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.
“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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Kai (@kai0143)
24th April 2022, 22:52
I think that there is a mistake in Ricciardo’s stint 2 in “tyre strategies”. Didn’t he change Inters for Inters after the first lap contact?
cc: @keithcollantine
I have an opinion
24th April 2022, 23:30
I thought he got off hist first intermediates after only one lap. So McLaren’s pit box was after the start-finish line (his first pit stop recorded as lap 2)? Then pitted on lap 16 for mediums, and again on lap 30 for hards. He completed 62 laps of the 63-lap race. So it should be Int (1), Int (14), C3 (14), C2 (33).
Alonso (@alonshow)
25th April 2022, 5:10
@keithcollantine: looks like there is a mistake in the graphics. They only display up to lap 58 and this race was 63 laps long.
Nathan
25th April 2022, 16:22
How come there’s only 58 laps. On F1 official website the result shows Verstappen completed 63 laps to win.
Bleu (@bleu)
25th April 2022, 18:12
Interesting to see Tsunoda as the fastest driver who didn’t make a second stop.
Michael
27th April 2022, 10:46
Still missing the last 5 laps