Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen’s first words after Turn 1 overtake at Imola
Red Bulꦓl and McLaren drivers provide verdict o⛎n key moment at Imola

♚The key moment at the F1 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix was the ꦚvery first turn.
Red Bull’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen, starting on the front row behind pole-sitter 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Oscar Piastri of McLaren, got the better of it.
Verstappen skilfully and be♕autifully navigated around the outside of Piastri to overtake him for a lead which he maintained until the chequered flaꦍg at Imola.
2025 F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix - Race Result from Round 7
Verstappen ended Piastri’s three-race winning run, and♍ took his fourth consecutive victory a📖t Imola.
Notably, Verstappen's ꦺbrillꦍiant manouevre was a response to Piastri twice getting the better of him, most recently in Miami.
"I j⛎ust braked too early,” Piastri admitted inꦕ his parc ferme interview.
“It was a good move by Max, as well.
“Disappointing, obviously.🥀 But we made a few wrong calls after that anyway.”
Max Verstappen overtook Oscar Piastri at F1 Emilia-Romagna GP

Ver﷽stappen s🐷aid: "The start itself wasn't particularly great - but I was still on the outside line. The normal line.
“So I was like I'm going൲ to try and send it around the outsi𒅌de' and it worked really well!
"Of course, that ﷽unleashed our pace because when we were in the lead. The car was good. I could lo🍬ok after my tyres.”
Piastri was later overtaken by McLaren teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris, who finished second.
"I tried my best to hang on but jus🐎t did♐n't have the grip,” Piastri said about Norris’ overtake.
“I tried my best but it w🍰as inevitable he would get past but I wasn't going to give up 🐈without a fight."
Norris said: "We had a good little battle at the end between Oscar and m𓃲yself whic♋h was tense, but always good fun.
"A good race - for us asꦦ a team, second and third is great. Of course you would love to be up there fighting against Max. But they were too good for us tod꧙ay."
Verstappen navigated his way through two Safety Car periods at Imola to win the grꦗand prix.
Piastri still tops the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:F1 standings, with Norris 13 points behind.
Verstappen is third, 22 points shy of the leader.
Next weekend's F1 Monaco Grand Prix is an immediate opportunity to attack Piastri's lead agai💯n for the resurgent Verstappen.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade coveri𒁃ng everything from American sports, to football, to F1.