Max Verstappen extended his lead at the top of the F1 racers rankings with a win at the Spanish Grand Prix. Verstappen finished first at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya as he gained an advantage ahead of the race as he started at the pole position. Lewis Hamilton finished second after finishing fourth in qualifying. George Russell from Mercedes also bagged a podium finish and made a stunning comeback starting from 12th position on the grid.
Mercedes and Aston Martin swap rankings
Ahead of the Spanish GP, Aston Martin was in the second position while Mercedes were third with just one point behind them. A sixth finish for Lance Stroll and a seventh finish from Fernando Alonso saw Aston Martin taking just 14 points from the race. Mercedes on the other hand had a great race as both their drivers Hamilton and Russell finished on the podium grabbing 33 points.
Here are the team rankings:
| Rankings | Teams | Races | Points | Wins | Podiums |
| 1 | Red Bull | 7 | 287 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Mercedes | 7 | 152 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Aston Martin | 7 | 134 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Ferrari | 7 | 100 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Alpine | 7 | 40 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | McLaren | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Haas | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Alpha Romeo | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Alpha Tauri | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Williams | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Hamilton closes on Alonso
Hamilton with a runner-up finish at the Spanish GP closed the gap between him and Alonso. The gap between second-placed, Alonso and third-placed, Hamilton is just 12 points now. Hamilton was 19 points behind Alonso before the Monaco GP while the gap before the Spanish GP increased to 24 points.
Alonso had some opportunities to have a better finish. He finished 7th behind teammate Stroll. At one point the gap between him and Stroll was reduced to just two seconds. On his radio, he told his team that he would not go for the overtake. Alonso said to his team on the radio that he would take “zero risks.” While speaking to the media at the end of the race, Alonso said “It was 10 laps to the end, I had a little bit fresher tyres – but like one or two tenths faster than him, no more than that.” He further said, “For us it’s the same: sixth and seventh, and seventh and sixth.” A sixth-place finish would have extended the gap between him and Hamilton to 14 points.
Here are the player rankings:
| Rankings | Drivers | Races | Points | Wins | Podiums |
| 1 | Max Verstappen | 7 | 170 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | Sergio Perez | 7 | 117 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | 7 | 99 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | 7 | 87 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | George Russell | 7 | 65 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | 7 | 58 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Charles Le Clerc | 7 | 42 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Lance Stroll | 7 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Esteban Ocon | 7 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Pierre Gasly | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Lando Norris | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Nico Hulkenberg | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Oscar Piastri | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Valtteri Bottas | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Zhou Guanyu | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Yuki Tsunoda | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Kevin Magnussen | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Alex Albon | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Logan Sargeant | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Nyck de Vries | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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