Lewis Hamilton vowed to "keep chasing Red Bull down" as Mercedes' season shifted up a gear at the Spanish Grand Prix.
The Silver Arrows finally abandoned their 'zeropod' aerodynamic concept in Monaco and brought further updates with them to Barcelona this weekend. And it paid off as they were comfortably the second quickest team on track – behind the still-rampaging Red Bulls.
Max Verstappen started on pole and sped off into the distance. Sergio Perez started 11th and made up several places to fourth, but could not reel in the two Mercedes drivers who showed great race pace and low tyre degradation to secure a welcome double podium.
