F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix LIVE!
Max Verstappen won the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix as Charles Leclerc spun off late on and Lewis Hamilton finished 13th and a lap behind on a desperate afternoon for the British driver.
Verstappen dominated in the wet-dry race here at Imola to claim his second win of the season, with Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez second and Lando Norris promoted to third after championship leader Leclerc dropped to sixth after coming off and having to pit.
For Hamilton, the sport’s most decorated driver, he endured possibly the worst afternoon of his 16-season Formula One career.
The 37-year-old started 14th and finished only one place better off as George Russell progressed from 11th to fourth in the other Mercedes - holding off Valtteri Bottas, the man he replaced at the Silver Arrows, in the closing stages.
Verstappen’s win and Leclerc’s costly mistake breathed new life into this season’s championship battle, taking the Dutchman to second in the standings, 27 points adrift of his Ferrari rival.
After failing to score a single point, Hamilton is now 58 behind the Ferrari driver with just four rounds gone.
