: Formula One: Max Verstappen takes Championship lead as Charles Leclerc retires at Spanish GP #IndiaNEWS World champion Max Verstappen overcame a sequence of problems on Sunday to lead his Red Bull

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Formula One: Max Verstappen takes Championship lead as Charles Leclerc retires at Spanish GP #IndiaNEWS
World champion Max Verstappen overcame a sequence of problems on Sunday to lead his Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez home and claim the lead in this year’s title race on an afternoon of anguish for Charles Leclerc and Ferrari at a scorching Spanish Grand Prix.His victory in a crushing Red Bull one-two was the 24th of his career and third in succession this season as he came home 13 seconds ahead of his Mexican partner with George Russell confirming Mercedes’ revival by finishing third.Leclerc, who had led the championship and dominated practice, set off convincingly from pole position until he was forced to retire his Ferrari with an engine failure.He fell to second in the title race with 104 points to the Dutchman’s 110.Beaten at the start, Verstappen was blown off the circuit and had technical problems, but he overcame them to produce a furious drive aided by his team-mate’s generosity for his second win at the Circuit de Catalunya, where he claimed his maiden victory as a teenager in 2016.“I went off, when I had a lot of tailwind, and lost the rear,� said the 24-year-old Dutchman. “My DRS (drag reduction system) was not always working and that made it very tough, but we...Read more

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