By Associated Press
Max Verstappen isn’t about to let Oscar Piastri and McLaren walk away with his Formula 1 title.
The defending champion ended Piastri’s three-race win streak and gave his title defense a big boost with victory at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix on Sunday after a daring overtake on Piastri at the start.
Piastri and his teammate Lando Norris — whose McLaren car has been the one to beat so far this season — had no real answer to the pace of Verstappen’s Red Bull after that.
Verstappen built a commanding lead which was wiped out when the safety car bundled the field back up and injected more drama into the race late on. He still held on to win ahead of Norris, who overtook Piastri for second with five laps remaining.
Verstappen took his second win of the season, the first win since last month’s Japanese Grand Prix, and his
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