2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix - Imola, April 22 - 24 Sportsbook Motor Sport

[Tom]

Round 4 this weekend. Some key questions:

• Will Ferrari continue their dominance, especially when on home soil?
• Can the Red Bull find reliability to match the speed it has?
• Are Mercedes still bouncing around like mad?
• Will Aston Martin continue their awful run of form?

Don't forget that this is the first sprint of the year, so qualifying is Friday. New points system for Sprints this year, with 8 points for first, down to 1 point for 8th. The results of the Sprint will be the starting order for the race, but the fastest time in qualifying on Friday will be officially the polesitter (even if they may not actually start from 1st on the grid on Sunday).

Driver's Standings (top 10):

1. Charles Leclerc (71 points)
2. George Russell (37)
3. Carlos Sainz (33)
4. Sergio Perez (30)
5. Lewis Hamilton (28)
6. Max Verstappen (25)
7. Esteban Ocon (20)
8. Lando Norris (16)
9. Kevin Magnussen (12)
10. Valtteri Bottas (12)

Constructor's Standings (top 5):

1. Ferrari (104 points)
2. Mercedes (65)
3. Red Bull (55)
4. McLaren (24)
5. Alpine (22)

TV Times:

• FP1: Friday @ 12:30
• Qualifying: Friday @ 16:00
• FP2: Saturday @ 11:30
• Sprint: Saturday @ 15:30
• Race: Sunday @ 14:00

 

[Franco Pinion]

Emilia Romagna GP Qualifying Timesheet

Driver	Team	Time
1) Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:27.999
2) Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+0.779
3) Lando Norris	McLaren	+1.132
4) Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+1.165
5) Fernando Alonso	Alpine	+1.203
6) Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	+1.743
7) Sergio Perez	Red Bull	+1.809
8) Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	+2.440
9) Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	+3.063
10) Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	No time set (crashed in Q2)
Out in Q2
11) George Russell	Mercedes	1:20.757
12) Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:20.916
13) Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:21.138
14) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:21.434
15) Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:28.119
Out in Q1
16) Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:20.474
17) Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:20.732
18) Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:21.971
19) Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:22.338
20) Alex Albon	Williams	No time set

 

[Bandit]

Really well done by Verstappen. The man is at the top of his game, wonder if his car will last the distance? Can't wait for another battle with Leclerc and I hope the Monagesque gets Imola too, would be nice to see Ferrari winning in Italy.

 

[Crabtree]

Excellent sprint race for Verstappen, I thought Leclerc had it in the bag.

Has Red Bull sorted out their reliability for the main race? if they have Max looks good, it will be a good battle between him and Leclerc.

Sprint race classification

Rank	Driver	Number	Team	Laps	Time	Points
1	Max Verstappen	1	Red Bull	21	30:39.56730	8
2	Charles Leclerc	16	Ferrari	21	2.975 behind	7
3	Sergio Perez	11	Red Bull	21	4.721 behind	6
4	Carlos Sainz Jnr	55	Ferrari	21	17.578 behind	5
5	Lando Norris	4	McLaren	21	24.561 behind	4
6	Daniel Ricciardo	3	McLaren	21	27.740 behind	3
7	Valtteri Bottas	77	Alfa Romeo	21	28.133 behind	2
8	Kevin Magnussen	20	Haas	21	30.712 behind	1
9	Fernando Alonso	14	Alpine	21	32.278 behind	0
10	Mick Schumacher	47	Haas	21	33.773 behind	0
11	George Russell	63	Mercedes	21	36.284 behind	0
12	Yuki Tsunoda	22	AlphaTauri	21	38.298 behind	0
13	Sebastian Vettel	5	Aston Martin	21	40.177 behind	0
14	Lewis Hamilton	44	Mercedes	21	41.459 behind	0
15	Lance Stroll	18	Aston Martin	21	42.910 behind	0
16	Esteban Ocon	31	Alpine	21	43.517 behind	0
17	Pierre Gasly	10	AlphaTauri	21	43.794 behind	0
18	Alexander Albon	23	Williams	21	48.871 behind	0
19	Nicholas Latifi	6	Williams	21	52.017 behind	0
not classified	Guanyu Zhou	24	Alfa Romeo	0	did not finish completed	0

 

[Dylan]

Lovely sprint race, hopefully more of that tomorrow!

 

[Franco Pinion]

Unlucky for Sainz again. Safety car on the first lap.

Terrible start from both Ferraris. Red Bull should be able to control the race from here with a 1-2.

 

[Fraser]

Not a lot Ricciardo could have done differently. Couldn't have stopped any more or pulled out without causing a pile up. Curb bounce just pushed him into Sainz.

Sainz is cursed

 

[Snoops]

Could be rain in 20 minutes!

Safety car in. Red Bulls should control this unless they have reliability problems again.

 

[Franco Pinion]

Hope the extra rain comes!

 

[Snoops]

If there was one person I wanted to have a good race today it was Carlos.