The "shock" that gave Mercedes its edge back in Spain
After Max Verstappen's victory in the 70th Anniversary GP, Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton reasserted the natural order with a dominant Spanish GP performance that showed they put the lessons learned from Silverstone to use
Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes didn't automatically think they'd win the 2020 Spanish Grand Prix - and certainly not in the manner in which they ultimately did. One week on from Max Verstappen's stunning victory for Red Bull in the 70th Anniversary GP, the reigning champion squad had arrived at the Barcelona track eager to make up for its defeat and looking to put the lessons it had learned as a result into practice.
Indeed, the team hadn't taken a day off - according to team boss Toto Wolff - as they sought to understand the manner of their first defeat of the season "in the office", despite the punishing 2020 schedule meaning the Spanish race was the end of a second triple header, with a third looming.
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