Max Verstappen took triumph at the Emilia-Romagna Great Prix yet solely after a tremendous finale when the Red Bull driver was pursued to the banner by McLaren’s Lando Norris, who couldn’t exactly take the action and completed in second, with the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc third.
Oscar Piastri was fourth for McLaren and Carlos Sainz fifth for Ferrari, while the Mercedes sets of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton had little effect, completing in 6th and seventh.
The success had seemed to be a strong if unremarkable undertaking for Verstappen, just for late show to unfurl as he was pursued somewhere near Norris at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari. Verstappen needed to utilize all his expertise to hold off the English driver – who succeeded at the last round in Miami – and did so however simply just barely. His lead was seven-tenths of a second at the banner, by a long shot the nearest completing edge this season and without a doubt for a considerable length of time.
Having held his lead from the off the Dutchman had opened a hole and held it with control as behind him the restricted track and close edges guaranteed a large part of the race was something of a parade. The pursuing vehicles were near each other however none held an adequate speed benefit to make passing practical. Notwithstanding, in the last 10 laps, as Verstappen’s tires went off, Norris charged at him yet used up all available time – a brave and splendid exertion that conveyed the best one-on-one battle of the time.
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