Formula 1: Sebastian Vettel with a mega surprise after Ferrari chaos

Formula 1: Today is the Spanish Grand Prix. There was a crazy crash beforehand - and Vettel follows again. The live ticker.

• Formula 1 starts the sixth race of the season in a corona risk area .
• In Catalonia, Sebastian Vettel could get back on track due to an innovation.
• There was a crazy crash in the third free practice.

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Update from August 16, 6:06 p.m.: Again a lot of hustle and bustle at Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari . On the radio it was clear again that it just didn't fit between the German and the Scuderia. After all: the four-time world champion was voted driver of the day. And: Thanks to his seventh place, he cracked the 3,000 point mark today - as the second pilot ever. Congratulations, Seb!

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Update from August 16, 4:53 pm: “It went really well, we showed a great team performance,” said Hamilton after his 88th career victory shortly after the race: “The success was really surprising because we had real problems with the tire. But in the end everything worked out. A big, big thank you to the team. "

66/66: Hamilton wins the Spanish Grand Prix and further extends his lead in the World Cup! Verstappen and Bottas get on the podium! Vettel is fighting his way to seventh place with a bad car and at least gets a few championship points!

CLASSIFICATION: END OF RACE

Another win for the imperious @LewisHamilton

Stroll leapfrogs Perez to take P4 after a penalty for Perez # SpanishGP 🇪🇸 # F1 pic.twitter.com/sKiNuDdovV

65/66: Vettel fights like a lion here! The German defends his seventh place with everything he has. Will Vettel come back in the points after all the chaos today? That would be a mega surprise!

62/66: Oh! Hamilton is reporting that he drove over a piece of carbon that a Haas bolide has lost. Hopefully the world champion didn't hit a flat tire there.

59/66: Now Vettel is passed through! The Ferrari is absolutely not competitive on the straight and is easily eaten by Stroll and Sainz. It's almost sad to see ...

Formula 1 in the live ticker: Ferrari chaos again! Vettel struggles with the team

53/66: This is completely crazy what is going on at Ferrari. Vettel asks for a long time whether he can continue driving with the tires or whether he should go into the pits - he doesn't get an answer. Then the team asks over the pit radio whether Vettel would like to continue driving with the tires. “I asked you that the whole time!” Says the German angrily. That is really unbelievable. He's still outside ...

50/66: So now we are in the announced lap 50 - Hamilton comes into the pits and gets new tires. The eyes are now directed more and more towards the sky. Apparently the thick rain cloud is pulling past the racetrack.

46/66: All drivers are currently coming into the pits for the second time to put their tires on prematurely. Therefore, the field is currently being whirled around and flushes Vettel to P5 - but Vettel was not there yet.

38/66: OFF! Charles Leclerc turns and gets stuck on the curbs. The Ferrari youngster then drives into the pits, where he drives his car straight into the garage. Is that bitter ...

23 laps to go, # Seb5 P7 and # Charles16 DNF. #SpanishGP pic.twitter.com/wiayLYVGpb

Formula 1 NOW in the live ticker: rain announced! Vettel again with mega problems

36/66: Vettel is now informed on team radio that it should start raining after lap 50! That would make it even more exciting and dramatic because the drivers might need new tires again. If you look at the sky in Barcelona, ​​the rain announcement also seems quite realistic. It's getting gray!

LAP 47/66

HELLO 👀 ☔️ # SpanishGP 🇪🇸 # F1 pic.twitter.com/EFCkKNqHBU

33/66: Halfway through the race, Vettel is now stuck in P14 after the stops. Things are going a little better at Leclerc, Monegasse has at least fought its way back to P11 and is attacking Norris one place in front of him.

29/66: The two Ferraris have secretly fought their way to P5 and P6 - but neither were in the pits yet. So the places will not be able to be held. Let's see where Leclerc and Vettel come out again.

24/66: Double pit stops at Mercedes! Hamilton and Bottas come one after the other to change tires and refuel. Verstappen slides back between the two Silver Arrows.

22/66: But now Verstappen comes into the pits after he had vehemently complained via team radio that there was “nothing left on his tires”.

18/66: At Red Bull you get ready for a pit stop - but only Albon comes in. Verstappen still stays outside. The tactical begins ...

Formula 1 NOW in the live ticker: Hamilton is racing away! How does Verstappen react? Vettel under pressure

14/66: Now Hamilton is really pushing the gas and setting the fastest race lap on the asphalt! Meanwhile, Vettel and Kvyat deliver an exciting duel in which the Alpha Tauri pilot repeatedly appears in the rearview mirror of the four-time world champion.

11/66: What is Sebastian Vettel actually doing? He's stuck in 11th place and has Kvyat on his neck, who can apparently go much faster, but can't get past the German. The two have already hooked each other properly. Hopefully this goes well ...

5/66: Bottas strikes back and overtakes Stroll and moves back behind Verstappen. In addition, the Finn is currently driving the fastest race lap - and was a second faster than Verstappen! At the top, Hamilton takes it easy and drives very gently. That promises to be exciting!

