The Dutchman didn't lose a place and returned on the track right in front of Alonso. At the end of the lap Verstappen pitted to get rid of his medium tyres and switch to hard tyres. Bottas now was getting up to speed and passed the Alpine of Esteban Ocon for P6 in lap 17 on the mainstraight. Hamilton and Verstappen were driving in a league of their own and already were 23 seconds clear now.Īfter 15 laps Hamilton had increased his lead on Verstappen to 7.2 sec.
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McLaren driver Lando Norris passed Gasly for P4 in lap 12. Lap 10 AlphaTauri driver Yuki Tsunoda made the first pitstop of the race and switched from soft to medium tyres. One lap later he already overtook Alonso for P2 and was only 4 seconds behind his title rival Hamilton. Verstappen didn't hesitate and passed Gasly for P3. In lap 4 Pierre Gasly made small error coming out of turn 16. Hamilton finished second, ahead of Norris, Leclerc and Sainz.Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton (left) VS AlphaTauri driver Pierre Gasly at the startīottas dropped back from P6 to P11. Hamilton passed a gearbox-hampered Stroll, Ricciardo, Sainz, Leclerc and Norris.īut, having sprinted well clear, Verstappen was well out of reach and scored his first win of the 2021 season. Perez spun away fourth place at Variante Villeneuve, rejoining 14 th. Hamilton – who had changed his damaged front wing in a pitstop before the red flag – restarted ninth but regained his lost lap, and then immediately gained a spot when Yuki Tsuonda spun at Tamburello. Perez was fourth, ahead of Sainz and Ricciardo. Nonetheless he led from Leclerc, who was passed by Norris (running soft tyres unlike the majority on mediums) at Tamburello.
The race was restarted from behind the safety car, but not before Verstappen half-spun at Rivazza before the race went green. Wolff: Russell has ‘lots to learn’ after Bottas F1 crash.Russell: Bottas may not have made same move on another driver.
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Both drivers blamed the other, and Russell went over to Bottas where they remonstrated with each other. After touching wheels both cars slammed into the wall, creating so much debris that the race was halted.
The safety car, and then a red flag, was required again when Bottas and Russell – who had already been lapped before half distance – clashed on the high-speed run to Tamburello. The lead battled changed on Lap 31, as Hamilton went off at Tosa while trying to lap Russell, further damaging his front wing against the tyrewall before reversing out of the gravel trap. Verstappen pitted for slicks on Lap 28, with Hamilton going for the overcut and staying out for a lap, but Lewis suffered a slow 4s stop and rejoined even further behind. Leclerc spun at Acque Minerali on the warm-up lap but managed to extract himself from the gravel to take up his place on the grid. The majority of cars started on intermediate tyres on a track that was damp in some places but soaking wet at others. Sebastian Vettel's Aston Martin started from the pitlane due to damage from a rear brake fire, something that also affected teammate Lance Stroll. He managed to drag his damaged car back to be fixed with a new front wing. Pre-race rain ahead of the formation lap caused drama, as Alpine's Fernando Alonso hit the tyrewall at Tosa. Formula 1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix: How the race unfolded