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F1 Q&A: Verstappen, Norris, Piastri, Newey, safety cars and rebuilds after accidents

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Red Bull's Max Verstappen won the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix in Italy .

McLaren duo Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri completed the top three .

McLaren threw away the chance of a win by not applying team orders in Imola .

McLaren can't impose team orders at this early stage of the season , as their drivers are closely matched.

McLaren 's chances of the win were effectively gone once Piastri lost the lead at the first corner.

But why should anyone assume Norris would definitely have passed Verstappen had he been behind him at the restart? They were on tyres of equal life and overtaking is difficult at Imola .

Aston Martin say the basis of the upgrade package was laid out shortly after Newey joined.

Yuki Tsunoda and Franco Colapinto both crashed their respective cars in qualifying.

Red Bull were up until 2am fixing it overnight, but were not breaking a curfew.

Alpine did not change their chassis, nor did they fit a new engine.

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