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Indy 500 Borg Warner trophy. With qualifying complete at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, we now have our final grid for the 2024 staging of the Indy 500. On the first day of qualifying, positions 13-30 were finalized, but the excitement continued into Sunday as teams fought for the pole position and secure their spots on …

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Following an additional pit stop at Imola, George Russell was defeated by Lewis Hamilton. Mercedes’ George Russell lost out in the intra-team battle with Lewis Hamilton due to a late extra pit stop. Russell, who began the race from the sixth position on the grid, appeared likely to maintain the same position throughout the Emilia …

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Red Bull received support from their home base in their pursuit of victory at Imola. Christian Horner credited former Toro Rosso driver Sebastien Buemi for his help in improving Red Bull’s fortunes at Imola, with Max Verstappen taking a narrow victory on Sunday. The three-time World Champion had struggled in practice compared to the McLaren …

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Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton. With Mercedes lacking at least two-tenths a lap against their excelling rivals according to Lewis Hamilton, he concerningly does not see anything in the works that will allow the team to bridge that gap. Following McLaren’s impressive victory in Miami, where Lando Norris showcased the remarkable potential of their upgraded MCL38, …

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In the first stint at Imola, Carlos Sainz successfully held off Oscar Piastri. Oscar Piastri felt his race at Imola was “boring” after finding it difficult to overtake on Sunday, with the narrow nature of the circuit not lending itself to easy passes. During his entire initial stint, Piastri found himself unable to pass Carlos …

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This is a sentence fragment and cannot be rewritten without additional context or information. Toto Wolff has explained why George Russell pitted for a second time at Imola, eventually finishing behind Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton at the chequered flag. For most of the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, Russell maintained a lead over Hamilton. However, Russell made …

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Lando Norris, Max Verstappen, and Charles Leclerc are the names of the individuals. Charles Leclerc says Ferrari need to figure out a “weird” trick which Red Bull and McLaren are using with energy deployment, which is their ticket back to the top step of the podium. Ferrari had gone into their home race at Imola …

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Max Verstappen speaking with Lando Norris Never mind a slightly slow out-lap after his pit stop nor a wobble or two as he chased down Max Verstappen, Helmut Marko reckons it was a Will Joseph radio message to Lando Norris that “wasn’t helpful” at Imola. Despite Verstappen appearing to be on track for his fifth …

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Max Verstappen gets ready for the commencement of the Miami Grand Prix in 2024. Imola GP winner Max Verstappen felt the “awkward angle” of the P1 and P3 grid slots did him no favours at the start of the race. Verstappen maintained his 100 per cent pole position record at Imola, but with the McLarens …

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Max Verstappen thumbs up After 50 laps of having it all his own way, Max Verstappen’s dominance at Imola was tested by Lando Norris as the Briton closed to within DRS range but ran out of laps. By a narrow margin of 0.725s, Verstappen successfully retained his position to secure the victory, followed closely by …

Read more “Emilia Romagna GP: Lando Norris agonisingly close to second win as Max Verstappen hangs on at Imola”