Max stormed his way to the front and never looked back in a fantastic win at Imola, but could the McLaren pair have done more to stop him? There were big qually crashes for Tsunoda and Colapinto as well as the whole red flag situation for Ollie Bearman. Plus, we take a look ahead to Monaco and it's twisted tyre rules for this weekend.

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McLaren have some brake trickery that's all the rage going to Imola and the situation at Alpine just gets crazier and crazier!

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McLaren executed a relatively textbook sprint weekend and Oscar in particular, looked in fantastic form with stats and records falling in his favour as part of it all. Plus, the most exciting race of the season in the Lego cars!

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