Max Verstappen resists late Lando Norris charge to return to winning ways at Imola
Max Verstappen keeps a charging Lando Norris at bay to get♛ back to winning ways in F1.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen held off a late-charging 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris to return to winning ways at the F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
The Red Bull driver appeared to be in total comman☂d having built up a lead of more than seven seconds, but he was rapidly caught by Norris in the closing stages as he struggled wi💝th his tyres.
Norris, who secured his maiden grand prix vict✨ory last time out in Miami, reduced Verstappen’s lead down to 1.1 seconds in the fi♔nal three laps, but couldn’t quite get within DRS range to launch an attack.
Verstappen resisted the late pressure to claim his fifth victory in seven races this season and further strengthen his♊ grip on the world championship.
"The whole ra♔ce I had to push flat out to try and make a gap initially," Verstappen said.
"On the medium tyres we were quite strong. On the hard ty🐬res it was more difficult to manage, 🅷especially the last 10 to 15 laps.
"I had no grip anymore. I was sliding a lot. I saw Lando🔯 closing in. The last 1꧑0 laps were flat out. It's difficult when the tyres were not working anymore and you have to go flat out. I couldn't afford to make too many mistakes. Luckily we didn't.
"I'm super happy to win here today."
Charles Leclerc comple♋ted the podium in third place, ahead of tꦛhe second McLaren of Oscar Piastri and Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz, who was fifth.
Lewis Hamilton survi♑ved a trip through the gravel 💎on his way to taking sixth, one place ahead of his two-stopping Mercedes teammate George Russell.
Red Bull's Sergio Perez endured a difficult 🌞💟race and could only recover to eighth, having started a lowly 11th.
Lance Stroll 𝓡and Yuki Tsunoda completed the top-10 for Aston Martin and RB respectively.
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