Two races down, two epic scraps between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. It is the Hamilton v Verstappen show; all others reduced to bit players. Bahrain was a brilliant race between Hamilton and Verstappen but Imola was a whole other dimension. “It’s difficult to expect the grip on the first lap,” Verstappen said. It would have been close had it not been for two sticky front wheels at Hamilton’s pit stop, and Verstappen’s lead was out to five seconds again. Verstappen’s lead was down to two seconds as Hamilton came up behind the Williams of George Russell to lap it.
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