Sunday 15th May 2016

Red Bull was so keen to keep Max Verstappen on its books that ahead of the Spanish GP, the team decided to promote him up from Toro Rosso, demoting Daniil Kvyat back to Toro Rosso. In a remarkable race, both Mercedes drivers crashed into each other on the opening lap, leaving the race to be fought out between the Red Bulls and the Ferraris.

Rosberg was in the wrong engine mode, Hamilton picked the wrong side – and the rest is history
Both teams split their strategies – Verstappen and Kimi Raikkonen on two-stoppers, with Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo stopping three times. It turned out that two stops were the way to go and as Vettel and Ricciardo played ping-pong in their battle for third, at the front Verstappen remarkably held off Raikkonen to win in a car he’d had minimal experience of. It also made him the youngest-ever grand prix winner, aged 18 years and 228 days. Meanwhile, the demoted Kvyat finished 10th and took the fastest lap as a consolation prize, probably wondering if that win might have been his…