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Verstappen Spoils Ferrari Homecoming Despite Leclerc’s Surge: Three Monza Takeaways

The Red Bull driver has now won five races in a row, and mathematically, he could clinch the world championship title at Singapore.

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Daniel Ricciardo reported an issue over his team radio on lap 47 after coming to a stop on the side of the track. McLaren later confirmed it was an oil leak, but the safety car was deployed, giving George Russell, Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen—who made up three through first, respectively—a free pit stop for soft tires. It looked like it could have been a mad dash, but track marshals struggled to get Ricciardo’s McLaren off of the track, which had to be lifted by the crane.