IN A CHAOTIC RACE WITH SEVERAL INCIDENTS, INCLUDING MAX AND LEWIS COLLIDING EARLY IN THE RACE, RED BULL’S MAX VERSTAPPEN WON THE IMOLA GRAND PRIX….
MAX VERSTAPPEN CELEBRATES HIS WIN AFTER THE RACE
WITH MERCEDES’ LEWIS HAMILTON COMING SECOND, AND MCLAREN’S LANDO NORRIS THIRD. LANDO WAS ALSO AWARDED ‘DRIVER OF THE DAY’.
LEWIS HAMILTON ATTEMPTS TO OVERTAKE MAX VERSTAPPEN
BUT BECOMES MOMENTARILY UNBALANCED
VALTTERI BOTTAS AND GEORGE RUSSELL ALSO MADE CONTACT LATER IN THE RACE AND CRASHED INTO THE BARRIER AT HIGH SPEED
BUT LUCKILY NO-ONE WAS HURT…!
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE IMOLA GRAND PRIX
THE WEATHER WAS CHALLENGING WITH INTERMITTENT RAIN AND A VERY SLIPPERY SURFACE, BUT IT CERTAINLY MADE FOR INTERESTING ‘EDGE OF YOUR SEAT’ STUFF…
ASTON MARTIN’S SEBASTIAN VETTEL AND ALPHA TAURI’S PIERRE GASLY BATTLE IT OUT AT IMOLA ON THE SLIPPERY RACE TRACK (BELOW)
MAX VERSTAPPEN WON THE RACE IN (2:02.34.598s) MAKING IT HIS 11TH CHAMPIONSHIP WIN
MAX CELEBRATES ON THE PODIUM
LEWIS HAMILTON CAME SECOND IN (+22.000s) AND LANDO NORRIS CAME THIRD WITH (+23.702s)
LEWIS HAMILTON CONGRATULATES MAX VERSTAPPEN AFTER THE RACE
THE DRIVERS GIVE THEIR POST-RACE REACTION (BELOW)
DURING QUALIFYING AT THE IMOLA GRAND PRIX THE DAY BEFORE, LEWIS HAMILTON CLAIMED HIS 99TH POLE POSITION
LEWIS HAMILTON GIVES POST-QUALIFYING INTERVIEW AT THE IMOLA GRAND PRIX
Words by Amanda Waters