LAP 5/66

And a few moments later Bottas does get past Stroll

He sets off in pursuit of Verstappen for P2 #SpanishGP 🇪🇸 # F1 pic.twitter.com/QY6lOnLOav

1/66: Strong start by Hamilton who can defend first place. Verstappen pulls past Bottas in the first corner and slides behind the world champion. The two Racing Points also got off to a strong start. Stroll has also passed Bottas, who is now in the sandwich! The two Ferraris couldn't improve at the start - but they couldn't worsen either, which is currently not a bad thing.

LIGHTS OUT!

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The 2020 Spanish Grand Prix is ​​GO! #SpanishGP 🇪🇸 # F1 pic.twitter.com/vyb3qha8OP

0/66: So, the drivers are on the introductory lap ! It’s about to start here. The tension is absolutely palpable here!

Update from August 16, 3:04 p.m .: Despite the engine change, Max Verstappen is still very calm shortly before the start: “I am always relaxed, says the Red Bull driver:“ The car ran very well recently, but today is a new day. The track is a little different, it's pretty hot. "

Formula 1 NOW in the live ticker: suspense ahead of the Spanish GP! Engine shock at Verstappen before starting

Update from August 16, 2:55 p.m .: Oh, that comes as a surprise! Shortly before the start, Max Verstappen has to replace the engine in his Red Bull. Honda had used an engine expansion stage at Silverstone - and now the older specification is being used again.

The following were exchanged: engine, turbocharger, MGU-H and MGU-K. Only the energy storage has remained in the car, as motorsport-total.com writes. The FIA ​​has already given the go-ahead. Let's see what the consequences are.

👀 🎨 # SpanishGP 🇪🇸 # F1 pic.twitter.com/4dYtX2iPVp

Update from August 16, 2:37 p.m .: Now the leader in the drivers' standings speaks before the race: “Fortunately it's a bit cloudy, that could possibly suit us,” said Lewis Hamilton at the driver presentation: “But it's still very much hot. The Red Bulls are faster than us, they proved that in training. Let's see what the race brings.

Formula 1 in the live ticker NOW: suspense ahead of the Spanish GP! Will Red Bull strike again? 

Update from August 16, 2:26 p.m .: The whole Formula 1 is wondering whether Mercedes is currently beatable again. While the former Silver Arrows seemed to be overpowering at the start of the season, the past race at Silverstone showed that this is no longer the case.

Above all, the tires caused problems in England. And now in the Spanish summer in Barcelona? The Circuit de Catalunya is coming back to meet the needs of the tires. In any case, we're excited to see what the race will look like.

A video bomb masterclass from the @WilliamsRacing crew 👀😂 # SpanishGP 🇪🇸 # F1 pic.twitter.com/bgdm7tO2mD

Update from August 16, 1:10 p.m.: In exactly two hours, the traffic lights in Barcelona will turn green. But before Formula 1 starts, Mick Schumacher has put a small exclamation mark in Formula 2.

Michael Schumacher's son took his fourth podium this season on Sunday. In the sprint race in Barcelona , the 21-year-old Prema driver finished third behind the Brazilian Felipe Drugovich (MP Motorsport) and the Italian Luca Ghiotto (Hitech). In the main race on Saturday, Schumacher was sixth, with 79 points in the overall ranking in the chasing group.

“We brought it together well this weekend, especially in the second race, but of course we always want more and look forward to Spa,” said Schumacher. The Belgian Ardennes circuit is the next stop in Formula 2 on the last weekend in August.

Update from August 16, 11:41 a.m.: The Spanish Grand Prix starts in a good four hours. We are excited to see whether a team will succeed in breaking through the supremacy of Mercedes. Max Verstappen in the Red Bull is most likely to be trusted. But whether he has a chance of victory?

You probably don't have to reckon with Ferrari in Barcelona - the Scuderia's performance so far at the weekend has been too weak. But let's just let ourselves be surprised.

Formula 1: Vettel debacle goes into the next round - Mercedes dominates qualifying

4:02 p.m .: Q3 is through! Hamilton takes pole from Bottas and Verstappen . Looks familiar to us, this constellation. Perez and Stroll follow in the Racing Points, Albon in the second Red Bull, the two McLaren with Sainz and Norris as well as Leclerc in the Ferrari and Gasly in the Alpha Tauri complete the top ten. The starting grid at a glance:

Career pole No. 92 for @LewisHamilton 👏 # SpanishGP 🇪🇸 # F1 pic.twitter.com/kuR74vV0nD

3:54 p.m .: Vettel is only two thousandths missing in tenth place and thus to Q3. The Ferrari driver is of course disappointed with the Sky microphone. He hits the reset button every time, but it just doesn't pay off. After all: in eleventh place, he will be the first driver to have a free choice of tires on Sunday.

3:41 pm: Oh no, Seb! Vettel is out, only eleventh place in Q2! The German, Kvyat, Ricciardo, Räikkönen and Ocon have to give up and can no longer slip into the top ten. Vettel is 1.155 seconds behind the leading Hamilton , Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc was eighth - around 0.2 seconds faster than the Heppenheimer.

