Can Verstappen save the 2019 F1 season?
After five rounds Ferrari is failing to live up to its tag as a Formula 1 championship contender, and any threat to Mercedes seems to be toothless. Red Bull and Max Verstappen could be the only hope of saving F1 from a foregone conclusion in 2019
So who expected that result, then? Mercedes coming away from the Spanish Grand Prix with a one-two after dominating the race from another front-row lockout?
The answer to that question is... most people, with the exception of those at Ferrari and elsewhere in Italy! To make matters worse, Max Verstappen in his Red Bull nipped into third on the first lap and drove a great race to beat the Ferraris to the final step of the podium - further increasing the Scuderia's points deficit.
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