The Red Bull driver, Max Verstappen , was consecrated this Sunday with the first position of the dramatic Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, and beat the leader of the Formula 1, Lewis Hamilton , who ended up crashing into a wall.
Verstappen led much of the race on the wet asphalt of the Imola circuit, and thus managed to beat Hamilton with an advantage of 22 seconds , which helped him to take the victory.
🏆 SPECTACULAR VICTORY OF VERSTAPPEN IN THE # F1xESPN !
🏎️ The Dutchman was left with the # ImolaGP over Hamilton, who finished second after having come back from a great race (came 9th)
👏 Impressive third place for Lando Norris completing the podium pic.twitter.com/JPaAmVR5IX
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For your part, Hamilton, came out victorious in the first race of the season, held in Bahrain last month, he showed his great skills at the wheel by climbing the positions, after falling in ninth place after suffering an incident in the middle of the race .
Hamilton damaged his front wing in the initial incident, but he was running smoothly in second position until he went off the track, crashing into the wall. on the return 31. When he got back on track, the Mercedes leader was ninth.
💥 Mercedes disaster! YELLOW FLAG! Hamilton leaves and an accident between Bottas and Russell! # Live ▶ https://t.co/8josyMtTnE pic.twitter.com / qatwQL2VFZ
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This is the Eleventh victory achieved by the Red Bull team in his career as a Formula 1 driver, and the achievement was congratulated by Hamilton himself.
“Congratulations to Max, his today has been fantastic” , said Hamilton. “We haven’t had a good day, I haven’t made a mistake for a long time, but I’m very grateful to have been able to take the car to the finish line.”