Max Verstappen says he surprised himself with a great start at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix with which he moved from third place to a lead he didn’t drop until the end of the race and says he’s happy he didn’t spun at the race restart.

Max Verstappen won the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix after overtaking Lewis Hamilton at the start of the race, and the world champion fight his way through to second place after a race break allowed him to return to the lap with the leaders while Lando Norris won third place for McLaren.

Max Verstappen set the fastest lap of the weekend in Imola and took first place in the third free practice for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, while Lando Norris set the second time for McLaren.

Sergio Perez says he learned a lot in his first race weekend for Red Bull, especially about the driving style of teammate Max Verstappen and the way to drive a Red Bull RB16B to get the most out of it.

Red Bull F1 team boss Christian Horner says it was painful for him and his team to say goodbye to some people due to budget cap that took effect this year.

Mercedes chief track operations engineer Andrew Shovlin believes Mercedes won’t be as fast as Red Bull on the next two tracks, but admits he’s still not sure which tracks in the rest of the calendar will suit them better and which will suit Red Bull.

Lewis Hamilton won the first race of the new Formula 1 season after managing to keep Max Verstappen in a tense finale after Red Bull driver temporarly took the lead four laps before the end while Valtteri Bottas finished third in the second Mercedes.

Šef Red Bullove F1 momčadi Christian Horner kaže da se Max Verstappen od početka utrke mučio s problemom na bolidu, ali nije siguran koliko ga je to stajalo brzine u borbi protiv Lewisa Hamiltona u Mercedesu.

Sergio Perez says it is a miracle that he even managed to start the car that stopped during the formation lap and is happy that after starting from the pits he managed to finish fifth and score important points in his first race for Red Bull.

Max Verstappen took a commanding pole position in the first race of the season in Bahrain with a four-tenths advantage over world champion Lewis Hamilton while Valtteri Bottas finished third in the second Mercedes.