Max Verstappen has scored as many points as possible this weekend at Imola, so he is back in contention for the world title. Instead, Carlos Sainz has suffered a severe setback.
Bad weekend for Ferrari and the Spanish drivers. And the opposite can be said of Max Verstappen who, after taking pole position on Friday, winning the sprint race on Saturday, winning Sunday’s race and recording the fastest lap, has managed to add the maximum possible in Imola: 34 points.
In addition, to this we must add the Ferrari debacle in the home Grand Prix, as Carlos Sainz was kicked off the track in the first corner and charles leclerc he made a mistake that made him lose several positions and finish sixth.
This means that both championships are compressed, so the leadership of Charles Leclerc and Ferrari is no longer as clear as before the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix.
The Drivers’ World Cup
With this one-two for Red Bull at Imola, Charles Leclerc’s lead (86 points) is reduced to 27 points ahead of Max Verstappen and 32 over Sergio Pérez, now second and third in the Drivers’ World Championship respectively.
The rest is already far away, with George Russell once again squeezing the limping Mercedes to the maximum and adding 49 points, 11 more than the second Ferrari in Carlos Sainz (which at least added the 5 points of the fourth place of the sprint race on Saturday). Lando Norris, who got his first podium of the season at Imola, is now sixth with 35 points.
Fernando Alonso He retired again after being hit by Mick Schumacher, so he remains with only two points in 15th position in the championship.
General classification of the Drivers’ World Championship
The Constructors’ World Cup
Unsurprisingly, Red Bull Racing’s strong result this weekend allows the Anglo-Austrian team to not only overtake Mercedes, but come very close to Ferrari. And it is that the Italian team he has only added 20 points in Imola, for the 58 of his opponent.
Thus, Ferrari maintains its lead in the constructors’ championship having scored 124 points in four Grand Prix, compared to 113 for Red Bull Racing. Mercedes maintains the third position with 77 points, but McLaren experienced a notable rise and placed fourth with 46.
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General classification of the Constructors’ World Championship
From there, the equality is remarkable, with Alfa Romeo fifth by adding 25 points, three more than a team Alpine which has gone empty this weekend in Imola. Highlight that Aston-Martin
has added its first points of the year, five, so now it is
Williams who occupies the last place in the championship with a single point.