• Chronicle.Hamilton puts the automatic pilot in Montmeló and Sainz shines

The only eyes that observed from the main stand of Montmeló were those of a gigantic photograph of the pilots, printed in full color on a huge canvas, which rested on the pile of empty seats due to the coronavirus. From there a cry of enthusiasm sprang up in 2015, when Carlos Sainz scored for the first time in front of his people, at just 20 years old and just landed among the greats. He did it at the controls of the Toro Rosso that Max Verstappen also drove . That distant noon beat his partner, the rookie Spanish driver, who yesterday was glancing at Hamilton's discreet party, unapproachable again, in his fourth win of the year.

After finishing sixth and matching his highest peak in Barcelona, ​​where he has never left empty, Sainz, with his orange McLaren mask covering his nose and mouth, dropped a wistful look in the direction of that soulless stand. “It was a shame not being able to enjoy it with the fans because they would have had a good time. We miss them. I looked at the stands at Turn 5 and I was quite sorry. Hopefully it's the last race here without fans and we'll see each other next year », he sighed, perhaps remembering his five previous adventures there, in the heat of the people, in which he always managed to put something in his pocket.

Of the 290 points won in his career, 34 came driven by his fans. Although they weren't in body yesterday, Sainz insisted on thinking that his strength was still there, as always, to give him another push. So in his head he recovered that first roar to gobble up Alexander Albon's Red Bull first and climb one position, achieving the final sixth place.

Claw Vettel

It did not take so long to get rid of Vettel , today the owner of what will be his Ferrari next season, who was crossing his fingers so that the tires did not leave him stranded, after gambling at a single stop. The Madrilenian also played at times with the pink Racing Point, reaching Checo Pérez at sunset , who returned after testing positive for Covid-19 and dragged a penalty for a race set. However, it did not end up giving him to reach the fifth step.

But as important as that was that after two paranormal episodes at Silverstone - a puncture ruined his first date and McLaren missed a pit stop last week - fortune had smiled on him again. Or, rather, she had stopped twisting her face. «Finally a clean race, without problems and fought. We've deserved it for a long time, ”he proclaimed from the half-empty Montmeló paddock, where other years he could barely walk. A double award because Lando Norris had only caught one point and that also gives a special flavor to the conquest. Although his fans were missing.

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