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Charles Leclerc led a Ferrari 1-2 in a wet first practice session for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, with Max Verstappen third but 1.4-seconds slower than ...

But Norris was able to quickly reverse away and the session resumed for the final two minutes, during which only Alex Albon set a personal best and Bottas went off into the Acque Minerali runoff as Leclerc and Norris had before him – stopping only just before the barriers. Verstappen was able to improve to a 1m30.867s – 1.455s off Leclerc’s best effort – ahead of the final minutes, which were disrupted by a brief red flag period after Norris spun off into the gravel at the final parts of Acque Minerali. With just under 10 minutes remaining – after Verstappen had had to abandon a lap that would have resulted in a personal best after coming across Nicholas Latifi going slowly through the first Rivazza – Leclerc went back ahead on a 1m29.402s. The Monegasque driver looked set to go quicker again before he locked up and had to cut the Variante Alta sequence, after which he gave a tow to Sainz running down the pit straight as the Spaniard moved back into first place on a 1m30.803s. As the first 20 minutes concluded, Leclerc moved back ahead with a 1m35.629s – after which he spun wildly through the Acque Minerali sequence, the championship leader putting his left-side wheels onto the kerbs at the exiting of the first part and then spinning through the second before getting going again. They were soon followed out by the rest of the pack taking to the circuit in dribs and drabs, with Alfa Romeo’s decision to send Bottas out first rewarded with the early first place benchmark as he warmed his tyres ahead of those still coming out of the pits – all cars heading out first on the full wets.

Kevin Magnussen claims the current format puts drivers in a “tricky mindset”

He said: “I like the way it is. He said: “I think the qualifying idea is a good suggestion. I wouldn’t want to see that change. That will have an influence.” Now the top eight drivers score points, where previously it was just the top three finishers. It’s also more lucrative as the driver who finishes P1 will receive eight points, rather than three last year.

Ferrari's Carlos Sainz says he “lacked calmness to react properly” to the various issues that blighted his 2022 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix, which he ...

The weird thing is how little I was having before this one - that I was on a very strong run with barely any mistakes and at some point it had to come. And I think it will keep being one of my strengths. “It's something that I think is one of my strengths and I don't want to lose it at all. “Suddenly, the external problems started happening and maybe kicked a bit of frustration. “One of my strengths as a driver is to stay calm in these sort of situations,” he stated. At some point it had to happen – I've had, I don't know how many, points finishes [17 – Ed]. I don't know how many consecutive races I've been finishing without major mistakes.

Here is a look at how to watch the Emilia Romagna GP qualifying and practice sessions live in India, the US and the UK, and the F1 live streaming details.

As for the live stream of the entire F1 race weekend, fans can tune in to the Disney+ Hotstar app. With more points on offer in both the Drivers' as well as the Constructors' Championships, it promises to be yet another enthralling weekend. The race weekend in Imola will feature the F1 sprint race format, the first of three scheduled this year.

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Due to the nature of the spring, qualifying will be brought forward from Saturday to Friday, replacing second practice. With Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc leading the Driver’s Championship, Scuderia will be hoping for a home win this weekend. Formula One's sprint format returns for a second season at this weekend's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The shortened race takes place on Saturday afternoon and replaces traditional qualifying.

Red Bull Racing Formula 1 boss Christian Horner is confident that Honda has fixed the fuel line issue that stopped Max Verstappen in Melbourne.

We can't afford the gap to grow again to Ferrari, so we need to start eroding it rather than seeing it grow.” “I mean, there's a lot points available this weekend, and we want to make sure that we're there to capitalise. The broken parts were quarantined after the race, and returned to the Japanese company’s base in Sakura.

Formula 1 drivers would favour further modifications to the sprint race weekend format, chiefly to make it a standalone event rather than deciding the grid ...

He said: “I like the way it is. He said: “I think the qualifying idea is a good suggestion. I wouldn't want to see that change.

F1 is back for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in Italy. Qualifying is scheduled for Friday and we run through some key details.

+25000 This weekend's Grand Prix is one of six races in the 2022 season with a two-day qualifying format. Formula One is back at it after an off week last weekend.

Formula 1 latest updates from the first Friday practice session at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola.

There’s a bit of damp on the track but it’s not raining anymore. “The track is much drier than I thought.” says Charles Leclerc over the Ferrari radio. The red flag comes out but Magnussen manages to get the car moving again. Valtteri Bottas slides off the track and the cars are called back into the pits with three minutes to go in Q3. There may be time enough for one - maybe two - more laps in Q3 after the red flag is lifted. During the opening practice, Lewis Hamilton finished only 18th as Charles Leclerc set the pace on a rain-drenched afternoon.

