Spanish GP: Oscar Piastri holds off Lando Norris to win as Max Verstappen loses his cool - ESPN

BARCELONA, Spain — Oscar Piastri beat Lando Norris to victory at the Spanish Grand Prix as Max Verstappen appeared to intentionally drive into George Russell in the closing stages.

Piastri's faultless drive out in front helped him extend the title lead over Norris to 10 points and reclaim the momentum after his teammate's Monaco Grand Prix victory seven days earlier.

But the story of the race was dictated by the reigning world champion, with the best and worst of Verstappen on show at either end the race.

For the first chunk, Verstappen's brilliance had been on display as he took the fight to McLaren with an aggressive three-stop strategy which appeared to put the orange cars under legitimate pressure.

But a late Safety Car period turned his race on its head, with Red Bull putting him on the little fancied hard tyre and leaving him exposed to his rivals behind.

At the restart, Verstappen nearly lost control of his car completely, before losing a place to Ferrari's Charles Leclerc down the main straight and then running wide as Mercedes' Russell passed him at Turn 1.

Verstappen was forced to take the Turn 1 exit road.

After being told to give fourth position back to Russell, Verstappen appeared to slow, only to drive back into the side of the Mercedes driver when he got alongside.

A 10-second penalty was applied to the Red Bull driver as he crossed the line, dropping him to 10th position.

Russell got past a couple of corners later.

The stewards did not waste much time deciding the punishment, handing Verstappen a 10-second penalty as he crossed the line.

That dropped him to 10th and elevated Sauber's Nico Hülkenberg to an unlikely fifth position.

Hulkenberg had passed Lewis Hamilton, who had an anonymous race in the other