Max Verstappen has taken pole position for the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix sprint race.
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Hamilton says Mercedes “underperformed as a team” after qualifying 13th
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Posted onLewis Hamilton says Mercedes “underperformed as a team” after neither of the team’s cars made it into the top 10.
2022 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix qualifying day in pictures
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Posted onPictures from the first day of practice for the 2022 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix.
“It’s the biggest sport in the world”: Hamilton explains why he joined Chelsea takeover bid
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Posted onLewis Hamilton says his childhood passion for football motivated his interest in joining a bid to take over the English Premier League side Chelsea.
Live: 2022 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix qualifying
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Posted onFollow the 2022 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix qualifying session on RaceFans Live.
Make your 2022 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix predictions
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Posted onIt’s the first sprint race weekend of the 2022 Formula 1 season which means your predictions have to be in earlier than usual.
Leclerc leads one-two for flying Ferraris in wet first practice at Imola
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Posted onCharles Leclerc led an emphatic one-for Ferrari in a wet first practice session in Imola ahead of Friday evening’s qualifying session.
Live: 2022 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix first practice
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Alonso going into weekend “blind” with only example of Alpine’s new floor
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Posted onFernando Alonso will run the only example of a new floor which Alpine has brought for this weekend and is concerned wet weather will hamper their efforts to test it.
Verstappen urges TV interviews change as drivers criticise F1’s new weekend format
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Posted onFormula 1 drivers are unhappy that changes to the structure of grand prix weekends this year have increased the demands on their time.
Mercedes’ Imola upgrades won’t bring “ground-breaking” improvement – Hamilton
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Posted onMercedes have brought a series of upgrades for their car this weekend but Lewis Hamilton says they are unlikely to transform its performance.
Verstappen: “Difficult to say” whether Red Bull have fixed “unexpected” reliability problems
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Posted onMax Verstappen is unsure whether Red Bull have got to the bottom of their reliability problems after retiring from two of the first three races this year.
Haas won’t hurry new sponsorship deals after Uralkali split
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Posted onHaas team principal Guenther Steiner says the team is taking extra care with its choice of partners after splitting from former title sponsor Uralkali.
Gasly “wasn’t a big fan” of F1’s first three sprint races
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Posted onPierre Gasly admitted he wasn’t keen on Formula 1’s first three sprint races last year and wants the championship to adopt a consistent format in future.
Finding watch thieves ‘won’t be as smooth as what I’ve read’ – Leclerc
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Posted onCharles Leclerc expects it will be difficult for police to locate the thieves who robbed him of a watch in Italy three days ago.
First pictures from the 2022 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix weekend
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Posted onPictures from the build-up to the 2022 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix at Imola.
Sainz was “laughing at home” at reports his Ferrari future was in doubt
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Posted onAfter confirming a new two-year deal to drive for Ferrari today, Carlos Sainz Jnr said he was amused by reports published elsewhere earlier this week which claimed his future at the team was in doubt.
Rain expected to complicate F1’s first sprint weekend of 2022
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Posted onThe first sprint race weekend of the 2022 season may be challenging for drivers as there is a real risk of rain at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix.
F1 alters configuration of Imola’s DRS zone again
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Posted onFormula 1 has changed the configuration of the single DRS zone at Imola for the third year running since the track returned to the calendar.
Will Red Bull’s reliability woes continue? Five talking points for F1’s Imola round
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Posted onFormula 1 returns to Europe and Imola with the first sprint race of the 2022 season. Here are the Emilia-Romanga Grand Prix talking points.