The Polesitter

  12 months ago we witnessed history in the making when Pierre Gasly won his first-ever Grand Prix at the Temple of Speed. And on Sunday history was rewritten as McLaren achieved their first 1-2 after 11 long-awaited years.  Following an intense sprint qualifying that saw Lewis Hamilton lose 2 places to the McLaren duo of Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris, we knew that the world was in for an entertaining race which has seemed to be the case at Monza throughout history. With Max starting on provisional pole as Valtteri Bottas had to take grid penalties due to power unit changes, it meant that a lot of work would have to be done from the Silver Arrows to salvage as many points for the World Championship.  A flying start off the line by the Honey Badger meant that he took the lead of the race from Verstappen. Right behind him Lewis Hamilton also got away well and pipped Norris off the line. Heading into turn 4 he was up alongside the Dutchman who pushed him off the track which meant he h

  Pictures speak a thousand words. That could not be any more true than with this snapshot of Max Verstappen finishing the Dutch Grand Prix as a race winner at his home race.  We have seen passionate fans all around the globe; in Silverstone, in Brazil, even in China to a certain extent. But none surpass the level of support that I witnessed in the Dutch fans at Zandvoort. A perfect weekend from start to finish saw Max in dominant force as formula 1 made its return to the Netherlands.  A brilliant getaway from pole position saw Max into the lead which he kept for nearly the entire race as nobody besides Lewis Hamilton even came close to him. Fortunately for the Mercs they had 2 drivers in the top 3 whereas Sergio Perez, after a poor qualifying had to start from the pit lane. This meant that they could try and play around with their strategy so as to bring the flying Dutchman closer to the jaws of defeat. Unfortunately, even though Bottas put in a long stint to keep Max behind and drive