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 already passed the pit entry when the VSC was called, allowing Antonelli and Red Bull's Max Verstappen to pit and save time; Norris pitted a lap later but a seven-second stop dropped him to fifth. Antonelli held on for his eighth victory in 14 races, with Verstappen second and Norris recovering to third. George Russell finished fifth after a difficult, strategy-hit race, leaving Antonelli 81 points clear of Russell in the championship. Lewis Hamilton retired after six laps with brake failure and was classified 101 points behind Antonelli. Antonelli said it "doesn't feel as good because Lando deserved to win," while Norris said "We'll take it on the chin. 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

894h ago

Piston Broke7

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

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!

344h ago

David Henderson1

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.

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

274h ago

Chris Medland8

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.

mclaren news 🧡

@mclarenf1news.bsky.social

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

274h ago

Parody FIA

@parodyfia.bsky.social

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

2410h ago

PlanetF1

@planetf1com.bsky.social

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

142h 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

143h ago

Formula Sean

@formulaseanf1.bsky.social

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

102h 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...

93h ago

AFP News Agency

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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

52h 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...

74h ago

David Henderson2

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.

TSN

@tsnofficial.bsky.social

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

44h ago

MartinC

@martinc7.bsky.social

That Spanish GP track can get in the bin. Another track where overtaking is practically impossible. Challenging to get a lap time in qualy, but just not a race track. Which is its job. Just tedious. #F1

54h ago