Five things we learned at the Spanish Grand Prix

When will they stop winning? Five one-two finishes in a row and Mercedes are looking unstoppable this season. 1-2 on the grid and it never looked in doubt. The only question was which Mercedes driver would win? Today it was Lewis Hamilton, and there’s a high chance that it will be him or Valtteri Bottas next time out as well.

Halfway through the race, they didn’t seem to know what strategy either driver was on. That’s unbelievable, especially for a supposedly top team in a championship battle. To have been beaten in every single race so far, and by such a huge margin is terrible for them, and it needs to change. The supposed engine upgrade didn’t do much for them either.

Seventh and tenth for the boys in black and gold is a positive return considering they only had one points finish in four rounds before this. They won’t have liked the amount of battling Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean were doing, leading to the Frenchman going wide at turn one on a couple of occasions. However, it was a good race overall for the team.

The French team supposedly brought an upgrade to Barcelona, but 12th and 13th doesn’t smell of an upgrade. Admittedly, it was more focussed on reliability and both drivers did finish, but we expected a slight performance upgrade, and scoring no points is not what they wanted at all.

If this is the last Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya, let’s say it won’t be missed. It was one of the most boring races of the season and there was barely any action on track. It’s a nice circuit, well-balanced, but the opportunities for overtaking barely exist. Maybe a change in track is necessary to improve racing and the quality of the F1 calendar.