If McLaren do end up losing this title to Red Bull and Max Verstappen, they will look back at weekends like this and wonder what they could or should have done differently.

Max Verstappen won at Imola to keep in touch with Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris in the F1 title race and Red Bull boss Christian Horner questioned McLaren's approach to the race

Peter Windsor was critical of McLaren after they "over-strategised" the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, also amazed at the "most brilliant overtake you'll see in F1" by Max Verstappen. The Red Bull Racing driver just missed out on pole position behind Oscar Piastri on Saturday at the iconic Imola track,

McLaren opted not to order Piastri to allow Lando Norris past in a bid to challenge Verstappen but the British driver ultimately made a brave move on his team-mate with five laps to go to finish second. Piastri’s lead to Norris was cut to 13 points, with Verstappen now 22 points behind the Australian.

Max Verstappen had one shot at winning F1's 2025 Imola GP and he took it with a thrilling pass that shows his best qualities

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen won the F1 2025 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola with Lando Norris second and Oscar Piastri third.

Verstappen pounced on pole-sitter Oscar Piastri at the start to claim his 65th grand prix victory, while Lando Norris took second place ahead of his McLaren teammate

Max Verstappen produced a superb drive to claim victory at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix; Lando Norris reduced Oscar Piastri’s Drivers’ Championship lead by beating his McLaren team-mate to second; Le