Ferrari set for a ‘chess game’ with Red Bull at Imola

Ferrari racing director Laurent Mekies says it will come down to the “small details” as the Scuderia take on Red Bull for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix win.

On Saturday it was first blood to Max Verstappen, the Red Bull driver making a late pass on Charles Leclerc to win the 21-lap sprint qualifying race and take pole position for Sunday’s feature grand prix.

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Verstappen will line up P1 on the grid ahead of Leclerc with both championship hopefuls with their team-mates right behind them.

Sergio Perez is starting third with Carlos Sainz, who put in a recovery drive on Saturday after his qualifying crash on Friday night, P4.

It is expected to be a two-team race for the victory, and the other two podium spots, with Ferrari and Red Bull in a class of their own at the front of the field.

Mekies is predicting a game of chess.

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“The simple truth is that they are very strong,” the Express quotes him as having told Sky Sports. “Not only is Max very fast, but also Checo. You could see that in his lap time.

I don’t think there is much between our cars this weekend. So, it will come down to small details.”

“We will learn from what happened. We all had limited time to drive in dry conditions. We have all evening to analyse the data