3:21 p.m.: Q1 is through! Magnussen, Grosjean, Russell, Latifi and Giovinazzi say goodbye. Sebastian Vettel finished tenth in the first lap, right at the front of course: Lewis Hamilton.

Update from 3:02 p.m.: Those were crazy scenes that we saw at the end of the third free practice session. Will there be another crash in qualifying ? What is Sebastian Vettel doing ? The qualifying runs, we are in the live ticker here.

Formula 1: Spanish Grand Prix in live ticker - amazing crash in third free practice.

Update from August 15, 1:55 p.m.: What a dramatic end to the third free practice session! Estaban Ocon was on the track with his Renault and drove at top speed against an extremely slow driving Kevin Magnussen in the Haas. The Frenchman could not evade in time and hit the wall on the right. Ocon lost his front wing in the collision and caused red flags with his crash in the remaining minutes. Now the mechanics have to get down to work to get the car back into shape for qualifying at 3 p.m.

Drama between Esteban Ocon and Kevin Magnussen at the end of FP3 💥 👀 # SpanishGP 🇪🇸 # F1 pic.twitter.com/auSA7RtD2A

Lewis Hamilton once again conjured up the fastest lap on the asphalt in front of Valtteri Bottas , while Sebastian Vettel does not seem to see any improvement - twelfth place is the sobering result.

Update from August 14th, 4:54 pm: “F ***, that was close”, Valtteri Bottas grumbled over the team radio, “ I almost hit a bird. “But can the Mercedes driver be sure that it was really close? In slow motion you can see the car shoot out of the Campsa curve, behind him feathers are puffing into the air .

While the day could not have gone any worse for poor bird, Bottas and especially his racing team should be completely satisfied after the free practice. The Mercedes duo say hello with best times of first and second place. Lewis Hamilton is in the lead with a lap of 1.16.8 minutes.

That's a wrap on our Friday running - and it's a familiar top three # SpanishGP 🇪🇸 # F1 pic.twitter.com/Ylk2Oj7f95

Sebastian Vettel , however, did not make it into the top ten . A good one and a half seconds behind Hamilton, the German is only twelfth . Ferrari colleague Leclerc moved up to sixth place. In the first free practice it looked even better: Vettel was fifth, Leclerc fourth. Bottas, Hamilton and Verstappen were at the top.

Formula 1 in the live ticker: New hope for Sebastian Vettel - bad news for Nico Hülkenberg

First report from August 13th: Barcelona - The sixth race weekend of the current Formula 1 season * starts on Friday at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya . Ironically, the pilots go to the start in the corona risk area, where German vacationers are warned against a stay.

Formula 1 in the live ticker: Surprise winner in Spain too? Vettel with a new attempt

One of the favorites for the Spanish Grand Prix * is the current track winner, Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton . But there was already a surprise last week at the 70th anniversary Grand Prix in Silverstone * when Max Verstappenfrom the Red Bull Team * left its competitors behind and secured first place. So there could be surprises again. In the drivers' standings * Hamilton is 30 points ahead of Verstappen, but the lead could continue to melt.

Who has absolutely nothing to do with the top this season is Sebastian Vettel *. The Heppenheimer is in a real epidemic season and attracted attention less with his driving style than with his ongoing conflict with the Ferrari * managers over Mattia Binotto and disputes with his team. But a positive trend could begin in Spain .

Formula 1 in the live ticker: New chassis could open up opportunities for Vettel - bad news for Hülkenberg

In view of Vettel's lap times, it was assumed that barely visible damage to the chassis was the main reason for his poor performance. Now the Italian racing team reacted and provided the four-time world champion * with a new frame for the race near Barcelona. The 33-year-old is now under particularly close observation . Should he end up well behind his team-mate Charles Leclerc again , a fault in the chassis can be ruled out.

A "small fault" to his car saw Sebastian Vettel struggle in comparison to his Ferrari teammate at Silverstone.

He'll have a new chassis for the Spanish Grand Prix this weekend.

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Another German pilot, who maneuvered himself in the foreground with strong times, is no longer in Barcelona . Nico Hülkenberg made his short-term comeback for the Racing Point * team and was in the cockpit of both races at Silverstone, UK.

He represented the Mexican driver Sergio Perez , who was infected with the corona virus and was therefore unable to participate in the two races. For Hülkenberg, however, the brief assignment was a blessing: he is already in talks with two teams. There were also rumors of a Ferrari commitment.

CONFIRMED: We're pleased to share the news that @SChecoPerez has tested negative for COVID-19 💪

The @fia have confirmed that Checo can return to the @ F1 paddock and he will compete for the team in this weekend's #SpanishGP 🙌 pic. twitter.com/adYfWW5jWU

Formula 1 weekend in the live ticker: three days of caution in the corona risk area - 25,000 tests already carried out

But why does Formula 1 *a trip to Spain, where even a pilot was infected with the novel virus? Apparently you feel safe. The Foreign Office warns against traveling to the Catalonia region again, but the race weekend will take place as planned. “Corona doesn't only exist in Spain. We just have to be careful, ”said Max Verstappen. As part of Formula 1, 25,000 tests have been carried out since the start , three of which were positive. (ajr) * tz.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.