Emilia Romagna Grand Prix

“Something that we need to investigate carefully” — Sainz says he was suffering from aero and deployment issues during F1 Imola GP

Rachel Stephens4 months ago4 months ago06 mins

Carlos Sainz’s weekend at Imola began with challenges at Saturday’s qualifying session, and despite his best efforts, he struggled to find pace throughout the entirety of the weekend and found himself grappling with issues that hindered his performance. Citing gremlins with his SF-24, he expressed frustration over the unexpected setbacks on home soil. He finished two…

Vasseur “a bit frustrated” as he feels Scuderia Ferrari could have won F1 Imola GP if they started from pole

James O'Connor4 months ago4 months ago07 mins

Ferrari had a pretty good weekend on home soil as Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz finished P3 and P5 in the Imola Grand Prix. Leclerc finished 7.9s away from race winner Max Verstappen in the 63-lap contest as Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull were very close on pace in Sunday’s race. Speaking post-race, Ferrari boss…

Verstappen “super happy” with win after he had to go “flat out” for the last 10 laps of the F1 Imola GP

Ewout Albrecht4 months ago4 months ago03 mins

On first glance it might have looked like a normal day in the office for Max Verstappen, but a late charge by Lando Norris gave us a dogfight that faintly reminisced of Alonso vs. Schumacher in 2006. Fortunately for the Red Bull-driver the chequered flag came before the McLaren could utilise its DRS, but for…

F1 | Imola GP | Race | Verstappen holds off a rampaging Norris to take crucial victory

James O'Connor4 months ago4 months ago09 mins

Fernando Alonso started from pit lane as Aston Martin made changes to his car following a nightmare Saturday for the Spaniard. The top 10 started on mediums, with Perez, Guanyu and Sargeant picking the hards. Pierre Gasly and Fernando Alonso went for softs. Verstappen and Norris got away very evenly but the Dutchman held the…

Horner: “Pocket rocket” Tsunoda put in a “great performance” in F1 Imola GP qualifying

Fernanda Álvarez4 months ago4 months ago05 mins

Saturday marked a classification with mixed fortunes in the Red Bull garage. While Max Verstappen took Pole Position and reversed the team’s difficult weekend up to that point, Sergio Perez was left out of the Top 10 on Saturday in Imola, where he will start P11 in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on Sunday. The…

F2 | Imola GP | Feature Race | Isack Hadjar takes the win; Dürksen makes histroy

Harshpreet Kaur4 months ago4 months ago07 mins

Formula 2’s chaotic Sprint Race during the Imola GP weekend had a post-race disqualification. Taylor Barnard got disqualified from the Sprint Race after his start set-up procedure was not engaged as required per the FIA regulations. This disqualification moved Kush Maini into the final point-scoring position. Invicta Racing’s Gabriel Bortoleto starts on pole for the…

“Front lock” at turn 7 cost me “two and a half tenths” — Sergio Perez opens up on shock Q2 exit at F1 Imola GP

Gabriel Diamante4 months ago4 months ago04 mins

Sergio Perez discussed what happened behind the costly error during the qualifying at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, citing a lock-up that ended his chances of making it into Q3. Red Bull had been struggling on Friday but turn things around on Saturday, at least on Max Verstappen’s side of the garage. A small crash in…

Horner says it’s “fitting” that “very special driver” Verstappen matched Senna’s record of consecutive F1 poles at Imola

Fernanda Álvarez4 months ago05 mins

After a race in Miami that saw the third different winner this year, and finally gave Lando Norris his long-awaited first victory, Formula 1 resumed action at the Imola circuit for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. It looked like a complicated weekend for Max Verstappen and company, when the World Champion scored P5 in FP1,…

F3 | Imola GP | Feature Race | Sami Meguetounif takes his first Feature Race win

Harshpreet Kaur4 months ago06 mins

After yesterday’s FIA F3 Sprint Race saw the chequered flag, Noel León of Van Amersfoort Racing, the winner of the Sprint Race, was under investigation for weaving between Turn 17 and Turn 18 on the Safety Car restart. P2 and P3 finishers, Oliver Goethe and Tim Tramnitz, were handed 5-second penalties, which were later rescinded….

Hamilton “couldn’t reach” Russell’s pace in qualifying as he starts 8th in F1 Imola GP

Gabriel Diamante4 months ago4 months ago05 mins

Lewis Hamilton left qualifying feeling relatively positive as he finished 8th in the Imola qualifying session with a 1:15.504, almost three tenths behind his teammate George Russell who qualified 6th with a 1:15.234. Russell now leads the Grand Prix qualifying head-to-head 6-1 as the seven-time World Champion admitted he could not match the pace of…