The day has already started well for the Tifosi with a Ferrari one-two led by Leclerc in first practice. Max Verstappen and Red Bull are out to end ...

It was very slippery. It is worth noting we have now matched the 2016 Hungarian Grand Prix and 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix for most red flags in an F1 qualifying session. “It was tricky out there. Thanks for joining us and we will be back tomorrow for a live blog of the second practice session and the sprint race which will decide Sunday’s grid. A record-breaking five red flags were flown on Friday with the Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, who are performing surprisingly well in the standings, out in Q2. A very damp Imola welcomed Formula One today for a bonkers qualifying session ahead of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

Championship leader Charles Leclerc beat Ferrari team mate Carlos Sainz to the fastest time in a wet opening practice for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

Zhou Guanyu was 19th for Alfa Romeo with Nicholas Latifi – who ran off track early in the session – completing the classification for Williams, 10.2s off top spot. Haas excelled in the tricky conditions with Kevin Magnussen a superb fourth, albeit three seconds off the pace, with his team mate Mick Schumacher completing the top five. Championship leader Charles Leclerc beat Ferrari team mate Carlos Sainz to the fastest time in a wet opening practice for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton finished only 18th as Charles Leclerc set the pace in opening practice for Sunday's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

The F1 Sprint races are about to return for the 2022 season after a dramatic hat-trick of events in 2021 when the likes of Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen ...

Austria and Sao Paulo will also provide the settings for Sprint races during the 2022 season. That makes the Sprint more likely to prove pivotal in deciding where drivers finish this season. Hamilton won the full British Grand Prix race, where Verstappen did not finish after a hugely controversial collision with the home hero. What does the Sprint race entail? Pit stops are not mandatory, meaning the race lives up to its name by giving drivers the chance to go flat-out for victory from the start. How is it likely to affect the standings, and what time and where can F1 fans watch it?

Max Verstappen claimed pole position in Emilia Romagna GP qualifying and will start at the front for Saturday's Sprint after outpacing Charles Leclerc in a ...

10) Carlos Sainz No time set (crashed in Q2) 3) Lando Norris 2) Charles Leclerc Following complaints from drivers during the Sprints debut campaign last year, there has been a pole position clarification for 2022. He will head the grid for Saturday's Sprint, the shortened race that returns in 2022 after a debut three outings last year.

Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen will start Saturday's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix sprint event on pole position after an incident-packed qualifying at Imola ...

Verstappen then grabbed the top spot with 1m27.999s, 0.779s faster than Leclerc, despite being forced to lift off for Valtteri Bottas stopping in the final sector ahead of him, which caused another red flag. Rain fell during the break, meaning there would be no further improvements. Time The session began on a slightly damp but quickly drying track. Time The result of Saturday’s sprint race sets the grid for Sunday’s main event.

Charles Leclerc headed team-mate Carlos Sainz as Ferrari dominated a wet first practice session of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix weekend.

Red Bull AlphaTauri-Red Bull Red Bull AlphaTauri-Red Bull 🚩 RED FLAG 🚩 He ended up 0.877s up on his team-mate with a best time of 1m29.402s, with Max Verstappen third for Red Bull but more than 1.4s off the benchmark time.

Max Verstappen took pole position for Red Bull in a nailbiting qualifying session ahead of the inaugural F1 Sprint of 2022 at Imola.

It was very slippery to get the tyre temps to work. Vettel sealed Aston Martin's first Q3 appearance of 2022 in P8 (and emerged for a late intermediate run alongside Leclerc), Ricciardo and Bottas rounding out the top 10. Verstappen then improved to a 1m 27.999s, just after Bottas crashed to bring out a red flag going into Turn 16. “It was tricky out there with the rain… The rain then returned to ensure a damp finish to Friday evening. It was a hectic, long qualifying but of course at the end happy to be here. Dry line now clear, Lance Stroll set the first benchmark for Aston Martin – before the session was red flagged with 12 minutes remaining, Albon’s right-rear brake up in flames and spreading red-hot debris in its wake. Verstappen led Leclerc out but, given how difficult their out-laps seemed, it was clear that neither driver would improve. Nearly eight-tenths off, Leclerc had one last chance to pry provisional pole away from the reigning champion but was left second and 0.799s off after the red flag. The Spaniard went second, 0.197s off then-leader Verstappen, but spun and crashed going into the final left-hander. The umbrellas soon unfurled, and those drivers’ fates were essentially sealed. Tsunoda’s team mate Gasly could only take P17, making it an early elimination for both of AlphaTauri's drivers at their home circuit.

Max Verstappen's brilliant pole position lap for Formula 1's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix raised some eyebrows as it came after he passed through a yellow flag ...

