Formula 1: How Max Verstappen’s Red Bull pipped Ferrari on their home soil: Red Bull’s Max Verstappen saw himself winning the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix and also Red Bull saw a 1-2 finish at the home of Ferrari. The pressure of racing at home got to the Reds as they left Imola with 20 points from a potential 59. Follow Formula 1 updates on InsideSport.IN.
After the reliability issues that Red Bull faced in the opening three races, Verstappen saw himself retiring twice. First, he retired at the season opener at Bahrain Grand Prix due to a fuel pump issue. However, he again retired from the Australian Grand Prix due to a fuel leak issue.
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Formula 1: Debunked- How Max Verstappen’s Red Bull pipped Ferrari on their home soil? Check Out
Red Bull had to deliver as they were behind Ferrari and Mercedes in the constructors’ championship. And boy they did deliver when it mattered the most. They sorted out their reliability issues and came out all guns blazing.
YES BOYS 🔥
Winning here today caps off a perfect weekend for us. Very happy with the performance from the car and the team this weekend, so thank you to @redbullracing for that.
Good to see @SChecoPerez coming in second, let’s build on this #ImolaGP pic.twitter.com/1bk18rCOVh
— Max Verstappen (@Max33Verstappen) April 24, 2022
Verstappen won the sprint race followed by Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez in second and third. It all came down to the main event on Sunday where it mattered the most. The Dutch driver started the race in the first position and led the whole race.
Meanwhile, it was back-to-back DNFs for Carlos Sainz after he crashed with Daniel Ricciardo at Turn 1. Ricciardo was still in the mix but Sainz was stuck in the gravel and had to retire from the race.
LAP 1/63
Contact between Ricciardo and Sainz
The Aussie has got going again but the Spaniard is beached in the gravel and out of the race
⚠️ SAFETY CAR DEPLOYED ⚠️#ImolaGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/TGVi9Ogufr
— Formula 1 (@F1) April 24, 2022
Formula 1: Debunked- How Max Verstappen’s Red Bull pipped Ferrari on their home soil? Check Out
Max was clearly in a big lead over the other drivers. Meanwhile, in the latter part of the race, Leclerc was pushing Perez to the limits for a P2 finish, but a small mistake led to disaster for Leclerc.
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Leclerc has gone into the barriers at the chicane!
He’s got going again, returns to the pits and then out again on track but down in P9 #ImolaGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/242hWCCR8h
— Formula 1 (@F1) April 24, 2022
He went too hard on the chicane and thus saw himself bouncing and into the barriers. He was doing this just to be in the DRS range of Perez so that he could overtake him. But he pushed it way further. He then damaged his front left-wing and had to pit which dropped him to P8. But, in the end, he could only manage a P6 finish.
Charles Leclerc is leading the Drivers standings with 86 points. He has a lead of 27 points over second-placed Verstappen. Meanwhile, in the constructors’ standings, Ferrari still leads with 124 points. However, Red Bull have cut the deficit to just 11 points as they are second with 113 points.
Formula 1: Debunked- How Max Verstappen’s Red Bull pipped Ferrari on their home soil? Check Out
