Verstappen takes fourth consecutive win at Imola, Tsunoda scores from pit lane, Hadjar also scores points
Max Verstappen, competing for the team’s 400th Grand Prix, started from P2 and claimed his second win of the season, his first since the Japanese GP. The victory also made him the first driver in Formula 1 history to win four consecutive races at Imola.

His teammate Yuki Tsunoda, who suffered a heavy crash in qualifying, started from the pit lane after a full rebuild of his car including the power unit. He executed a determined one-stop strategy to finish 10th and score one point.
Isack Hadjar started from P9 and finished 9th, securing 2 points for the team, while Liam Lawson climbed from 15th on the grid to finish 14th.

To have the win here is fantastic. The start wasn’t the best but I can say turn two was good! Once we got into the lead I think we showed what we could do with the pace of the car and I could push quite nicely. The race was a lot more promising than what I expected, which was really good for us, and the car felt a lot more stable. We have clearly made a step forward with the set up of the car. I looked after my tyres quite well and it felt really good on both of the compounds. It took a while for the car to be cleared during the VSC but we were able to pit which was good. It was a bit of a reset and I could also pull away as Oscar had used tyres. I am really happy with this result and from the Team’s side we did everything well: good strategy, good pit stops and really calm communication everywhere, which is what you need in a successful race. It was a big weekend for us and good to see that the upgrades worked on the car. Big thank you to everyone here and at the factory for this, this makes our 400th race even more special. Hopefully we can extract what we learnt here today a bit more often. It has been a really positive weekend for us and we will keep on going, keep trying to be better and of course enjoy it a bit tonight!
To have the win here is fantastic. The start wasn’t the best but I can say turn two was good! Once we got into the lead I think we showed what we could do with the pace of the car and I could push quite nicely. The race was a lot more promising than what I expected, which was really good for us, and the car felt a lot more stable. We have clearly made a step forward with the set up of the car. I looked after my tyres quite well and it felt really good on both of the compounds. It took a while for the car to be cleared during the VSC but we were able to pit which was good. It was a bit of a reset and I could also pull away as Oscar had used tyres. I am really happy with this result and from the Team’s side we did everything well: good strategy, good pit stops and really calm communication everywhere, which is what you need in a successful race. It was a big weekend for us and good to see that the upgrades worked on the car. Big thank you to everyone here and at the factory for this, this makes our 400th race even more special. Hopefully we can extract what we learnt here today a bit more often. It has been a really positive weekend for us and we will keep on going, keep trying to be better and of course enjoy it a bit tonight!

A tough weekend. A massive effort by the mechanics to get my car ready after yesterday, and I am glad that I was able to give back to the Team and thank them for the work they did, even if it was just one point. It’s small, but at least it is something for the Team. I am still frustrated from yesterday, but I shook it off and I gave it my all today to be in the top 10 after starting in the pit lane. We’ve made a step this weekend and the Qualifying setup was a big change, but we didn’t change much setup from yesterday and it was good to have more time to learn and experience the car in the race. I tried to keep the McLaren behind for longer today but they had more grip with fresher tyres. The safety cars also created some interesting situations. I still have more to adapt to in the car, and my focus is now on Qualifying in Monaco and getting results in the next few races. And of course, a massive massive job and congrats to Max on the win and the whole Team on the result today.
A tough weekend. A massive effort by the mechanics to get my car ready after yesterday, and I am glad that I was able to give back to the Team and thank them for the work they did, even if it was just one point. It’s small, but at least it is something for the Team. I am still frustrated from yesterday, but I shook it off and I gave it my all today to be in the top 10 after starting in the pit lane. We’ve made a step this weekend and the Qualifying setup was a big change, but we didn’t change much setup from yesterday and it was good to have more time to learn and experience the car in the race. I tried to keep the McLaren behind for longer today but they had more grip with fresher tyres. The safety cars also created some interesting situations. I still have more to adapt to in the car, and my focus is now on Qualifying in Monaco and getting results in the next few races. And of course, a massive massive job and congrats to Max on the win and the whole Team on the result today.

It was a good weekend here in Imola and I’m happy with my performance. I had a difficult start to the race and lost two places; that definitely didn’t help us, and I know I’ll need to work on that to improve it. The pace was strong and I’m really satisfied with the job of tyre management we did throughout the race. There was a point in the race where we were P7 and I thought we were bringing it home, but unfortunately, it was just a shame for us when the safety car came out, so we’ll review everything with the team to understand if we could have done something differently. It feels good getting a couple of points; I’m proud of the team as they did a really good job. Looking at next week, I think that racing in Monaco as a rookie is going to be impressive and very hard, but I’m really excited and I can’t wait to drive an F1 car there for the first time.
It was a good weekend here in Imola and I’m happy with my performance. I had a difficult start to the race and lost two places; that definitely didn’t help us, and I know I’ll need to work on that to improve it. The pace was strong and I’m really satisfied with the job of tyre management we did throughout the race. There was a point in the race where we were P7 and I thought we were bringing it home, but unfortunately, it was just a shame for us when the safety car came out, so we’ll review everything with the team to understand if we could have done something differently. It feels good getting a couple of points; I’m proud of the team as they did a really good job. Looking at next week, I think that racing in Monaco as a rookie is going to be impressive and very hard, but I’m really excited and I can’t wait to drive an F1 car there for the first time.

Pretty disappointed for everybody, we just got caught by safety cars today. We had good potential and had pace all weekend but unfortunately we weren’t able to show it and that’s what put us down the back. It’s been a difficult weekend but I’ll keep working hard to turn it around. We are always learning with the car, every weekend I’m getting more used to it, we are heading in the right direction. Monaco is an iconic track and it is my first time, I’m excited to get there; it is very special and will be one to get up to speed with quite quickly. I’m looking forward to going there and getting right back into it.
Pretty disappointed for everybody, we just got caught by safety cars today. We had good potential and had pace all weekend but unfortunately we weren’t able to show it and that’s what put us down the back. It’s been a difficult weekend but I’ll keep working hard to turn it around. We are always learning with the car, every weekend I’m getting more used to it, we are heading in the right direction. Monaco is an iconic track and it is my first time, I’m excited to get there; it is very special and will be one to get up to speed with quite quickly. I’m looking forward to going there and getting right back into it.










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