With just a single warning flag out, the FIA demands: "Drivers should reduce their speed and be prepared to change direction. It must be clear that a driver has reduced speed and, in order for this to be clear, a driver would be expected to have braked earlier and/or discernibly reduced speed in the relevant marshalling sector." "In order for the stewards to be satisfied that any such driver has complied with these requirements it must be clear that he has not attempted to set a meaningful lap time, for practical purposes any driver in a double yellow sector will have that laptime deleted."

Kevin Magnussen feared his session was over after spinning out during Q3 at Imola, only to return to the pits and score Haas's best Formula 1 qualifying ...

“I want to start in the good position for the Sunday,” Magnussen said. “I then went into gravel and slowed down quite a lot so I realised, I saw the anti-stall, pulled the clutch while I was still backwards, and then went onto the throttle just enough to get out into that escape road. “I touched the white line and then it was gone, and I thought I was going to hit the wall,” Magnussen said.

Fans react as Haas's Kevin Magnussen pulled off a steller P4 performance on Friday's qualification in Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in Italy.

ADVERTISEMENT Would’ve loved another one (position), but that’s great.” Talking about this, Kevin conveyed, “Well done guys, that’s a great result. The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix gave the sport its first wet weather conditions. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT

Ferrari has made a precautionary move to change Carlos Sainz's power unit ahead of the Formula 1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix following his off in Australia.

“One of my strengths as a driver is to stay calm in these sort of situations,” Sainz said. “This will be his second of three allocated power units for the season, therefore not incurring a penalty.” Ferrari has opted to hand Sainz a fresh power unit for the Imola race weekend as a precaution due to the impact of his off in Australia and the tight two-and-a-half-hour turnaround between practice and qualifying on Friday in the sprint race weekend format.

Max Verstappen will start on pole for the F1 sprint race at Imola ahead of Charles Leclerc after a rain-plagued qualifying session that cost Lewis Hamilton.

Qualifying was also stopped with three minutes remaining following an incident for Bottas as Verstappen went quickest. That included Hamilton and Russell. The passionate “tifosi” have been packing out the circuit in their red-colored droves this weekend, with more than 120,000 tickets sold. Ferrari dominated practice and again looked like the team to beat after a one-two in the session. Instead of the usual three practices to get to grips with the car, there was only one practice followed by qualifying on Friday for Saturday’s sprint. “There are things we should have done but we didn’t do.

Formula 1 drivers would favour further modifications to the sprint race weekend format, chiefly to make it a standalone event rather than deciding the grid ...

He said: "I like the way it is. I wouldn't want to see that change. He said: "I think the qualifying idea is a good suggestion. But that how it is. If the qualifying on Friday meant the grid position for Sunday, and also for the sprint race, that could be quite fun. "It could add a bit of value of excitement for the Saturday. This actually could be a good idea."

Mercedes has introduced a host of minor tweaks to its Formula 1 car in a bid to help both cooling and the airflow separation that is hurting its ...

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Carlos Sainz felt he wasn't pushing hard prior to his Imola Formula 1 qualifying crash which he fears will cost him “quite a lot” through the rest of the ...

The car surprised me in that corner, [and] I missed it. Sainz acknowledged the damage on his car “looked bad” after the shunt and that it was “not going to be easy for the guys tonight” to get the repairs completed. Sainz explained that he was surprised to lose the car in the fashion that he did, but took full blame for the mistake.

World champion won the right to lead Saturday's 21-lap dash to decide P1, while Lewis Hamilton criticised his mishandling Mercedes after only managing 13th.

Leclerc set the pace on his opening hot lap in Q3, mighty through the second and third sectors but he was only two-hundredths clear of Verstappen with a time of 1min 28.778sec. Pole gives Verstappen the chance to claw back points in the title fight which Leclerc leads on 71, with the world champion, who has retired twice this season, in sixth on 25. The drivers kept lapping as the clock ticked down and Verstappen pipped his rival with a 1min 27.999sec lap just before another red flag as Valtteri Bottas ground to a halt on track. It really punishes you if you make a mistake you can go in the wall. By its close Red Bull’s Max Verstappen had earned “pole position” but such is the equally painful structuring of this format, while his pole counts statistically in the record books it is only for Saturday’s sprint race which will decide the literal pole for Sunday’s GP. Hamilton only narrowly made it into Q2 and finished in 13th place with his teammate George Russell in 11th.

World champion Max Verstappen secured pole position on Saturday for Sunday's sprint race at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix after outpacing Charles Leclerc by ...

