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The pressure is increasing on Charles Leclerc as we approach the final few laps of this sprint race.
Max Verstappen's engineer comes on the radio with some information but Verstappen interrupts: "Just leave me to it!"
Summary
Verstappen passes Leclerc on penultimate lap to win sprint race at Imola
P3 Perez, P4 Sainz, P5 Norris, P6 Ricciardo, P7 Bottas, P8 Magnussen
Both Mercedes finish outside top 10
Top 8 finishers receive points: 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
Verstappen to start Sunday's main race from pole position
First of three sprint race weekends in 2022 season
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Jamie Chadwick
Williams F1 development driver and W Series championLeclerc is very good in the last two corners which seemingly gives him enough of a buffer to hold Max off.
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Max Verstappen is told that Charles Leclerc is having issues with graining on his front right tyre...
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Charles Leclerc was looking very comfortable out in front but Max Verstappen has made a big gain and he's now just 0.6s behind.
It could soon get very tasty in the lead.
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Sergio Perez is also making moves and he passes Lando Norris to get into fourth.
The top eight, who will also score points in this sprint race, is:
1) Leclerc
2) Verstappen
3) Perez
4) Norris
5) Sainz
6) Ricciardo
7) Bottas
8) Alonso
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Carlos Sainz continues to climb as he looks to make amends for his Q2 crash yesterday and he uses DRS to pick off Daniel Ricciardo and get into fifth.
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Charles Leclerc puts in a new fastest lap and extends his advantage out in front to 1.5 seconds.
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Sergio Perez breezes past Lando Norris and is up into fourth but there's better news for McLaren as Daniel Ricciardo produces a brilliant move to pass Kevin Magnussen into Tamburello and the Australian is up into fifth.
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Lando Norris is under pressure in third with Sergio Perez breathing down his neck.
Meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton has reclaimed a place and is up into 14th.
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Image source, Getty ImagesCharles Leclerc is keeping Max Verstappen out of DRS range with the Ferrari 1.2 seconds down the road out in front.
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Kevin Magnussen, on mediums, loses fourth to Sergio Perez, who flies past after getting into DRS range.
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Fernando Alonso has been doing a valiant job of holding off Carlos Sainz but he can't keep his fellow Spaniard at bay as the Ferrari sweeps past into Tamburello and into sevent.
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Charles Leclerc leads Max Verstappen by a second with Lando Norris in third four seconds behind.
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Fernando Alonso, in seventh, has Carlos Sainz all over the back of him as he struggles to get the tyres warmed up.
Meanwhile, Kevin Magnussen is shown the black and white flag for weaving on the straight. A ticking off to not do it again.
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We're racing again with Charles Leclerc looking to build up his lead over Max Verstappen.
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Lewis Hamilton lost a couple of places at the start and he's down in 15th with George Russell a few places ahead of him in 12th.
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The safety car is coming in at the end of this lap.
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Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writerThe starts haven't been a strong point for Red Bull recently. That's potentially another two points Verstappen has shipped in the championship.