'Tomorrow will be different' - Red Bull's Max Verstappen already looking past Sprint win to focus on Grand Prix

Max Verstappen was wary of reading too much into his Sprint victory on Saturday at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix. The current world champion started the day on pole but lost his lead at the green light, with current drivers’ championship leader, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, nipping in ahead of him. Ad/> Leclerc held the lead for much of the race but was ultimately reeled back in as his tyres faded and the young Dutchman was able to activate DRS to regain the lead in the closing stages.

Emilia-Romagna Grand PrixVerstappen makes late move to sweep past Leclerc and take Imola Sprint win3 HOURS AGO Nevertheless, while Verstappen moved onto 33 points in the overall standings, Leclerc actually extended his lead at the top, currently on 78 points and 40 clear of teammate Carlos Sainz behind him. Speaking to Sky Sports after the conclusion of the Sprint, Verstappen said: «The start was very bad. I don't know exactly what happened but after that we had to stay calm.

Initially it looked like Charles had more pace but I think he ran out of tyres and I was able to close the gap. “I know tomorrow will be different. Happy to have a clean Sprint race in the end.

Verstappen makes late move to sweep past Leclerc and take Imola Sprint win Russell fastest, Hamilton fourth as Mercedes hint at recovery in practice two at Imola Team principal Seidl tight-lipped over McLaren problem as Ricciardo and Norris struggle »I am happy about today but I know tomorrow with other tyre compounds coming in it will be different." Leclerc was disappointed but not hugely so with the late loss of the pole for the full race, but was content to start on the front of the grid next to Verstappen. «It's still a front row start,” he explained. “We struggled with the