9th row: Pierre Gasly (FRA/AlphaTauri) Nicholas Latifi (CAN/Williams-Mercedes) 7th row: Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes) Zhou Guanyu (CHN/Alfa Romeo) 6th row: George Russell (GBR/Mercedes) Mick Schumacher (GER/Haas-Ferrari) 5th row: Sebastian Vettel (GER/Aston Martin-Mercedes) Carlos Sainz (ESP/Ferrari) It was Verstappen’s first pole this season and the 12th of his career. 2nd row: Lando Norris (GBR/McLaren-Mercedes) Kevin Magnussen (DEN/Haas-Ferrari)

After three entertaining and incident-packed Sprint weekends last year, the format returns at Imola for the Emilia Romagna GP. But what are the benefits of ...

The Sprint had its critics before debuting in 2021 in Silverstone, Monza and Interlagos - but nobody can dispute that the new format provided entertainment to the weekends. While not responsible for controversy directly, the Sprint also had its part to play in hugely dramatic moments last year. Again at Monza, the pair collided a day after the Sprint. Plus, if a driver wins all three Sprints in 2022, that almost adds up to a race win on its own (24). Handy. The winner will collect eight points, second place will score seven, with this continuing in descending order down to eighth (one point). It starts at 3.30pm and is live on Sky Sports F1 and Main Event, with build-up from 2.30pm.

Toto Wolff says Mercedes' porpoising problem during first practice for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix was so severe that a floor stay broke on George ...

“Their porpoising looks a little bit different to ours,” Wolff assessed. The stays attempt to stiffen the floors that are flexing and stalling at top speed, which leads to porpoising. “We were five second off the pace – it’s not the car and not the driver.”

Lewis Hamilton feels that “each weekend is a rescue” currently for Mercedes in Formula 1 after the team suffered a double Q2 exit at Imola on Friday.

[It's] not ideal, but we got a chance to recover these positions tomorrow." [We] can only go up." "So let's see what we can do. Each weekend is a rescue." It's going to be a difficult race, but hopefully tomorrow is better weather-wise, and who knows, maybe we'll move our way forwards." There are things that we should have done that we didn't do.

Hamilton in 'testy' exchange with boss as Mercedes crash to 10-year F1 low.

“I think we underperformed as a team. “Naturally, it is disappointing. We will just keep working hard.

Max Verstappen's brilliant pole position lap for Formula 1's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix raised some eyebrows as it came after he passed through a yellow flag ...

With just a single warning flag out, the FIA demands: "Drivers should reduce their speed and be prepared to change direction. It must be clear that a driver has reduced speed and, in order for this to be clear, a driver would be expected to have braked earlier and/or discernibly reduced speed in the relevant marshalling sector." "In order for the stewards to be satisfied that any such driver has complied with these requirements it must be clear that he has not attempted to set a meaningful lap time, for practical purposes any driver in a double yellow sector will have that laptime deleted."

Max Verstappen has taken pole position for Red Bull at the Formula 1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix sprint race on Friday. Here's how and when to watch the ...

For the entire 2022 F1 season, Channel 4 will broadcast highlights of every qualifying and race of each event. The starting order for the sprint race will be decided by a traditional qualifying session held on Friday afternoon. Live streaming through NOW is also available in the UK. F1 has long been looking to make changes to the traditional race weekend format and while other options like reverse grid races were considered, they were ultimately unfancied compared to sprint races. In F2 the sprint race is 120km and the feature race covers 170km, though are usually no less exciting. They’re used in many other series, though perhaps most notably for Formula 1 is their inclusion in the Formula 2 race weekend.

Imola plays host to the first F1 Sprint race of the 2022 season. Here's how you can watch the session that decides the starting grid for the Emilia Romagna ...

Viewers from selected countries can subscribe to F1 TV to stream the Imola Sprint race on a device of their choice. - Denmark - TV3 / TV3 Sport / Viaplay Can’t find your country or region in the list?

Unlucky twist left Ricciardo 'hurt'; full extent of Mercedes nightmare — F1 Qualifying Analysis.

