2022 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix interactive data: lap charts, times and tyres

A rain-affected race at Imola would have seen virtually no variation in the strategies had Ferrari not tried to put Red Bull under pressure in the closing stages.

The whole field took the start on intermediates and Daniel Ricciardo was the first to gamble on a switch to slicks. The lower tyre blanket temperature limits this year make this a particularly risky decision, but McLaren timed it well, and when it became clear Ricciardo’s tyres were working the rest of the field immediately followed him.

After the field switched to medium rubber together, they could have reached the end of the race without pitting again. But Ferrari thought they saw an opportunity to aid Leclerc’s pursuit of second place. Lying behind the Red Bull pair, they brought him in with 14 laps to go to take a set of soft tyres.

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believed they did so because of the state of his tyres.

“I think that their front tyre was starting to get into a bit of trouble for them, so I think they needed to pit,” he said. “They could see the traffic and I think they thought they’d take the opportunity while Checo was in traffic.

“But it didn’t play out like that. So we were able to respond with Checo and then cover with Max [Verstappen] and maintain track position on better tyres with both drivers.”

However Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto said the pit stop had been a purely tactical move to put more pressure on Perez.

“We were not running out of front tyres,” he said. “At that time in the race the pace with Sergio Perez was very, very similar or slightly better.

“But because we believed that there was no opportunity for us to attack and overtake Perez with those tyres any more we did the pit stops to hope at least that they would have stopped as well. Which was the case, so they were both on new tyres resetting the race 15 laps to go and on soft tyres.”

Unfortunately for Ferrari, Leclerc spun into a barrier while trying to line Perez up for a pass. Nonetheless Binotto said the tactic paid off until that point. “It worked pretty well because Charles was very close to Sergio, he tried to attack before he made the mistake.”

Trying to take the bonus point for fastest lap was only a secondary consideration, Binotto added. “For us, I think at that stage it was more important to attack and to [get] ahead of Sergio. We thought it would have been an opportunity and a possibility and went for it.”

While the Red Bull drivers also took extra soft tyres to cover off the threat of Leclerc, the only other driver to deviate from the standard strategy was Daniel Ricciardo. McLaren put him on a set of hards in the hope they might catch a lucky break, to no avail.

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2022 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix lap chart

The positions of each driver on every lap. Click name to highlight, right-click to reset. Toggle drivers using controls below:

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2022 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix race chart

The gaps between each driver on every lap compared to the leader’s average lap time. Very large gaps omitted. Scroll to zoom, drag to pan and right-click to reset. Toggle drivers using controls below:

Position change

Driver	Start position	Lap one position change	Race position change
Lewis Hamilton	14	2	0
George Russell	11	5	7
Max Verstappen	1	0	0
Sergio Perez	3	1	1
Charles Leclerc	2	-2	-4
Carlos Sainz Jnr	4
Lando Norris	5	2	2
Daniel Ricciardo	6	-13	-12
Esteban Ocon	16	3	5
Fernando Alonso	9	1
Pierre Gasly	17	3	4
Yuki Tsunoda	12	2	5
Lance Stroll	15	4	5
Sebastian Vettel	13	4	5
Alexander Albon	18	3	6
Nicholas Latifi	19	3	3
Valtteri Bottas	7	0	2
Zhou Guanyu	20	2	5
Mick Schumacher	10	-7	-7
Kevin Magnussen	8	3	-1

2022 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix lap times

All the lap times by the drivers (in seconds, very slow laps excluded). Scroll to zoom, drag to pan and toggle drivers using the control below:

2022 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix fastest laps

Each driver’s fastest lap:

Rank	Driver	Car	Fastest lap	Gap	On lap
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1’18.446		55
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1’18.574	0.128	63
3	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	1’18.949	0.503	52
4	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	1’18.999	0.553	55
5	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Red Bull	1’20.544	2.098	61
6	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1’20.758	2.312	43
7	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1’20.903	2.457	61
8	George Russell	Mercedes	1’20.962	2.516	57
9	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1’21.211	2.765	47
10	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1’21.238	2.792	61
11	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1’21.286	2.840	61
12	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	1’21.338	2.892	62
13	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1’21.419	2.973	50
14	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	1’21.577	3.131	61
15	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-Red Bull	1’21.713	3.267	34
16	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1’21.750	3.304	46
17	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	1’21.757	3.311	61
18	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1’21.887	3.441	37
19	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	1’39.685	21.239	5
20	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Ferrari

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2022 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix tyre strategies

The tyre strategies for each driver:

	Stint 1	Stint 2	Stint 3	Stint 4
Max Verstappen	Intermediate (19)	C3 (32)	C4 (12)
Sergio Perez	Intermediate (18)	C3 (32)	C4 (13)
Lando Norris	Intermediate (19)	C3 (44)
George Russell	Intermediate (18)	C3 (45)
Valtteri Bottas	Intermediate (18)	C3 (45)
Charles Leclerc	Intermediate (19)	C3 (30)	C4 (4)	C4 (10)
Yuki Tsunoda	Intermediate (18)	C3 (45)
Sebastian Vettel	Intermediate (17)	C3 (46)
Kevin Magnussen	Intermediate (18)	C3 (45)
Lance Stroll	Intermediate (18)	C3 (44)
Esteban Ocon	Intermediate (18)	C3 (44)
Alexander Albon	Intermediate (17)	C3 (45)
Pierre Gasly	Intermediate (17)	C3 (45)
Lewis Hamilton	Intermediate (18)	C3 (44)
Zhou Guanyu	Intermediate (18)	C3 (44)
Nicholas Latifi	Intermediate (18)	C3 (44)
Mick Schumacher	Intermediate (18)	C3 (34)	C4 (10)
Daniel Ricciardo	Intermediate (2)	C3 (14)	C2 (14)
Fernando Alonso	Intermediate (6)
Carlos Sainz Jnr	Intermediate (1)

2022 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix pit stop times

How long each driver’s pit stops took:

	Driver	Team	Pit stop time	Gap	On lap
1	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	29.627		50
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	29.942	0.315	51
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	30.001	0.374	19
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	30.042	0.415	49
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	30.070	0.443	19
6	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	30.155	0.528	30
7	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	30.366	0.739	18
8	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	30.372	0.745	18
9	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	30.405	0.778	17
10	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	30.422	0.795	16
11	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	30.484	0.857	17
12	Alexander Albon	Williams	30.793	1.166	17
13	Mick Schumacher	Haas	30.984	1.357	52
14	George Russell	Mercedes	31.079	1.452	18
15	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	31.125	1.498	18
16	Mick Schumacher	Haas	31.320	1.693	18
17	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31.409	1.782	18
18	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	31.794	2.167	19
19	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	32.203	2.576	18
20	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	32.362	2.735	2
21	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	32.667	3.040	18
22	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	32.740	3.113	18
23	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	33.765	4.138	18
24	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	36.560	6.933	53
25	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	40.957	11.330	18

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