Emilia Romagna GP: Verstappen wins sprint, on pole for Sunday's race
The HinduFormula One champion Max Verstappen won a sprint for pole position at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on Saturday, but Ferrari's Charles Leclerc still stretched his overall lead to 40 points. The Dutch driver had already secured the official pole for the record books in a wet Friday qualifying for the sprint but Saturday's result made that concrete as well as bagging him eight points. Ferrari's Carlos Sainz moved up to second in the championship standings after racing from 10th place to fourth, behind Red Bull's Sergio Perez, in the 100km race over 21 laps at Imola. McLaren's Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo finished fifth and sixth with Valtteri Bottas seventh for Alfa Romeo and Kevin Magnussen banking the final point for Haas after starting in fourth place.