Norris credited a second straight strong qualifying session to the climatic conditions rather than the car, and on one level that makes sense. It’s much more difficult to pass at Imola compared to Interlagos, however, and that will be particularly true if the track is in any way damp to make deviating from the racing line treacherous. Haas will be the team’s chief rival, with Kevin Magnussen taking a sensational fourth. The car doesn’t like big braking zones, and the reduction in speed in the wet effectively took the bite out of the biggest stops around the track. With the improvements on the second lap, I really feel I could be significantly further up, but that’s alright.” Russell’s car was porpoising so badly during that hour that the floor stays, designed to help with the problem, snapped. Carlos Sainz re-signed with Ferrari during the week, but the Spaniard couldn’t convert that confidence into a qualifying result, crashing out of Q2 in what he described as surprising snap from the car at the end of a lap on which he wasn’t pushing particularly hard. To date sprint races have needed a focal point, and two cars starting out of position will be key excitement generators. If Verstappen can hold position off pole, even the Ferrari’s car superior corner-exit traction may not be enough for Leclerc to overcome him in the sprint, which doesn’t feature pit stop strategy to shake up the order. Things were only marginally better for Sergio Perez in the second Red Bull Racing car. A dry track combined with frequent bursts of rain made the session challenging for drivers. In wet practice everything was coming up Ferrari, with the red cars more almost 1.5 seconds quicker than anyone else.

Formula 1 world championship leader Charles Leclerc says the wrong run plan choice for qualifying at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix left him unhappy to be ...

So let’s keep pushing, but for now we have the potential to do so [win].” “P2 is not bad in the end. So it is like this.

Remarkably Friday's Formula 1 qualifying session in Imola was the first time since Japan 2012 that Mercedes did not have a car in Q3.

“So the remit of the power unit people is to focus on that, and look at any fine tuning that we can do to find gains. “We're constantly doing analysis on that,” says Shovlin. “There's areas that we think we can improve in terms of managing the deployment. “But as an aside, we're still working hard to try and understand, get on top and solve the bouncing. We just didn't have the grip that we needed to be quick.” One is, could we could we have run the earlier part of the session better? The developments we brought here, we were aware that they're not going to affect that. But we should be able to perform in the same position that we're racing, which is realistically third-quickest team." “As I said, we still need to understand why we can't match some of the mid-grid teams, even. As I said, we don't know whether there's something else in terms of how we're setting the car up, or how we're approaching the way that we're generating heat in the tyres. “And we've not got to the bottom of it. “On a single lap, a lot of the midfield teams are better than us. In Bahrain it doesn't really cost you, and all the other tracks, it's actually been a bit of a difficulty in qualifying.

Max Verstappen starts from pole position for today's sprint race, ahead of the Formula One Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

How to watch the F1 Emilia Romagna GP sprint race Charles Leclerc put his Ferrari second, ahead of Lando Norris with Lewis Hamilton lodged in 13th. How to watch F1 Emilia Romagna GP sprint race today: TV channel and live stream for 2022 event at Imola

Remarkably Friday's Formula 1 qualifying session in Imola was the first time since Japan 2012 that Mercedes did not have a car in Q3.

“So the remit of the power unit people is to focus on that, and look at any fine tuning that we can do to find gains. “That doesn't stop us looking at what we can do within the modes, and how we can use those better, and whether there is anything more we can gain in how we're deploying the modes that are available. “We're constantly doing analysis on that,” says Shovlin. “There's areas that we think we can improve in terms of managing the deployment. “But as an aside, we're still working hard to try and understand, get on top and solve the bouncing. “To be honest both of them are annoying issues at the moment,” Shovlin admitted. We just didn't have the grip that we needed to be quick.” “Lewis would have liked to have stayed out on one of the runs earlier on,” he said. One is, could we could we have run the earlier part of the session better? But we should be able to perform in the same position that we're racing, which is realistically third-quickest team.” “And we've not got to the bottom of it. “As I said, we still need to understand why we can't match some of the mid-grid teams, even. As I said, we don't know whether there's something else in terms of how we're setting the car up, or how we're approaching the way that we're generating heat in the tyres.

Remarkably Friday's Formula 1 qualifying session in Imola was the first time since Japan 2012 that Mercedes did not have a car in Q3.

“So the remit of the power unit people is to focus on that, and look at any fine tuning that we can do to find gains. “We're constantly doing analysis on that,” says Shovlin. “There's areas that we think we can improve in terms of managing the deployment. “But as an aside, we're still working hard to try and understand, get on top and solve the bouncing. We just didn't have the grip that we needed to be quick.” One is, could we could we have run the earlier part of the session better? The developments we brought here, we were aware that they're not going to affect that. But we should be able to perform in the same position that we're racing, which is realistically third-quickest team." “As I said, we still need to understand why we can't match some of the mid-grid teams, even. As I said, we don't know whether there's something else in terms of how we're setting the car up, or how we're approaching the way that we're generating heat in the tyres. “And we've not got to the bottom of it. “On a single lap, a lot of the midfield teams are better than us. In Bahrain it doesn't really cost you, and all the other tracks, it's actually been a bit of a difficulty in qualifying.

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The drivers and teams report back on all the action from the opening day at Imola, for the Formula 1 Rolex Gran Premio del Made In Italy e ...

