The duel continues at Mercedes

For a long time, we believed that the last two or three laps on the Montmelo circuit were going to offer us a remake of the tremendous fight seen in Bahrain between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. But the German pilot will never be able to carry out even an attack on the Mercedes W05 Hybrid n°44. “I'm disappointed, except for one lap I think it was ok, Rosberg said on the podium. Second today with only three points behind in the championship, it's not so bad because the season is still long. »

For his part, the new leader of the Drivers classification believed that Nico Rosberg was the fastest in Barcelona. “I struggled with the balance of the car. It wasn't easy, but I was able to resist until the end even though we didn't have the same tires. » explained the Briton. Indeed, during the first stop, Rosberg put on the hard tires to be able to finish at the end of the race with the mediums. But he will never be able to attack Hamilton. Revenge expected in Monaco, where Rosberg is the defending champion.

Discover the analysis of the Spanish Grand Prix carried out by our special correspondents in issue 1960 of AUTOhebdo, available from tomorrow evening in digital version on all platforms, and from Wednesday on newsstands.