Reigning world champion Max Verstappen looks to cut the points deficit to championship leader Charles Leclerc in Italy, with The Sporting News providing ...
He will hope to have an easier time of it today and retain the lead from pole at the start, but he knows at least he is a match for his title rival at Imola. 75 mins to lights out: Just as on Friday it its wet at Imola. There has been a lot of rain around in the last hour or so and conditions are treacherous to say the least. Charles Leclerc came to Imola having won two of the first three races of the season and the championship leader will hope he can bring further joy to his Italian employers today. The seven-time world champion has had a miserable 2022 so far and it hasn't got any better at Imola where he was only 14th in the Sprint on Saturday. 20 mins to lights out: This is an exciting era of F1 racing with three great races to start the 2022 season. Being on the right compound for the conditions at the correct time will be critical and could well define the outcome of the afternoon's proceedings. 10 mins to lights out: It has dried out quite quickly, at least on the starting grid, ahead of the race start. "Too risky" he says when the conversation on the pit radio comes up on whether to go on slicks yet. Red Bull have control of the race with Verstappen ahead of Perez. Leclerc immediately trying to pressurise Norris to get up to third and try and chase the front two. Lap 32: We are past halfway and Verstappen is 10 seconds ahead of Red Bull teammate Perez. Leclerc right behind the Mexican, with Norris fourth in his McLaren a further 14 seconds off the pace. Time and again the Mercedes gets right under the wing of the AlphaTauri into Turn 1, but with Gasly getting DRS from the Williams of Albon ahead he does not have the grunt to get through. Charles Leclerc had been on course for third but the championship leader spun off late in proceedings as he chased Perez for second.
Verstappen dominated in the wet-dry race here at Imola to claim his second win of the season, with Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez second and Lando Norris ...
It's really tricky conditions and you need to feel the grip on the track and you need to stay on the track. Forecast shows that it could - and is perhaps likely to - stop raining before the race starts. that will be yellow flags and the end of his race. Six of one and half a dozen with the first-lap incident? Hamilton on the back of Stroll in the fight for 10th but he's been behind him a few laps now. I mean, that gives Verstappen enough of a gap to try the same. He was far too aggressive at the chicane at the top of the track. Out come Red Bull for Sergio Perez to try and do the same to cover the fastest lap point. He currently has the fastest lap point, taking it off Verstappen. Think Verstappen will hold most of his battery charge for the final couple of laps though. Verstappen does, of course, have the fastest lap point. He had a car that was set up for the wet and not the dry. A fast-starting Russell moved up three spots to eighth and then took advantage of the Sainz-Ricciardo accident to take sixth.
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Today, you never know with the weather how competitive you are going to be but as a team we did everything well. “I had a little bit of an exchange with him and said ‘sorry for the car today. But there are always tough moments in the life of a sportsman and it is my turn to go through them.” The team deserve it, from where we were in race one to a podium, it’s amazing. We just need to fix the car. Charles Leclerc rubs his head in frustration as he watches the podium finishers be interviewed. We got squeeze by the Alpine and then there is just no overtaking when you are in a DRS train. Really happy with this P4 but if we want to maintain this place in the championship we need to find more pace.” We are not good enough for the world champion. Lando Norris completed the podium and George Russell finished fourth with a commendable drive in the struggling Mercedes. We did not have the pace. “There are stats that sound nice on paper but are pretty meaningless,” says George Russell when told he is the only driver to finish in the top five.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen won the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola on Sunday, as Ferrari's World Championship leader Charles Leclerc crashed but salvaged ...
Tsunoda, Vettel, Magnussen and Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) rounded out the top 10. Verstappen held a 10s lead at half distance as Perez escaped a grassy excursion at Variante Alta on Lap 29. With the track drying out, Ricciardo was the first to pit for slicks on Lap 17 and Perez did likewise two laps later from second.
The defending world champion put a difficult weekend in Australia behind him to strike back in the title race.
Had Ferrari not spent nearly four seconds in the pits changing tyres, he might have had a big enough gap to keep Perez behind him. - 17. - 15. - 13. - 2. - 1.
Red Bull jumped back to second in the Formula One Constructors' Championship after the first sprint race of 2022.
Lando Norris/Daniel Ricciardo Max Verstappen/Sergio Perez Charles Leclerc/Carlos Sainz
Max Verstappen's victory at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix has moved him into second place in the F1 championship driver standings.
0 points 0 points 4 points 6 points The Dutchman won easily in Imola to complete a brilliant weekend in which he also triumphed in Saturday's sprint race. 49 points
Max Verstappen won a dramatic wet-dry Emilia Romagna Grand Prix over team mate Sergio Perez as Ferrari couldn't deliver on home turf – Charles Leclerc ...
