The 23-year-old Dutch driver returns to the Spanish Grand Prix track outside Barcelona as a title contender fighting wheel-to-wheel with Mercedes’ seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton. Eight points behind his British rival after three races, Verstappen will find round four much more to his liking than Portugal last weekend. Your first F1 win is pretty emotional, especially when it is a bit of a shock to everyone as it was my debut for the team,” said Verstappen. Behind the podium regulars, expect McLaren’s Lando Norris to continue the fine run of form that has sent him third overall. Carlos Sainz will be making his first home appearance as a Ferrari driver while double world champion and two times Spanish GP winner Fernando Alonso returns with Renault-owned Alpine after two years out.

Source: The Star May 06, 2021 21:00 UTC