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.
The defending world champion put a difficult weekend in Australia behind him to strike back in the title race.
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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.
Christian Horner believes Red Bull's 1-2 finish at Imola stands as one of the team's best Formula 1 results and a perfect response to its Australia ...
"The championship, obviously it was important for us to take some points off Ferrari, which we've done in both championship tables. Both Max and Checo have driven brilliantly this weekend and that 1-2 finish, all credit to the team. Verstappen also reduced Leclerc's drivers' championship lead down to 27 points.
Christian Horner believes Red Bull's 1-2 finish at Imola stands as one of the team's best Formula 1 results and a perfect response to race-winner Max ...
Both Max and Checo have driven brilliantly this weekend and that 1-2 finish, all credit to the team. Verstappen also reduced Leclerc's drivers' championship lead down to 27 points. "It was just the rebound that we needed after the disappointment of Australia a couple of weeks ago," Horner said after the race.
MAX VERSTAPPEN secured pole position for today's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix after a dramatic Sprint race in Emilia Romagna.The Dutchman managed to succ.
I will keep working as hard as I can and try to somehow put it back together somehow." He said: "I am out of the championship, for sure. He said: “I am out of the championship, for sure, no question. I think we can make a step in understanding the car, bring development to it which will fix the bouncing.” I know it was undriveable. This was a terrible race.” Still, the broadcast decided to show thatVerstappenwas leading him by more than 77 seconds. We did great job on calling for the dries, and everybody else then I think copied what we did." "It is hard work. I think we are pretty much at the other side of the field, but we did really well. "There's no question about that. “To be honest, we are not the fastest at the minute.
This weekend could not have gone any better for Max Verstappen, the Red Bull driver taking pole in qualifying, winning the first F1 Sprint of the season before ...
Though he recovered to third, a rare error at the chicane late on pitched him into the barriers. The Spaniard couldn’t escape, forcing his second successive retirement. He made it back to the pits to take a new front wing, but that dropped him to ninth. It capped a fine weekend that had seen him secure fourth in qualifying – Haas’s best ever qualifying performance – and means he has now scored in three of the first four races to sit 10th in the drivers’ standings. Carlos Sainz recovered well from a mistake in qualifying to line up fourth for the Grand Prix after a fine performance in the F1 Sprint, but his participation on Sunday lasted less than a minute after he was pitched into the gravel by Daniel Ricciardo. This weekend could not have gone any better for Max Verstappen, the Red Bull driver taking pole in qualifying, winning the first F1 Sprint of the season before converting P1 in the Grand Prix into his second victory of the campaign – with the fastest lap to boot.