In the round-up: Alonso impressed by Alpine’s Imola upgrade package • Di Resta named as McLaren reserve • “F1 needs a proper fight” – Verstappen
2021 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix articles archive
Mercedes led Friday practice – but are Red Bull still the team to beat?
2021 Emilia-Romagna GP Friday practice analysis
Posted onHave Mercedes rebounded already? Problems for Max Verstappen disguised Red Bull’s true pace at Imola, and Ferrari were also flying.
Leclerc, Raikkonen and Giovinazzi’s special Emilia-Romagna GP helmets
2021 Emilia-Romagna GP helmet designs
Posted onHere are the special helmet designs Kimi Raikkonen, Antonio Giovinazzi and Charles Leclerc are wearing at this weekend’s Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix.
Ferrari’s unexpected speed keeps Leclerc smiling despite crash
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Posted onA beaming Charles Leclerc said it was “difficult to believe” how close Ferrari are to the fastest cars despite crashing in practice for the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix.
Mercedes dug deeper and found gains after being “stung” by Red Bull – Allison
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Posted onRed Bull’s performance in the Bahrain Grand Prix spurred Mercedes on to find performance gains from their car, says the team’s technical director James Allison.
Ferrari’s quicker car and development gains are a “relief” for Binotto
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Posted onFerrari team principal Mattia Binotto says he was relieved to see how much quicker Ferrari were in Bahrain, where they had been “very slow” last year.
Gasly has “felt good in the car since the first lap” at Imola
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Posted onAlphaTauri’s confidence of a strong result in the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix continues to grow after being the second fastest team in Friday practice.
Hamilton: Mercedes making gains in Imola as ‘the track has come more in our direction’
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Posted onLewis Hamilton thinks Mercedes’ practice-topping pace at Imola is as much about the circuit better suiting their car as it is from gains made since Bahrain
F1 data outage “no one was prepared for” caused by local fibre line fault
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Posted onF1 teams were unable to talk to their drivers on their radios when Friday practice began due to a local internet connection fault, RaceFans understands.
Horner rubbishes Aston Martin’s “naive” call for aerodynamic rules change
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Posted onAston Martin CEO Otmar Szafnauer has called for urgent changes to Formula 1’s aerodynamic rules, which he believes have put his team at a disadvantage this year.
Bottas tops another close practice session at Imola as car fault stops Verstappen
2021 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix second practice
Posted onMercedes continued their strong start to the Emilia-Romagna GP weekend with Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton on top in second practice
“Serious” radio and data system failure left F1 teams “blind on the pit wall”
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Posted onFormula 1 teams were left “blind” when a major systems failure struck during the first practice session for the Emilia-Romagna GP
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Mazepin needs to learn our car isn’t as good as the Mercedes – Steiner
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Posted onHaas team principal Guenther Steiner suspects Nikita Mazepin’s private test sessions with Mercedes have contributed to his difficulties with their car.
Team radio problems contributed to collision between Perez and Ocon
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Posted onEsteban Ocon and Sergio Perez have been cleared of blame in their crash that caused a stoppage in the first practice session for the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix.
2021 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix practice in pictures
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Posted onPictures from the first day of practice for the 2021 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix.
Bottas leads tight top three as Mazepin’s second spin ends practice early
2021 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix first practice
Posted onValtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton filled the top two positions in first practice for the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix at Imola, but Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was less than a tenth of a second behind.
Why one driver says there’s no easy solution to F1’s ‘messy’ track limits problem
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Posted onThe debate on track limits policing rumbles on into the Emilia-Romagna GP after the controversy in Bahrain, but where does the issue go next?
“Great man, incredible driver” Vettel was Hamilton’s favourite F1 rival
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Posted onLewis Hamilton says his past rivalry with fellow multiple times Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel brought him closer to a driver he considers “a great man”.
Verstappen wants second DRS zone added to Imola
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Posted onRed Bull’s Max Verstappen has called for a second DRS zone to be introduced at Imola to encourage overtaking at the track which is holding the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix this weekend.