| Position | Number | Driver | Team | Car |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | RB18 |
| 2 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | RB18 |
| 3 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | MCL36 |
| 4 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | W13 |
| 5 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | C42 |
| 6 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | F1-75 |
| 7 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri-Red Bull | AT03 |
| 8 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin-Mercedes | AMR22 |
| 9 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | VF-22 |
| 10 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin-Mercedes | AMR22 |
| 11 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine-Renault | A522 |
| 12 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams-Mercedes | FW44 |
| 13 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri-Red Bull | AT03 |
| 14 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | W13 |
| 15 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | C42 |
| 16 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams-Mercedes | FW44 |
| 17 | 47 | Mick Schumacher | Haas-Ferrari | VF-22 |
| 18 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren-Mercedes | MCL36 |
| DNF | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine-Renault | A522 |
| DNF | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Ferrari | F1-75 |
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2022 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix
- Aston Martin’s first points reward “immense” effort by factory after Melbourne crashes
- Verstappen becomes 14th driver in F1 history to score more than one ‘grand slam’
- Transcript: “I need more power” – Hamilton and Russell’s contrasting fortunes at Imola
- Ferrari backs increase to six sprint races as F1 Commission meets in London
- Ocon blames pit equipment after penalty for near-miss with Hamilton in pits
Jere (@jerejj)
24th April 2022, 15:42
Leclerc gifted away, but still, decently healthy points lead, while Ricciardo’s clumsiness cost Sainz.
Hamilton’s struggle was weird, though.
S
24th April 2022, 15:46
Likewise, Sainz’s exuberance on the outside in the wet at race start cost Ricciardo…
emuLOAD
24th April 2022, 15:47
No way this really cannot be put on Sainz.
S
24th April 2022, 15:55
You’re right. There’s no way that Sainz is completely free of taking some responsibility too.
NT
24th April 2022, 16:35
gosh this is nonsense, Sainz was ahead by half a car length and left so much space on the inside. there’s nothing else he could’ve done more to give Ricciardo more space, and by your argument, you might as well have no wheel to wheel racing at all. Ricciardo was 100% at fault for understeering into Sainz
S
24th April 2022, 16:44
Of course you can have wheel to wheel racing, but both drivers need to accept their positions in the conditions and the risks associated with them.
If Ricciardo was 100% at fault, where was his penalty?
Sainz left enough space within the rules, for sure. Ricciardo still had to take to the kerb to him, though, and inevitably it induced understeer. There’s no avoiding that either in that circumstance.
RomTrain (@romtrain)
24th April 2022, 15:48
You really want to say Sainz caused Ricciardo to spin him round? Weird
S
24th April 2022, 15:56
No. I’m saying Sainz was taking a substantial risk by driving around the outside at the first corner of a wet race.
RomTrain (@romtrain)
24th April 2022, 16:01
lol
Apostle (@apostle)
24th April 2022, 16:10
So it’s ok then? Ricciardo just slides into him and it’s Sainz’s fault for being there?
S
24th April 2022, 16:11
Lol?
Yeah, you’re right. The thought of a car understeering in the wet at race start is a joke. How unlikely…
S
24th April 2022, 16:13
Well, @apostle – it’s a racing incident.
Both could have avoided the situation, neither did. They both felt it was worth the risk.
Sainz fully understands.
Apostle (@apostle)
24th April 2022, 15:50
…seriously? Sainz was all the way to the outside and past Ricciardo, there was an acre of space on the inside. Ricciardo clumsily slid into Sainz, and that’s all on him.
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
24th April 2022, 23:09
I agree, usually when a driver over\understeers into another it’s a penalty, maybe he didn’t get one cause it was lap 1, not that it would’ve changed his race honestly, the damage to sainz was done no matter what.
grapmg (@)
24th April 2022, 16:55
Ricciardo said he was going to appolagize to Sainz. Nothing Sainz could have done to leave more space. Still a racing incident
praxis (@praxis)
24th April 2022, 15:44
Really happy to see Bottas performing this well.
Apostle (@apostle)
24th April 2022, 15:52
I always said Bottas wasn’t a bad driver, and he’s showing his ability now he’s away from the Mercedes environment
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
24th April 2022, 23:10
Yes, he seems to be better at wheel to wheel now.
Moi
24th April 2022, 15:54
Strong performance by Russel as well. His wingman, not so much.
RomTrain (@romtrain)
24th April 2022, 16:01
the wingman was P2, showing that it was easy cruising to the win today with the dominant car
Electroball76
24th April 2022, 16:10
That’s absolutely right, Perez was the only wingman today. Noone else kept up with their teammate.
Markos
24th April 2022, 16:06
Max ruled today, Perez great job and LeClerc took too much risk (which I like better than taking no risk at all) and lost.
