The Athletic

The Race is on

And Max Verstappan dug himself out of the gravel

and overcame an unreliable DRS to win the Spanish Grand Prix

But only after Charlerc retired from the lead

And teammate Sergio Perez let him

passed. But would Ferrari have won without LeCler's problem and it's Mercedes now back in the fight?

I'm Ed Strawer and joining me to answer those questions and many more are Scott Mitchell and Mark Hughes.

Scott, how's life with you? All good, all good, thank you. This was a race that I followed remotely,

one of the ones that I got to miss,

which probably turned out to be a mistake from my point of view

because it's quite a dramatic race in a few ways.

Lots of stories going on off track,

as well as a decent race on it. So yeah,

I'm sure it was pretty good from where you were sitting inside the media centre. But it wasn't

too bad to follow along from home. What do you think, Mark? Do you think Scott deserved to

share in the traffic jams and the chaos the event seemed to be embroiled in.

I think you would have enjoyed it.

You think there's enough going on round the paddock for Scott to get his teeth into,

but I am sure even at a distance, he'll make something from it.

He's quite an imagine of a sort of lad, isn't he?

So, yeah, I think he'll be all right, but I'm sure he would have enjoyed it if he'd come along. Yeah, well, it's always good to be on the ground. And obviously, that explains why I haven't seen Scott all weekend. So now I know. You just hadn't, you didn't even know I wasn't on site. What an impression I usually make. Exactly, exactly. That was pretty much it. I just thought you were sat somewhere to my left and just quietly. Just in your blind spot weekend.

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