Oscar Piastri has won the Spanish Grand Prix on a day when Max Verstappen was handed yet another penalty.
Having stormed to the first corner ahead of the chasing pack, the afternoon went smoothly for the Championship leader as he extended his lead in the Drivers Championship.
However, the incident involving Verstappen and Mercedes driver George Russell will dominate the headlines after it resulted in the Dutchman being handed a 10-point penalty.
A lack of soft tyres meant that Verstappen was on different ones compared to the rest of the field, resulting in less grip after the restart on the back of a safety car being deployed.
Charles Leclerc and Russell got the better of the defending world champion, but Verstappen illegally - in the eyes of the stewards and his engineer - led to instructions to hand the position to Russell.
When appearing to let the Briton through, Verstappen collided into his car, and it subsequently led to a 10-second penalty that saw him drop from fifth position to 10th.
Max Verstappen is told to let George Russell through and then the two collide! 😲 pic.twitter.com/SpNBwLoGaj
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Although the incident will take the shine off Piastri's win, the Australian will not care as he finished 2.471 seconds ahead of teammate Lando Norris.
Leclerc and Russell were third and fourth respectively with Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg producing a monster drive from 15th on the grid to finish fifth.
Lewis Hamilton had to settle for sixth in his Ferrari, with Isack Hadjar, Pierre Gasly, Fernando Alonso and Verstappen completing the top 10.
In terms of the World Championship, Piastri now sits 10 points clear of Norris, while there is a massive 49-point gap to third-placed Verstappen.
Russell is just 26 points behind his rival in fourth, with Leclerc and Hamilton fifth and sixth, 17 and 40 points adrift of Russell.
McLaren have potentially put together an unassailable lead in the Constructors Championship, already sitting 197 points clear of second-placed Ferrari.
There is just a 21-point gap between Ferrari, Mercedes and Red Bull who are confined to a battle for the runners-up spot.
Darren Plant
