GP de Madrid de F1, en directo | Un ‘Virtual Safety Car’ perjudica a Norris y Leclerc es el nuevo líder
El piloto de McLaren, que lideraba la carrera con solvencia, se ve damnificado tras el abandono de Stroll y se queda sin poder hacer su parada | Hamilton retira el coche por un problema en los frenos
On Sunday, the first race of the new season of the F1 World Championship took place at the newly constructed circuit in Madrid, Spain. The British McLaren driver, Lando Norris, who had secured pole position for the McLaren team in qualifying, started the race strongly and quickly built a substantial lead over his main competitor, the current world champion, Andrea Kimi Antonelli.
However, a crash involving Stroll led to the deployment of a virtual safety car, which negatively impacted Norris. The safety car incident prevented him from making a necessary pit stop after passing through the main straight line. Consequently, the rest of the top three drivers utilized the opportunity to pit and gain time, which Norris later lost during the subsequent lap when he stopped for the mandatory safety car period.
This advantageous situation for the Ferrari drivers, Sebastian Leclerc, became the new leader of the race. Sebastian's teammate in Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton, had to retire from the race on lap 7 due to brake issues with his car.
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