Verstappen was forced to overtake polesitte🐲r Sainz in the early stages of the 2023 Italian Grand🧸 Prix.

The Dutchman tried - on a number of occasions - to go around th♒e outsid✃e of Sainz into Turn 1.

Verstappen was forced tℱo back out, rather than hang it on the outside of the corner like he did with Hamilton, when duelling w🐼ith Sainz.

The reigning 💝world champion ultimately got through when Sainz locked up into Turn 1, allowing Verstappen to get the switch b💙ack down the Curva Grande.

Analysing the Verstappen-Sainz battle at Monza, Davidson pointed out how the Red🍬 Bull driver showed much more patience than he did two yea🔜rs ago.

“If you’re going to give yourself a realistic chance of going around the outside to make sure you’re there for the next corner, you’ve got to have your front wheel absolutely alongside the other front wheel of the other car,💞” Davidson said.

“It’s very reminiscent, I feel this situation here from 2021 with Max vs Lewis. In that moment, back then, Max did carry on around the outside and didn’t back out of 🔜it.

“I believe in🌊 that moment in 2021, taught Max well. So what does he do? He puts the brakes on, backs out of it and lives to fight another day. That was brilliant, it was brilliantly done.”