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How Max Verstappen won the 2023 F1 Spanish Grand Prix
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How the race finished in Spain
Verstappen, Hamilton, Russell, Perez, Sainz, Stroll, Alonso, Ocon, Zhou and Gasly.
Another dominant display from the Red Bull driver.
Perez is now just 2.5s behind Russell for third.
Verstappen is 20.0s clear of Hamilton.
Russell has a 3.7s lead over Perez.
He's been handed a five-second time penalty for forcing Zhou off.
Verstappen, Hamilton, Russell, Perez, Sainz, Stroll, Alonso, Ocon, Tsunoda and Zhou.
Verstappen is shown the black and white flag for track limits.
One more is a five-second time penalty.
Tsunoda and Zhou are battling hard for ninth.
Zhou is forced to take to the escape road at Turn 1.
"He pushed me off man," the Alfa Romeo driver says over team radio.
He's just 7.7s behind Russell now for the podium.
Perez breezes past Sainz into Turn 1 for fourth.
Verstappen comes in for the softs - his final pit stop of the afternoon.
Alonso storms past Ocon, who put up a very aggressive defence down the start-finish straight.
Hamilton is the next driver to come in for fresh rubber.
Mercedes put him on softs and he rejoins in second.
Perez pits shortly after as well. He comes out in fifth behind Sainz.
Russell is the next driver to make his second stop of the afternoon - he rejoins in fourth on softs.
Alonso pits for new hards - his final stop of the afternoon - and rejoins in 10th.
Verstappen, Hamilton, Russell, Perez, Alonso, Sainz, Stroll, Ocon, Tsunoda, Zhou, Piastri, Gasly, Leclerc, de Vries, Norris, Hulkenberg, Albon, Sargeant, Magnussen and Bottas.
Sainz pits for new hards - he rejoins in a comfortable sixth.
Leclerc is also in for fresh rubber.
Verstappen's lead over Hamilton is now 15.7s, who is 9.7s ahead of Russell.
Perez is now just 4.0s behind Sainz.
Verstappen, Hamilton, Russell, Sainz, Perez, Alonso, Piastri, Gasly, Leclerc, de Vries, Stroll, Tsunoda, Ocon, Hulkenberg, Zhou, Bottas, Albon, Magnussen, Norris and Sargeant.
Russell storms past Sainz into Turn 1 for third overall.
Further down, Stroll stops for hards and rejoins in 13th.
Russell had reported rain a few laps ago - turns out it might have been sweat from his helmet.
Perez gets past Alonso with the use of DRS for eighth.
Verstappen, Hamilton, Sainz, Russell, Stroll, Ocon, Tsunoda, Alonso, Perez and Zhou.