Alonso qualified sixth for Alpine on Friday in wet conditions, but struggled with tyre degradation in the sprint race, causing him to slip back to ninth place over the 21-lap event. It has left Alonso on the fifth row of the grid for Sunday’s main grand prix, which looks set to be hit by rain […]
The German manufacturer’s competitive struggles have hit a season low so far at Imola, with neither Lewis Hamilton or George Russell making it in to the top 10 in qualifying. The pair did not make much progress in the sprint race either, and are at risk of coming away from the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix […]
McLaren got off to a disastrous start the 2009 season as Brawn GP seized the initiative with its double diffuser, and then Red Bull became a regular winner. It the first half of the season, Hamilton scored only a fourth, sixth and seventh place, and regularly finished outside the points. However, the Woking team worked hard […]
Zhou clashed with Pierre Gasly on the opening lap of the Imola sprint race, suffering heavy damage to both the front and rear of his Alfa Romeo F1 car after spinning across the track into the inside wall at Piratella. The Alfa Romeo mechanics faced a lengthy car rebuild which meant the team worked on […]
The reigning F1 world champion reeled in Charles Leclerc after the Ferrari driver grabbed the lead at the start of the sprint race, with Verstappen regaining the lead on the penultimate lap. It meant Verstappen converted pole position from Friday’s qualifying into the sprint race win and will start Sunday’s grand prix from the front […]
The championship leader appeared to have stolen a march over his Red Bull rival for most of the Saturday afternoon sprint race at Imola at he sat beyond DRS range and was 1.7s clear. But the tide began to change on lap 15 of 21 when Verstappen commenced a run of personal best sector times […]
The Briton, having qualified in 11th for the first sprint race of the season, which will take place on Saturday afternoon, remained at the top of the leaderboard with his 1m19.457s. That gave him a slender 0.08s cushion to Perez, while Ferrari’s Leclerc was 0.2s in arrears. Perez comfortably led the way in the first […]
The Ferrari driver had looked to have the edge in pace during the early stages of qualifying but, in the crucial first Q3 runs, it was the strategy options he and Max Verstappen took that proved crucial. With the Imola track drying out, it was clear that the fastest laps of the session would likely […]
In a qualifying session stalled by five separate red flags, Verstappen grabbed his first pole of the 2022 season, beating F1 world championship leader Charles Leclerc by 0.779s despite having to ease off under yellow flags caused by Valtteri Bottas stopping on the edge of the circuit with exhaust failure. With Leclerc unable to fight […]
Norris, whose McLaren team had struggled for pace in the opening rounds of 2022, grabbed the opportunity Imola’s capricious weather conditions provided with both hands. After advancing to Q3 in a stop-start Q2, in which the rain that plagued practice returned, Norris found himself third on the provisional grid for Saturday’s sprint at the Emilia […]