Aston Martin surprised by Mercedes ‘rocket ship’ in Spain

Behind runaway race winner Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton led team-mate George Russell to bag a double podium for Mercedes to jump Aston Martin in the constructors’ standings. This came as Stroll classified in sixth ahead of home favourite Fernando Alonso in seventh.

Since the AMR23 has often been the second-quickest machine behind the Red Bull RB19 throughout the early races this season, the Silverstone squad was surprised to find itself adrift of the “rocket…