.bsky.social

P3 and P8 in the Spanish GP 🇪🇸 | #F1 #McLaren

3326d ago

Tony P3

Could have / should have won it. A poor strategy call and a worse pit stop lost it for Lando

Parody FIA

@parodyfia.bsky.social

BREAKING: Acting FIA president Fernando Alonso has decreed that today’s Spanish GP will be a reverse grid race.

2727d ago

Chris Medland

@chrismedlandf1.bsky.social

Kimi Antonelli wins the Spanish Grand Prix! Max Verstappen holds off Lando Norris in second and third Antonelli's eighth win of the season and 81 points clear. Norris will rue the VSC timing in that one #F1 #SpanishGP

3126d ago

Chris Medland10

Leclerc, Russell, Lawson, Colapinto, Piastri, Lindblad and Hulkenberg round out the points #F1 #SpanishGP

Taillon1

Man, that VSC was just awful for Norris. The timing on that left him the only car in the field to not get the benefit. Made the podium positions race a big yawn. The slow stop hurt, but this track being a fast Monaco doesn’t seem like it would have mattered.

Formula Sean

@formulaseanf1.bsky.social

My review of that race is summed up quite nicely my Kimi Antonelli...

1826d ago

PlanetF1

@planetf1com.bsky.social

Toto Wolff would quite like to see Kimi Antonelli bring it back from the limit sometimes 😂

1826d ago

F1 Brasil

@f1br.bsky.social

Lando Norris se lamuria por derrota para Kimi Antonelli na Espanha: “O Safety Car Virtual foi acionado depois que eu já tinha passado pela entrada dos boxes, então não havia nada que eu pudesse fazer. Simplesmente não contamos com a sorte ao nosso lado” #F1 #SpanishGP

1726d ago

Sahil Kapur

@sahilkapur.bsky.social

Kimi Antonelli wins Formula 1 race in Madrid to establish a dominant championship lead 20-year-old Italian inherited the W after bad luck struck Lando Norris. Antonelli's lead grows to 81 (!) points. 9 races to go. He'd be the youngest champ in F1 history. www.nbcnews.com/sports/formu...

1326d ago

Andrew Benson

@andrewbensonf1.bsky.social

Spanish Grand Prix result: Kimi Antonelli wins after Lando Norris loses lead because of VSC and slow pit stop - BBC Sport www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formul...

1226d ago

David Henderson3

That was pretty rotten entertainment

Anthony1

Stewards had just over one whole lap to make a decision on the VSC, but still managed to delay until the race leader had just passed the pit entrance.

Grand Prix d'Ambiance

@grandprixdambiance.com

Spanish GP. Uitslag (onder voorbehoud: de snelste pitstop is nog niet bekend). #GPdA 🏆 @cathblancquaert.bsky.social (Smooth Operation) 🥈 @passengercis.bsky.social 🥉 @chrmartens.eurosky.social (Suburban Arrows)

526d ago

Philippe 5

Verstappen niet meehebben + Hamilton zien uitvallen = een kostelijk weekend 😬

Cis4

2e zilver op 2 GP's

Philip3

Deze deed pijn ... Damn you Ferrari, I counted on Lewis 🙈

De Patrijsvogel1

De fastest uitslag is het toch nooit e, die fastest pitstop!

TSN

@tsnofficial.bsky.social

GUESS WHO! 😅 KIMI ANTONELLI IS THE #SPANISHGP CHAMPION! 🇪🇸

726d ago

Jessica Ray

@jessicaray.bsky.social

Kimi Antonelli has such cutie pie privilege and I just can’t not root for the little pumpkin

626d ago

AFP News Agency

@en.afp.com

Championship leader Kimi Antonelli made the most of a slice of luck to claim his eighth win of the season in meticulous style as he steered his Mercedes to a measured victory in the Spanish Grand Prix at the Madring. u.afp.com/SjWh

526d ago

miru 💖no. 1 spawn/ spite enabler

@mirufiyu.bsky.social

Bringing my two Spanish boys to the Spanish GP watch party 🥳 #f1

627d ago

3 sources

bbc.co.ukSpanish Grand Prix result: Kimi Antonelli wins after Lando Norris loses lead because of virtual safety car timing nytimes.comLewis Hamilton concedes F1 title fight to Kimi Antonelli and Mercedes: ‘There’s no stopping them’erbak.netF1: Kimi Antonelli Wins in Madrid as Norris Loses Out to Ill-Timed Virtual Safety Car - Erbak

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Kimi Antonelli wins Spanish Grand Prix, extends championship lead

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