F1: Max Verstappen and Red Bull embarrass Ferrari at Imola, early crash affects Ricciardo
- It was a disastrous race for Ferrari, racing on home soil and hoping to celebrate a return to F1 dominance
- Lewis Hamilton continued his early struggles to finish 13th, as Mercedes head Toto Wolff apologised for the ‘undriveable’ car that Hamilton was given in Italy
Formula One champion Max Verstappen dominated Sunday in a Red Bull rout of Ferrari at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, much to the dismay of the sea of red-clad “tifosi.”
Verstappen won from the pole, logged the fastest lap and picked up his second win of the season while leading teammate Sergio Pérez to the first one-two Red Bull finish since Malaysia in 2016.
“Lovely Sunday,” Verstappen radioed his Red Bull team on what was actually a dreary, overcast and misty race day.
But the Dutchman scored maximum points on the weekend – he also won the sprint qualifying race on Saturday – and led Red Bull in its embarrassment of Ferrari in what the Italian scuderia hoped to be its celebratory weekend on home soil.
“It’s always tough to achieve something like that,” Verstappen said of the perfect weekend. “We were on it. You never know with the weather how competitive you are going to be, but I think as a team we did everything well and this one-two is very deserved.”
