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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.

Hamilton admits season is already over as Max tries to avoid repeat of sprint stuff-up: F1 Imola LIVE.

“I struggled with the tyres, with graining on the front left so we have to work to come back stronger tomorrow. This collision prompted a Safety Car intervention while the debris was cleared. The support here for Ferrari is amazing.” “I had to stay calm. That’s all we can hope for,” admitted Hamilton. The seven-time champion was unable to make any progress through the field as he and Russell struggled for pace and performance in the shorter race won by world champion Max Verstappen of Red Bull.

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.

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. 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. Meanwhile, Russell had shown that while the Mercedes is not a match for Red Bull and Ferrari, it can be the best of the rest. On the one hand, the desire of Leclerc in trying to get the extra three points is admirable.

Max Verstappen starts on pole for today's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix after claiming victory in the first Formula One sprint race of the 2022 season.

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