Max Verstappen admits he nearly threw away victory in a “stressful” Emilia Romagna Grand Prix when his mistake almost led to a spin from the lead. The Red Bull driver had taken the lead from Lewis Hamilton in wet conditions at the start of the race and held onto it under pressure on a drying track, receiving a boost when Hamilton went off and damaged his front wing. With Charles Leclerc behind him during a race restart with 30 laps remaining, Verstappen almost spun when trying to accelerate to as the safety car peeled into the pits, but just gathered the car at the penultimate corner and had a comfortable run after that.
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