In the lead, you have to always dictate the pace, and it’s always a bit more difficult initially but everything was well managed." After his Lap 1 tangle with Sainz, Ricciardo had been the first driver to pit for slicks. Seventh-place Yuki Tsunoda overtook Magnussen with DRS on Lap 48 and took another off Vettel on Lap 54 – useful points for AlphaTauri just a few miles away from their Faenza factory despite the Japanese driver struggling for traction mid-race. Lap 50 saw Leclerc come in for soft tyres, triggering Perez then Verstappen to pit for the same compounds on the following laps. On another set of soft tyres, he recovered to P6 with late passes on Vettel and Tsunoda. The lights went out under grey skies, the whole field on intermediate tyres – Zhou Guanyu starting from the pit lane – in chase of Verstappen, who led away with Perez moving to second. The Silver Arrow finally got past at Variante Alta with a stunning move on Lap 13. The Dutchman was three seconds ahead of team mate Perez by that point, Leclerc another three seconds back. The Monegasque emerged just ahead of the Mexican, but Perez skated past for P2 with warmer tyres and then kept the Ferrari at bay. Rain may have washed away the glorious weather that graced the thousands of fans at Imola in the morning, but it did little to dampen their spirits – tifosi painting the grandstands red, smatterings of blue and white among them for AlphaTauri’s home race. The Dutchman topped Saturday’s Sprint and led off the line on Sunday, team mate Perez joining him at the front – while Leclerc momentarily dropped to fourth. Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll rounded out the top 10, a double-points haul for the team that entered Imola on zero.
Charles Leclerc defends a whopping 34-point lead in the Formula One Drivers' Championship ahead of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
12 1 Carlos Sainz is third before Sergio Perez, Lewis Hamilton and defending champion Max Verstappen.
Red Bull managed to have its best weekend of the 2022 F1 season on Ferrari's home soil at the Imola Grand Prix.
This was certainly a weekend to forget for Alpine as Fernando Alonso was the second driver to not finish the race today, while Esteban Ocon came fourteenth. This result contributed significant points to McLaren, who now stands fourth in the F1 constructors' standings with a total of 46 points. Max Verstappen scored a combined 34 points in this weekend's sprint race and main race earlier this Sunday, while Sergio Perez made his contribution by coming in second.
Red Bull Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen won the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola on Sunday, as Ferrari's world championship leader Charles Leclerc ...
63 63 Verstappen held 10s lead at half distance as Perez escaped a grassy excursion at Variante Alta on lap 29. With the track drying out, Ricciardo was the first to pit for slicks on lap 17 and Perez did likewise two laps later from second. 1 1
The 2022 F1 Imola Grand Prix was chaotic, to say the least. The weekend featured the season's first modified sprint weekend format with an enormous number ...
Lewis Hamilton had an awful weekend and finished thirteenth in the race. After an awful start to the season with two DNFs within the first three races of the year, the Dutchman has now managed to secure a whopping 34 points over the course of the weekend. The weekend featured the season's first modified sprint weekend format with an enormous number of points up for grabs.
Charles Leclerc may not have had the pace to challenge Max Verstappen for victory in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix – but a costly error 10 laps from the ...
it’s a big mistake but actually the consequence considering the mistake could have been much bigger. And asked if he felt Red Bull had made a step in performance this weekend, Leclerc replied: “It’s impossible to know… But a late dice roll from Ferrari saw the Monegasque driver change onto soft tyres.
Leclerc was able to recover to salvage 6th place, but it sealed a nightmare weekend for Ferrari at their home race in Italy after Carlos Sainz retired on the ...
Hamilton has now swapped the shirt for a branded jacket and umbrella. We have cars on the track in Imola - the pit lane is open. We are four races into the championship and on paper we are not fighting for the win, but that does not mean in four races we will not be fighting for it.” A drying track, the threat of more rain, and a tough track to test the grid - this could be frantic and a lot of fun, and race start in Imola is about five minutes away... So much hope for Ferrari, and any hopes of a home one-two dashed in the opening corners. He’s in the pits and I reckon that might just be that for the veteran’s afternoon in Imola. Ooh - Daniel Ricciardo is in the pits and those look like slick tyres being plugged on to his car. Drama! Esteban Ocon and Lewis Hamilton collide in the pit lane! “Just when you thought it can’t get any worse for Lewis Hamilton but his arch rival is coming up to lap him,” is the astute observation of Nico Rosberg of his former teammate’s difficulties. That seems sensible with Carlos Sainz failing to score after that first lap retirement. More frustration for Lewis Hamilton, who tries to capitalise on Pierre Gasly’s shifting out of the path of Max Verstappen but can’t produce the right move. Lando Norris completed the podium and George Russell finished fourth with a commendable drive in the struggling Mercedes.
A disconsolate Lewis Hamilton reckons he is “out of the championship” fight after an underwhelming drive to 13th in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola.
I will be at the factory tomorrow to see what we can improve.” On the radio after the race, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said: “Sorry for what you have had to drive today. When asked if the result could have been better had he pitted earlier for dry weather tyres, Hamilton replied: “I really don’t know to be honest.