There was some great racing in the Grand Prix at Imola. Max Verstappen qualified third in his Red Bull and was in first place exiting the first corner. He gave Lewis Hamilton a taste of his own medicine by pushing him off the circuit at Turn One. Later in the race, Hamilton showed why he’s a seven-time world champion by going off course, backing up until he could get turned around (as a friend of mine said, he’s not of this world; everybody else would try to drive out and wind up getting stuck) and then fighting his way back up to finish second, about 20 seconds behind Max. Lando Norris finished third for McLaren.
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By Staff Report NASCAR.com December 18, 2020 at 11:36 AM
Fresh off his first career NASCAR Cup Series championship, Hendrick Motorsports driver Chase Elliott will compete in the 2021 running of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Rolex 24 in January at Daytona International Speedway.
Elliott will return to the site of one of his five 2020 wins when he teams with Felipe Nasr, Pipo Derani and Mike Conway in the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R to run the twice-around-the-clock race for the first time in his young career.
“The Rolex 24 is such a major event, and it’s a race that anybody across any type of motorsports really respects,” Elliott said in a team release. “I think everyone wants to win a watch before their career is over. It’s something different and a completely different element o