Haas F1 Team driver Kevin Magnussen put his quick thinking and ability to improvise to good use when he spun in the rain during Q3 of qualifying at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Magnussen was trying to negotiate the high-speed Turn 10 right-handers, Acque Minerali, in wet conditions when he spun off track but managed […] More
There were crashes, spins, and red flags aplenty, but Max Verstappen grabbed the pole, timing his run on a drying track to perfection to pip Charles Leclerc. Here are the best facts and stats from a very long qualifying session. Qualifying featured five red flags, the most since the knockout format was introduced in 2006. […] More
REDBULL Max Verstappen, 1st, 1:27.999 “It was good out there today but also very easy to make mistakes, so luckily, we mainly stayed out of trouble. We started on the slicks initially, and then it started raining again; making the right call on how you wanted to prep your laps was key today, and ultimately […] More
DRIVER GROUP 1 – Valtteri BOTTAS (Alfa Romeo), Charles LECLERC (Ferrari), Carlos SAINZ (Ferrari), Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull), George RUSSELL (Mercedes) Q: Carlos, please, let’s start with you. Many congratulations, two more years at Ferrari. Tell us what this new deal means to you and what your goals are for the next thirty or so […] More
Championship leader Charles Leclerc beat Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz to the fastest time in wet opening practice for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The Monegasque clocked a 1m 29.402s to finish 0.877s ahead of Sainz, as Ferrari commanded the session—with Max Verstappen 1.465s off the pace in third. As it’s the first F1 Sprint weekend […] More
There is no denying that most of the time the news is depressing. Where in a world where there are a lot of bad things going on, one thing that can make the news at least a bit more uplifting is having it read by beautiful news anchors. Yes, even the most depressing news may […] More
FORM GUIDE AHEAD OF F1 SPRINT AT TIFOSI The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix gets set to host its first-ever Sprint weekend in 2022. So ahead of the action, here are the favorites for pole, points, podiums, and victory in the Grand Prix. Vying for pole The last two editions of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix […] More
Formula 1 has tweaked the configuration of the DRS zone at Imola for the third year running. The high-speed circuit offers few locations where a DRS zone of significant length could be incorporated safely. It is, therefore, one of a handful of venues on the calendar that has just one DRS zone. The zone runs […] More
The Alfa Romeo Formula 1 team, which currently ranks sixth in the F1 world constructors’ championship, will try to stay in the thick of the midfield fight when it competes at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Imola. Valtteri Bottas has earned a sixth and an eighth in his three starts with the team, while rookie […] More
Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner is optimistic that Red Bull Powertrains will be a success, with the first engine expected to run on the dyno by the end of 2022. Honda opted to leave Formula 1 at the end of 2021, and Red Bull will continue to use their engines until 2025 before unveiling […] More
As Mercedes arrives at the fourth race weekend of the season, the team sits second in the Constructors’ Championship despite a start to the year that they admit has been below their usual high standards. But the eight-time champions were hopeful that they could begin “turning the situation around,” starting at this weekend’s Grand Prix […] More
Ferrari rewarded Carlos Sainz’s impressive performances with a new contract until 2024. The Spaniard had a stellar debut season with Ferrari, scoring points in all but two races and reaching the podium four times on his way to a career-best fifth place in the standings, two places above teammate Charles Leclerc. Last month, former […] More
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