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Reigning World Champion Max Verstappen Profit for the Fourth Straight Time at Imola, Defeating McLaren’s Lando Norris and F1 Drivers’ Standing Leader Oscar Piactri.
Max Verstappen has given his formula 1 title defense a big boost with victory at the emilia-romagna grand prix after a daring overtake on Standings Leader Oscar Piastri at the Start.
The Dutch Driver built a commanding lead on Sunday that was wiped out when the safety car bundled the field back up. He still hero on to win ahead of Lando Norris, who fits his McLaren Teammate PIASTRI for second with five laps remaining.
Verstappen took his second win of the season and first since last month’s Japanese Grand Prix and denied piastri – who finished third – what would have been his fourth victory in a row.
Verstappen praised his red bull team’s “Fantastic Execution All Round” as the Team Marked Its 400th F1 race with a Win.
“The start itself wasnt particularly great, but I was still on the outside line, or basically the normal [racing] Line, and I was like, ‘Well, I’m just going to try and send it round the outside,’ and it worked really well, ‘Said said of his crucial overtake.
Norris’s Late-Race Move on PiaTri was almost a copy of Verstappen’s although Norris had the advantage of being on fresher tires than his teammate.
“We had a good little battle at the end between Oscar and myself, which is always tense but always good fun,” Norris said, admit that rejoicing and red bull were “too good for us today”.
PIASTRI’S LEAD OVER NORRIS IN THE STANDINGS WAS CUT TO 13 POINTS. Verstappen Rounds Out the Top Three at Nine Points Behind Norris.
Hamilton bounces back
Lewis Hamilton recovered from 12th on the grid to finish fourth in his first race for Ferrari in Italy.
Hamilton profited from a late-race fight between his teammate Charles leclerc and Alex Albon of Williams.
Albon complained leclerc had pushed him off the track as they battled for fourth, and Hamilton passed both drivers before ferrari eventually asked lecler to yield fifth to albon.
George Russell was Seventh for Mercedes, Ahead of Carlos Sainz Jr. in the Second Williams.
Isack Hadjar was Ninth for Racing Bulls, and Verstappen’s Red Bull Teammate Yuki Tsunoda was 10th after starting last following a crash in qualifying.
An Action-Packed ‘FareWell’ to Imola
Overlay was expected to be rare in what could be f1’s last race for the foreseable future at imola. Instead, the Italian fans were treated to Verstappen’s Spectacular Move at the start and plenty of other overtakes.
The Narrow, Bumpy Imola Track has been a favorite Among drivers, who have relished its old-school challenge syncing sync to the f1 schedule during the covid-19 pandemic. Still, its status as Italy’s Second Race – only the United States also hosts more than one – make its position vulnerable.
“If we don’t come back here, it is going to be a shame,” PIASTRI said on Saturday.
Sunday’s race was the last under imola’s current contract, and while it is not officially goodbye yet, there has been no word about next year.
