Spanish GP: Verstappen wins, Both Mercedes crash
Max Verstappen of Red Bull became the youngest driver ever to win a Formula 1 Grand Prix at the age of 18 by winning the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix.
Verstappen, making his debut with the leading Red Bull squad after being moved up from Toro Rosso, did not put a foot wrong all day and claimed his maiden F1 victory ahead of Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel.
The Dutchman, 18, used a two-stop strategy to emerge in the lead and never looked back, despite Raikkonen’s best attempts to pass him.Vettel had to settle for third position after a three-stop strategy proved to be slower than the leaders’ two.
The fight for victory came to life after the opening lap, when Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg crashed into each other and retired right away.It is the first time since the 2012 US Grand Prix that Mercedes fails to score.
Daniel Ricciardo finished in fourth in the second Red Bull despite suffering a tyre blow-out with two laps to go when fighting with Vettel.Valtteri Bottas came home in fifth for Williams ahead of local hero Carlos Sainz, who crossed the line in sixth in the Toro Rosso.
Sergio Perez, Felipe Massa, Jenson Button and Daniil Kvyat completed the point-scoring positions.
