Max Verstappen admits he wanted to disappear from the pole position and drive his race in France, but that it doesn't like that way in Formula 1 and that they had to take risks and work hard to beat Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes.

Max Verstappen achieved his first podium and first win in Monaco and his second win of the season to take the lead in the drivers' standings as Lewis Hamilton finished only seventh and Carlos Sainz finished second for Ferrari after Charles Leclerc didn’t even start due to problems with his car.

Max Verstappen is not too disappointed with the loss of victory at the Spanish Grand Prix because he believes that Red Bull simply did not have Mercedes' pace in the race, and the difference in speed on fresher tyres allowed Lewis Hamilton to easily overtake him at the end of the race.

Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap of the race for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix which gave him the lead in the driver’s standings after two races of the new 2021 F1 season, but what attracts attention is the huge advantage he had over the second fastest lap driven by Max Verstappen.

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.

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.

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.

Max Verstappen maintained a perfect performance in this year’s free practice sessions and set a convincingly fastest lap in the third free practice for the Bahrain GP, ​​with Pierre Gasly splitting the Mercedes drivers in third place for AlphaTauri.