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2021 FIA Formula One World Championship
2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Imola, Italy
Sunday, 18 April 2021
Red Bull Racing-Honda driver Max Verstappen will be eager to secure his first win of the 2021 season at the
Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on April 18.
The Belgian star went into the season-opener which was the Bahrain Grand Prix wearing the favourite tag on March 28.
However, Verstappen, who had started from pole, finished second having spent the early laps complaining of a differential issue.
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The 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix was won by Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton as he started his Formula One world title defence with a win.
Hamilton's teammate, Valtteri Bottas finished third as Mercedes secured two podium spots in Asia.
Looking at the Drivers' Championship standings, Hamilton is sitting at the top after emerging victorious on the Bahrain International Circuit.
Verstappen and Bottas are placed second and third respectively on the standings with 22 races left.
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When reflecting on the Bahrain Grand Prix, Verstappen explained why they couldn't win the race and stated that they need to do better.
“I don’t know what was going on [early in the race] but I had more wheel-slip on one side, on the rear, so that’s of course not what you want. I managed to drive around the issue a bit but we’ll have to look into that," Verstappen said.
“Strategy-wise, we’ll have to analyse what we could have done better. But also we didn’t have the tyres like they had, so we didn’t really have a lot of flexibility in the strategy. We could have done better in choosing our tyres during practice.
“With these cars, I think the last three years, it is very important to have track position and we gave that up today. Of course, it is still a very long season. So… yeah… we just have to get on with it and try to do better.”
Mercedes are placed at the top of the Constructors' Championship standings and they were followed by Red Bull Racing-Honda and McLaren-Mercedes respectively.
2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix results
Winner: Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes
Runner-Up: Valtteri Bottas - Mercedes
Third-Place: Daniel Ricciardo - Renault
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