Leclerc eyes record-extending Spanish GP title


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2021 FIA Formula One World Championship 

2021 Spanish Grand Prix 

Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya  
Montmelo, Spain 
Sunday, 9 May 2021
 
Ferrari driver Chalerc Leclerc will be determined to win the Spanish Grand Prix title on May 9. 
 
The Monegasque driver is hoping to deliver Ferrari's maiden win at the Spanish Grand Prix since 2013 when Fernando Alonso clinched the title. 
 
Formula One giants Ferrari have won this race a record 13 times and Leclerc will now be keen to make it 14 when he competes in Montmelo. 
 
Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes
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Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton took his second Formula One victory of the 2021 season when clinched the recent Portuguese Grand Prix on May 2. 
 
While Red Bull Racing-Honda driver Max Verstappen finished second and Valtteri Bottas of Mercedes finished in position three.
 
Hamilton is placed at the top of this year's Drivers' Championship standings and he is followed by Verstappen and Lando Norris of McLaren respectively on the standings.
 
Leclerc is now placed fifth on the standings having finished six at the Portuguese Grand Prix and he has now set his sights on the Spanish Grand Prix title. 
 
Carlos Sainz Jr of Ferrari
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Leclerc says he cannot be satisfied with his performance at the Portuguese Grand Prix and he pointed that they will continue working hard.
 
“We’ve been struggling a lot on the medium with both cars, so we need to understand this, because that put us on the back foot today unfortunately,” Leclerc said. 
 
“Apart from that, on the hard [tyre] we were quite competitive. Driving-wise, it’s definitely the session in which I’ve been driving the best this weekend;
 
"I’ve been struggling a lot in free practice, qualifying and finally I managed to do some good laps during the race. So personally, quite happy but I cannot be satisfied with P6 and we need to keep working to understand what happened with the medium tyres.”
 
Mercedes are placed at the top of the Constructors' Championship standings and they were followed by Red Bull Racing-Honda and McLaren-Mercedes respectively. 
 

2020 Spanish Grand Prix results


Winner: Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes  
Runner-Up: Max Verstappen - Red Bull Racing-Honda 
Third-place: Valtteri Bottas - Mercedes 
 

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Published: 05/06/2021