“The combination of mixed conditions and the Sprint format is very tricky and today we did not rise to the occasion. It was a bit of a shame with how the red flags panned out today but if there is a weekend to not be where we want to be, a sprint weekend is the one to do it. Hopefully we can move forward in the F1 Sprint tomorrow and secure a better starting position for the race on Sunday.” “Having missed the wet running in Barcelona shakedown, today was the first running on the 18" wet and intermediate tyres, so we had plenty to learn in FP1. Our wet performance was good, but the Inters struggled to warm up. We were moving towards a schedule of longer runs but with the red flags we couldn’t get the laps that we needed and once the rain came, we were left in 11th and 13th with no chance to improve. It was my first time in Q3 in 2022 and the first time this year for both cars in Q2, which is a great effort by the team. “Our objective before the session was to have at least one car in Q2 and one in Q3, and in this regard, we accomplished it. There was a chance we maybe could have done a little bit better, I think there was a bit left in it at the end and it would have been nice to go for that lap and attack one more time, but I just made a mistake and caught the white line. “It was a really strong session for us until we had to stop the car for a technical issue. It’s all to play for tomorrow and hopefully we have a bit of luck on our side to be able to maybe get into the points.” “It feels good to be in the top five after a messy qualifying with all of the changing conditions and red flags. I’m happy we had good pace and happy we’re in a good position and up the pointy end.

Carlos Sainz felt he wasn't pushing hard prior to his Imola Formula 1 qualifying crash which he fears will cost him “quite a lot” through the rest of the ...

The car surprised me in that corner, [and] I missed it. Sainz said the target at Imola was now “to move forward and try and rescue some good points” over the sprint race and grand prix. Sainz acknowledged the damage on his car “looked bad” after the shunt and that it was “not going to be easy for the guys tonight” to get the repairs completed.

Ferrari says that its Russian tester Robert Shwartzman will drive under an Israeli licence during any outings with the Formula 1 team this year.

"So, at the moment, he is still our test driver and he will remain for that. In 2020, he drove a SF1000 at the Yas Marina circuit, while last year he drove for both Ferrari and Haas at the post-season young driver and tyre test. Shwartzman has been a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy since 2017, and showed his potential to the Maranello squad by winning the 2019 FIA Formula 3 championship, as well as finishing runner-up in last year's F2 championship.

Ahead of what promises to be an exciting weekend, here is a look at how to watch the F1 Emilia Romagna GP sprint race live in India, the US and the UK?

The F1 sprint race will take place from 11:30 AM ET to 12:30 PM ET on Saturday, April 23. The sprint race will take place from 3:00 PM BST to 4:00 PM BST on Saturday, April 23. With the reigning champion Max Verstappen and current championship leader Charles Leclerc having qualified first and second, respectively, it promises to be an exciting 100m dash.

Ferrari's Russian test driver Robert Shwartzman will use an Israeli licence to make any appearances for the team in Formula 1.

Binotto also confirmed Shwartzman is no longer backed by any Russian companies. Shwartzman competed in F2 last year under a Russian licence. The announcement had immediate ramifications for Russian drivers competing in FIA series.

Valtteri Bottas was forced to miss Saturday's FP2 session at Imola as his Alfa Romeo Formula 1 team worked to build up the spare chassis for the Finn.

“I trust him on the fact that the adaptation will be quite quick, and he will have a look at the data from Zhou, and have a good understanding,” he said. "We expected yesterday to have to do it, but the car is sealed. The loom is going inside the chassis, and it's easier to change it.

Mercedes' George Russell set the pace in second practice for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix as teams focused on gathering long-run data for the main race on ...

That classification will then define the order for Sunday’s main event – the Grand Prix. Visit our RACE HUB to find out how and when to watch it where you are. As this is a F1 Sprint weekend, there are only two one-hour practice sessions, the second of which takes place on Saturday morning. There was frustration on the other side of the garage, too, as while Lando Norris – who starts the F1 Sprint third – was able to get out and about early on, a brake issue meant he was unable to set a meaningful lap time.

Live updates, highlights and results from the first Formula 1 Sprint race of the season, at F1's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

15 mins to lights out: There are a few drivers who will be looking to make up places as they qualify for the full length race tomorrow. Of the cars with medium tyres, Magnussen is the furthest forward. He came together with Gasly, who gets new parts in the pits and will rejoin the back of the pack. Some teams struggled to get heat in their tyres yesterday, and they'll be hoping for a more driveable circuit today. Lap 12: Sainz gets past Magnussen, to cheers from the home fans. Perez is up to P4, and it's Lando Norris separating Perez from his teammate in P2. Formation lap: A mix of soft and medium tyres, as the teams begin the formation lap. Fernando Alonso is slow off the mark, with a couple of cars overtaking him. It was an interesting choice from Haas to go with the medium tyres. Lap 19: LeClerc's tyres have looked in poor condition for the last few laps. The Haas strategy might be paying off, as Mick Schumacher gets past Vettel. Lap 20: Verstappen takes the lead!

