Max Verstappen

Max Verstappen dominated the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix as Red Bull clinched a one-two at Imola on Sunday.

continued to struggle and finished a lowly 14th. In truth, it was a race to forget for Ferrari, who saw Carlos Sainz crash out on the first lap and championship leader Leclerc finish down in sixth after his mistake. , who started on pole, dealt with a wet start and stayed out of trouble for much of the race to close the gap at the top of the driver standings to 27 points.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen is aiming to make sure he does not repeat his underwhelming start from the Imola Sprint race.

If not, it's going to be a bit more difficult." "My start was just terrible. Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix

Max Verstappen has started the 2022 season with an unsustainable pattern. He had only won or retired out of race sessions coming into today's race at Imola ...

The team badly needs major upgrades in the next month if either of its drivers are going to compete for anything this season. He collided with Daniel Ricciardo this time, leaving Ricciardo to run around the back of the field and Sainz to retire. He is now some 58 points out of the championship picture. Leclerc's dominant lead is back down to 26, the total number of points a winner with the fastest lap of the day puts on a non-scorer that weekend. He got out to an early lead, resigning Leclerc to race his teammate Sergio Perez throughout the day. Max Verstappen has started the 2022 season with an unsustainable pattern.

The world champion won the maximum points over the course of the weekend. First he took the win at the Sprint race on Saturday, before following up with victory ...

A great weekend, the hard work all pays off." "Today, you never know with the weather how competitive you're going to be... First he took the win at the Sprint race on Saturday, before following up with victory on Sunday at the full race while also scoring the fastest lap to take a bonus point.

Verstappen started on pole and led for the entire race as Charles Leclerc spun late while chasing Sergio Perez for second.

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Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc predicted an exciting and unpredictable race in the rain at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix on Sunday.

“The rain races always have a lot of unpredictability in it. “And obviously it’s going to be very tricky today. Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix

Max Verstappen scored his second win of the season at Imola April 24, 2022 in his Formula 1 championship defense. Lewis Hamilton struggled and wound up ...

The Spaniard and Daniel Ricciardo collided and spun out into the gravel in the second turn of the event. Sebastian Vettel got Aston Martin their first points of the season with his first finish of the year in eighth. As far as the season-long driver standings, Verstappen is still 27 points back from Leclerc while Perez has stepped up to third place. Leclerc was able to continue on to the pits, but instead of finishing third, he wound up sixth. George Russell gained seven spots from his starting position to finish fourth while Valtteri Bottas came up fifth after battling with Russell late in the going. In doing so, he made huge gains on Charles Leclerc and Ferrari less than 60 miles away from the prancing horse’s headquarters in Maranello.

Such was Max Verstappen's pace that he didn't need Sergio Perez as a rear-gunner at the Emilia Romagna GP but it helped as Red Bull secured their first 1-2 ...

Chasing the Red Bull, Leclerc put it into the barrier at the Variante Alta, the driver back into the pits for a new front wing. They came out P1 to P3 again, the Dutchman still comfortably ahead but Leclerc having closed the gap on Perez through his one-lap undercut. The racing resumed on lap 5 with the Red Bulls pulling away from Norris who had the bouncing Leclerc all over his rear wing with Kevin Magnussen running P5 ahead of Russell, Valtteri Bottas and Sebastian Vettel who took P8 off Fernando Alonso at the restart. Hamilton wasn’t having as much luck as his team-mate, the seven-time World Champion struggling to find a way past the Aston Martin of Stroll. While Max Verstappen stormed off the line, no sign of his sprint race issues, Sergio Perez was up to second ahead of Lando Norris and Charles Leclerc fell to fourth. Ricciardo dropped to the back of the field.

(CNN) Max Verstappen dominated the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix as Red Bull clinched a one-two at Imola on Sunday. The reigning world champion, who started on pole, dealt with a wet start and stayed out of trouble for much of the race to close the gap at ...

continued to struggle and finished a lowly 14th. In truth, it was a race to forget for Ferrari, who saw Carlos Sainz crash out on the first lap and championship leader Leclerc finish down in sixth after his mistake. , who started on pole, dealt with a wet start and stayed out of trouble for much of the race to close the gap at the top of the driver standings to 27 points.