However team principal Mike Krack is wary of drawing hasty conclusions over Mercedes’ performance. Poll: Vote for your 2023 Spanish Grand Prix Driver of the WeekendWhile Red Bull and Mercedes occupied the top four places, the Aston Martin pair came sixth and seventh behind Sainz – their worst result so far this year. “It’s just Merc has suddenly slotted in between us and Red Bull, probably where Aston should have been but I don’t know what happened to Aston today.” “I think our pace, when you look like we finished 45 seconds, it’s more or less where we finished in Miami, where we’ve finished in recent races.Īdvert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free Sainz said Mercedes appeared to have become the closest threat to Red Bull. The Ferrari driver said “the biggest surprise is how close were Mercedes in this race.” Hamilton also overhauled Carlos Sainz Jnr as he moved his way forward.
“I was expecting us to be the strongest car after Red Bull, I expected after all the races this year to have pace to do something good today, we just didn’t have it.” “I’m not really sure where they found that pace. “They had a rocket ship today,” Stroll told media including RaceFans at the Circuit de Catalunya. Lance Stroll said he thought his Aston Martin would be the second-quickest car behind the dominant Red Bulls and was surprised how easily Hamilton passed him early in the race.
Lewis Hamilton rose from fourth on the grid to finish second while George Russell completed the team’s first double podium finish of the season having started 12th.
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