Lewis Hamilton may have stormed to his 99th career F1 pole position but the pack behind him is closer than ever before. Here’s what to look out for at Imola this afternoon. Red Bull’s two-pronged attack Unlike in Bahrain, Lewis Hamilton will have to take on Max Verstappen - and Sergio Perez for that matter - without teammate Valtteri Bottas. A big reason as to why Hamilton was able to strategically out-manoeuvre Verstappen in Bahrain was the role Bottas had to play during the race. The Finn was running around six seconds behind the leading pair during the early stages of the Bahrain Grand Prix and Mercedes used Bottas as a ploy to force Verstappen’s hand. Notably, had it not been for...
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