What the teams said – Race day in Spain

Mercedes Kimi Antonelli got a great start from P2, but when challenging for the lead cut the apex of the corner and was forced to cede position. His attempts to do so were messy and he briefly fell behind Verstappen until the Dutchman had to do the same thing. That left Antonelli second, a few seconds behind race leader Norris. But when the Italian got a cheap pit stop under the VSC, he became the de facto leader and from there he kept his race pretty clean to take his eighth win of the year. As for George Russell, he…