This year's sprint races will hand out eight points to the winner, through to a single point for eighth place as the line-up is decided for Sunday's main event.

We will be bringing you live coverage of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix sprint race with lights out in two hours’ time. “We would be lying if we say we are not interested in something like that. The sun has abated a touch in Emilia Romagna since the morning but there is little to no sign of any rain ahead of the sprint race. TV channel: The sprint race will be shown live on Sky Sports Main Event and F1, with coverage beginning at 2.30pm BST before lights out at 3.30pm. I would be very interested to talk.” The sun is shining on Emilia Romagna this Saturday and F1 fans have another sizzling weekend in store for them.

Mercedes racer George Russell topped the second practice session ahead of Formula 1's 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix to head Red Bull's Sergio Perez and ...

Leclerc’s run plan was offbeat by comparison, as he stuck to the yellow-walled compound for the early part of the session as part of a near-20-lap stint on the Ferrari. Valtteri Bottas was also on the sidelines for the duration of the hour as Alfa Romeo sought to remedy the exhaust issue that forced the Finn to park up and cause a red flag in qualifying. But as the final quarter of an hour approached, he returned to the track on soft tyres for a quicker stint and buzzed over the timing line in 1m19.740s to land second, ceding 0.2s to Russell but pipping third-fastest Perez by 0.05s as Carlos Sainz settled in sixth place. By comparison, Max Verstappen was in the high 1m20s for the bulk of his soft tyre run and occasionally nudged the 1m21s to suggest a simulation more akin to the full grand prix. Perez appeared to be on a one-third-capacity low-fuel dash to mimic the shorter afternoon sprint race as he consistently turned in a run of laps in the high 1m19s and low 1m20s. But then it was Perez who moved and, for a large chunk of the early afternoon run, remained at the head of the leaderboard as he completed a stint on the C4 compound soft Pirellis.

Mercedes racer George Russell topped the second practice session ahead of Formula 1's 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix to head Red Bull's Sergio Perez and ...

Leclerc's run plan was offbeat by comparison, as he stuck to the yellow-walled compound for the early part of the session as part of a near-20-lap stint on the Ferrari. Valtteri Bottas was also on the sidelines for the duration of the hour as Alfa Romeo sought to remedy the exhaust issue that forced the Finn to park up and cause a red flag in qualifying. But as the final quarter of an hour approached, he returned to the track on soft tyres for a quicker stint and buzzed over the timing line in 1m19.740s to land second, ceding 0.2s to Russell but pipping third-fastest Perez by 0.05s as Carlos Sainz settled in sixth place. By comparison, Max Verstappen was in the high 1m20s for the bulk of his soft tyre run and occasionally nudged the 1m21s to suggest a simulation more akin to the full grand prix. Perez appeared to be on a one-third-capacity low-fuel dash to mimic the shorter afternoon sprint race as he consistently turned in a run of laps in the high 1m19s and low 1m20s. But then it was Perez who moved and, for a large chunk of the early afternoon run, remained at the head of the leaderboard as he completed a stint on the C4 compound soft Pirellis.

Valtteri Bottas was forced to miss Saturday's Formula 1 FP2 session at Imola as his Alfa Romeo team worked to build up the spare chassis for the Finn.

“I trust him on the fact that the adaptation will be quite quick, and he will have a look at the data from Zhou, and have a good understanding. "We expected yesterday to have to do it, but the car is sealed. The loom is going inside the chassis, and it's easier to change it."

Red Bull's Max Verstappen won the Formula 1 sprint event to take pole position for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix after a fantastic duel with Ferrari's ...

Leclerc led Verstappen and Norris at the restart on Lap 5. Going into the final five laps, Verstappen got into Leclerc’s DRS range as the Ferrari began get encounter some tyre graining. 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix sprint fastest laps

Max Verstappen said the Emilia Romagna Formula 1 sprint turned into a 'waiting game' for him once it became clear race leader Charles Leclerc was suffering ...

But yeah, clearly, we had a bit more pace at the end of the race." "My start was just terrible. "Of course with these cars, it is better to follow.

World champion will start P1 on Sunday and claimed championship eight points, while Lewis Hamilton struggled with his Mercedes and will begin in 14th.

