Verstappen hails Red Bull’s ‘sharper’ F1 race starts

From third on the grid Verstappen enjoyed a mighty launch off the line as he passed both front-row starting Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz.

On the mid-race restart following a red flag, Verstappen again made a swift getaway to secure his lead, which he would build up to 12 seconds over Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton.

For the dominant Red Bull squad, which has won all but one of the 19 races so far, race starts had been one of the few…