Brundle: On Leclerc's costly failure, Max's 'angry' win and Merc rebound

We are surfing on a great wave of F1 racing as far as I'm concerned - even the usually steady Spanish GP delivered four genuine leaders in Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez and George Russell, and a good amount of wheel-to-wheel racing and jeopardy.

We also witnessed some outstanding drives, not least from Lewis Hamilton and Russell in a newly energised Mercedes.

Lewis' contact with Kevin Magnussen on the opening lap surely cost him a chance of a spectacular result. He was 50 seconds behind the leader on lap two and 54 seconds at the end despite backing off by four seconds on the final tour.

Lewis's radio call-in after falling to the back of the field with a puncture, basically wanting to stop and 'save the power unit mileage', was alarming in that it gave us the true picture of how little he's been enjoying this season. Presumably 65 laps later he was somewhat more satisfied after showing great pace.

The fans know their stuff as usual in voting him driver of the day.

The most deserving winner of the race was surely Leclerc in his rapid Ferrari. Starting on pole position having delivered a stunning qualifying lap under big pressure after an earlier spin, he delivered the perfect launch from the grid, stayed out of the gravel trap unlike Verstappen and team-mate Carlos Sainz, and was serenely driving to victory with so much time in hand he could pick any tyre strategy, when his power unit failed.

Leclerc's first non-finish in 16 races, he would also lose the championship lead in which he was 46 points ahead just three races ago. It's been a rough ride for him while Max has won every race where he's made it to the chequered flag this year.

Max's 24th victory, matching the great Fangio, wasn't his finest,