Max Verstappen won the sprint race of the Imola GP .

The Dutch world champion preceded Charles Leclerc's Ferrari. Third place for Sergio Perez with Red Bull, fourth for Carlos Sainz's Ferrari.

"The start was very bad and I don't know why, too much skidding. Then I kept calm and Leclerc ran out of tires, so I tried to overtake at turn two", commented Verstappen, tomorrow in pole position for the Grand Prix real.

"I know tomorrow will be different, but today it went better with these compounds. I'm happy to have done a clean sprint race," he added.

"It is incredible every time we race in Italy to see this crazy support, we hope that tomorrow there is another final", the words of the Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc, who took the lead at the start of the Sprint Race and passed on the penultimate lap by Verstappen. .

"We will still start from the front row tomorrow. We struggled with the tires, we have to analyze everything for tomorrow and make sure we are ready", said the Monegasque who greeted the Cavallino fans present in the stands.

(Unioneonline / D)

© Riproduzione riservata