Max Verstappen dominated the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, leading the race from start to finish to spoil the party for Ferrari and title rival Charles Leclerc.
It was a perfect race for Red Bull as Perez overtook the championship leader off the line and never looked likely to surrender second place while Verstappen was allowed to stretch out an unassailable lead. So dominant was the Dutchman, he even overtook his 2021 title rival Lewis Hamilton as the seven-time world champion suffered a wretched day at Imola.
Ferrari also suffered a disaster as the thousands of Tifosi who turned out to cheer them on were forced to watch a horror show. Carlos Sainz 's race was over within seconds as he became beached in the gravel after some unfriendly contact, while Leclerc pushed so hard to overtake Perez that he span with just a few laps to go and tumbled down the standings, recovering only to sixth.