What a deception for Hamilton, ouch.
F1ed (@rinodina)
24th April 2022, 16:06
Very weird, this difference between Russell (4) en Hamilton (14).
Possible explanation: Russell is used to driving difficult cars and Hamilton still hasn’t digested his loss in Abu Dhabi.
Spencer (@spencer)
24th April 2022, 16:10
Is Russell just a better driver?
Moi
24th April 2022, 16:20
Shush, that’s far too logical a conclusion.
MG1982 (@mg1982)
24th April 2022, 17:14
That we will never know. Most likely, not. I think the age is starting to show for HAM. He’s 37, not 31.
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
24th April 2022, 23:12
Schumacher was still really competitive at 37, look at alonso too, a driver like hamilton should be able to perform at his age still, even if I rate russell I didn’t expect hamilton to be demolished.
Ivan Vinitskyy (@ivan-vinitskyy)
24th April 2022, 16:23
@rinodina I know results don’t show it but it really didn’t look any different between 4th and 14th in terms of pace or racecraft. Russel got 4th but how many positions did he really contribute towards? I count only one, and that’s on Haas without DRS.
Ham looked similarly fast today but never had clear air. Not sure if it was Mercedes car, its setup, their engine or Alpha Tauri but Gasly was much faster on the straights. Ham never got even close at the end of the straight despite being 3 tenths behind at the exit of the corner. This has almost never been the case in F1. Slipstream is no longer a thing with these cars, at least not powerful enough to negate a better engine or better straight line setup. To make things worse Mercedes messed up Ham pit stop, putting him at the tail of DRS train in 14th.
F1ed (@rinodina)
24th April 2022, 16:37
I really don’t know what caused the difference, but I have to confess it’s kind of refreshing to see Hamilton lingering outside the points in 14th after 8 (7) years of utterly ruthless Mercedes domination.
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
24th April 2022, 23:14
7-8 years of domination is exagerated, I would say 2014-2016 + 2019-2020, so 5, for the rest they had the best car by a small margin or joint-best, but indeed, that still makes him one of the drivers who had the best car across the whole career.
Jon
24th April 2022, 16:20
Perez officially number 2 driver I am sure his many fans are delighted!
MG1982 (@mg1982)
24th April 2022, 17:22
True. But for him personally (money, palmares etc) best team he ever drove for. SAI should be made officially a no.2 now, thing is he’s not up for the job at all so far. PER is really doing well the no.2 job, flashes of BOT when raced for Mercedes.
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
24th April 2022, 23:16
Indeed, I think THIS is the perez red bull wanted, not what they got majority of the last year, the performance is similar to bottas last year now and he doesn’t have the racecraft weakness bottas had.
Homerlovesbeer (@homerlovesbeer)
24th April 2022, 16:48
What a horrendous drive from Ric and what was McLaren doing putting him on hards? Lando is yet again embarrassing Ric and that’s quite sad
MG1982 (@mg1982)
24th April 2022, 17:28
True. He’s obviously not that bad as this McLaren stint might seem. Today was his fault with that mistake, also I guess having a car that suits the driver’s style is no joke.
CashNotClass (@cashnotclass)
24th April 2022, 17:23
Russell, Norris, Leclerc and Magnussen are giving their team-mates something to think about over the next two weeks. Quite a few big gaps within teams this weekend. Seems the changing weather conditions, as well as the mini-race format of the weekend, disrupted a lot of usual preparation work that might have smoothed out some of those issues.
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
24th April 2022, 23:20
True, hamilton seems often inconsistent, as in far from the car’s capability a bit like he was before 2018, ricciardo is continuing in a similar vein as 2021, with too few good races, sainz made too many mistakes even if this one was unlucky, but he probably is the one who put himself in this position: if he hadn’t made the mistake in quali, probably he wouldn’t have been in ricciardo’s zone, and schumacher probably can aim to be more like ralf than michael, just a decent driver, but he definitely needs to be closer to magnussen.
Nerrticus (@nerrticus)
25th April 2022, 0:46
I’ve had this feeling for a long time that Ferrari are not sold on Mick as a future driver. I was surprised they didn’t try to convince Alfa Romeo to pair him with Bottas and get him away from the toxic Mazepins. Not even a rumor of it. That was a big sign to me.
These first four races (and Sainz’s new contract) are doing him no favors. Imola was ugly. Haas are P8 but could/should be Top 5 with any sort of help from Mick.
I’m pulling for him but he needs a breakthrough ASAP.
Kpcart
25th April 2022, 8:42
For me the best part was watching Bottas close up to the Mercedes. The Alfa livery looks great. Nice change watching that fight instead of the usually liveries we see 90% of the time in tv coverage. Other than that it was a boring race first no drs enabled for far too long, then drs trains