Just as the race appeared settled after the final round of pit stops — kicked off by Verstappen’s third when he was just a few seconds adrift of Norris — a safety car period intervened, caused by Kimi Antonelli’s Mercedes engine expiring smokily.

In a post on social media Max Verstappen concedes he made a ‘move that was not right’ in the Spanish Grand Prix

Oscar Piastri leads Lando Norris to a McLaren one-two at the Spanish Grand Prix with Red Bull's Max Verstappen handed a 10-second penalty after late controversy.