Max Verstappen in Pink Bull gained the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix following a dramatic end and dominated the fifth race of the season.
The profitable Dutchman was adopted by the second Lando Norris with McLaren. On the finish of the Grand Prix, the Brit caught up with the defending champion, however he did not have time for a decisive assault. On the end, each automobiles have been separated by 725 thousandths of a second.
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc was third. The Scuderia has not been on the rostrum at Imola since 2006, when Michael Schumacher gained there.
Verstappen, ranging from pole place, was accountable for virtually your entire race. He misplaced the lead solely through the pit stops and even then he led with a majority.
However in the long run, Norris started to considerably scale back the chief’s lead. Sadly for the Briton, he solely got here inside a second of the hole to make use of the DRS system on the final lap.
And it was actually too late to assault the skilled three-time world champion. Even so, the McLaren driver carried out one other nice race following the earlier triumph in Miami and the second place in China.
Verstappen was in a position to take the race to the profitable finish regardless of issues with the habits of his automotive. “It was fantastic on the medium compound, I used to be driving nice. However the laborious tires have been sliding loads and I needed to battle with the system on the monitor,” admitted the Dutchman.
Along with his third place, Leclerc moved to second place within the World Championship standings, the place he overtook Sergio Pérez from Pink Bull, who was eighth as we speak.