With the victory Verstappen has secured pole for Sunday a potentially vital achievement at Imola where overtaking is difficult. It was a bravura move, perfectly executed and the sort of racing the sprint race has long needed. He was third several laps later, an impressive run and vital for Red Bull so he can play his part in the race tomorrow. Max Verstappen won the sprint race for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola and in doing so secured pole for Sunday’s race. Out front however while Leclerc was in control, Verstappen closed in the final four laps to within a second. Both Hamilton and Russell struggled to make any headway through the field, unsurprisingly with a tricky can on a track where overtaking is far from easy.

Live coverage of Saturday's F1 Sprint ahead of the the 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola in Italy.

Lewis Hamilton has ruled Mercedes out of the World Championship title fight just four races into the 2022 Formula One season after a disappointing Emilia ...

The car is faster, but we just don't have the speed in the straight to actually move forwards. "Strategy is going to be key. "We've got work to do. That is all we can hope for right now." "We haven't got it right this year but everyone is working as hard as they can to correct it. "This is the situation that we are faced with and we are obviously not fighting for the Championship but we are fighting to understand this car and improve and progress through the year.

Charles Leclerc reckons he can retaliate against Max Verstappen and “fight for the win” in Formula 1's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix if Ferrari can “cure” its ...

If not, it's going to be a bit more difficult.” “I tried to push at the beginning to get a bit of a gap and for Max to not be in the DRS zone because I knew that I would have been vulnerable if it was the case. “But I paid the price a little bit later on in the race and had some graining and then really struggled in the last two, three laps.”

IMOLA, Italy : Formula One champion Max Verstappen won a sprint for pole position at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on Saturday, but Ferrari's Charles ...

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Max Verstappen won the first Sprint of 2022 having passed Charles Leclerc with two laps remaining, to ensure a first-place start for Sunday's Emilia Romagna ...

The championship leader skated away, Verstappen in tow. Green-flag racing would resume on Lap 5, Leclerc leading Verstappen then Norris at the time. Friday's wet qualifying session set the grid for this Sprint, Verstappen having taken pole position over Leclerc with Lando Norris leading Kevin Magnussen off the second row. Gearbox issues put Esteban Ocon 19th for the start of the Sprint and he made up three places for P16 in the Alpine, keeping Gasly – who collided with Zhou at the start and pitted for a nose change – 17th. Magnussen held on for the final point, finishing ahead of Alpine's Fernando Alonso in P9 – who started fifth but couldn't contend with his rivals' pace on the softs – and the other Haas of Mick Schumacher, who took P10 on mediums. It was Leclerc, to a rapturous reception from the tifosi, who took the lead off Verstappen as the lights went out – only for the Safety Car to interrupt proceedings as Zhou Guanyu (DNF) and Pierre Gasly (P19) made contact through Turn 9 on Lap 1.

Mercedes Formula 1 chief Toto Wolff has admitted the Emilia Romagna GP weekend is a write-off for the team after George Russell and Lewis Hamilton were ...

"It has clearly been a difficult weekend for us, and we probably overachieved in the first few races. That will give us an opportunity to fight and move up the grid but I am sure we'll understand a bit more tonight, but it is going to be tricky. The race just isn't long enough to get some tyre degradation there and have some differences between the drivers and the cars, but we have got work to do.

Mercedes Formula 1 chief Toto Wolff says the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix weekend is a write-off for the team after George Russell and Lewis Hamilton were ...

That will give us an opportunity to fight and move up the grid but I am sure we'll understand a bit more tonight, but it is going to be tricky. The race just isn't long enough to get some tyre degradation there and have some differences between the drivers and the cars, but we have got work to do. We've shown it today but not quickly and therefore beyond the fact that we are learning it's another humbling experience."

Lewis Hamilton has compared his Mercedes W13 with the 2009 McLaren MP4-24, the Formula 1 car he regards as the worst he has ever experienced.

"And unfortunately, we got on track and we didn't see that... And we got there." "But I didn't have the experience at the time. "The new rules said that we would have 50% less downforce in 2009, so they designed the car to have 50%, less downforce! And I have the utmost faith that my team can do that here too." "And I can assure you I have.

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has dismissed talk of friction with Lewis Hamilton over their Formula 1 struggles, despite intrigue following an animated ...

And this team, we've done it in the past and we just need to dig ourselves out of that hole." "It's obvious that we are not anywhere near the fight at the front. But it was basically the same point of view and just sheer anger.

IMOLA, ITALY (REUTERS) - Formula One world champion Max Verstappen won a Saturday (April 23) sprint race to put his Red Bull on pole position for Sunday's ...

This collision prompted a Safety Car intervention while the debris was cleared. “It’s still a front row start,” he said. Charles had more pace, but he ran out of tyres.