2019 Spanish Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton won the 2019 Spanish Grand Prix at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 12 May 2019 for Mercedes, from 2nd on the grid; Valtteri Bottas was second and Max Verstappen third. Pole position: Valtteri Bottas.

Hamilton led every one of the 66 laps. There was one safety-car period (laps 46 to 53). Hamilton stopped 2 times, on laps 27 and 46; 17 of 18 finishers made 2 stops, and the median first stop was lap 25. The fastest lap was Lewis Hamilton's, 1:18.492 on lap 54. 18 of 20 starters were classified; 2 retired or were not classified. After the race Lewis Hamilton led the championship with 112 points, 7 ahead of Valtteri Bottas, with 16 rounds left.

Date

12 May 2019

Circuit

Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain

Round

5 of 21

Winner

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

Tyre compounds

C1 hard C2 medium C3 soft source

Pole position

Valtteri Bottas (1:15.406)

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Race classification

Grid differs from qualifying for 7 drivers: Daniel Ricciardo qualified 10th, started 13th; Lando Norris qualified 11th, started 10th; Alexander Albon qualified 12th, started 11th; Carlos Sainz qualified 13th, started 12th; Nico Hülkenberg qualified 16th, started from the pit lane; Lance Stroll qualified 17th, started 16th; Robert Kubica qualified 20th, started 17th. The data records the positions, not the reason; such gaps come from grid penalties, car or engine changes, or pit-lane starts. The small "q" number in the Grid column is the qualifying position.

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Lap chart

Explained: how to read a lap chart · safety car, virtual safety car and red flags.

Race history: gap to the leader

How the race was won

Winner

Lewis Hamilton: 2 stops (laps 27, 46), stints of 27, 19, 20 laps

2nd

Valtteri Bottas: 2 stops (laps 26, 45), stints of 26, 19, 21 laps

3rd

Max Verstappen: 2 stops (laps 20, 43), stints of 20, 23, 23 laps

Finishers

1 stop: 1 · 2 stops: 17

First stops

median lap 25 of 66

Pit stops

Explained: tyres, compounds and pit stops · pit stops per race since 1994.

Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.

Qualifying

Explained: how qualifying works · how often pole position wins.

Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.

Standings after this race

Explained: how points and the two championships work.

Full 2019 standings