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Ferrari has made a precautionary move to change Carlos Sainz's power unit ahead of the Formula 1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix following his off in Australia.

“One of my strengths as a driver is to stay calm in these sort of situations,” Sainz said. “This will be his second of three allocated power units for the season, therefore not incurring a penalty.” Ferrari has opted to hand Sainz a fresh power unit for the Imola race weekend as a precaution due to the impact of his off in Australia and the tight two-and-a-half-hour turnaround between practice and qualifying on Friday in the sprint race weekend format.

Charles Leclerc headed team-mate Carlos Sainz as Ferrari dominated a wet first practice session of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix weekend.

Red Bull AlphaTauri-Red Bull Red Bull AlphaTauri-Red Bull 🚩 RED FLAG 🚩 He ended up 0.877s up on his team-mate with a best time of 1m29.402s, with Max Verstappen third for Red Bull but more than 1.4s off the benchmark time.

F1 is back for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in Italy. Qualifying is scheduled for Friday and we run through some key details.

+25000 This weekend's Grand Prix is one of six races in the 2022 season with a two-day qualifying format. Formula One is back at it after an off week last weekend.

The F1 Sprint races are about to return for the 2022 season after a dramatic hat-trick of events in 2021 when the likes of Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen ...

Austria and Sao Paulo will also provide the settings for Sprint races during the 2022 season. That makes the Sprint more likely to prove pivotal in deciding where drivers finish this season. Hamilton won the full British Grand Prix race, where Verstappen did not finish after a hugely controversial collision with the home hero. What does the Sprint race entail? Pit stops are not mandatory, meaning the race lives up to its name by giving drivers the chance to go flat-out for victory from the start. How is it likely to affect the standings, and what time and where can F1 fans watch it?

TIMES. F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali said, "If we had the chance, it would be easy to fill the calendar with 30 Grands Prix. It's not that I want to do 30 Grands ...

In his book, The Power of Playing Offense, Epstein takes a people-first approach to help leaders elevate purpose, performance and impact. Today’s SBJ Spotlight podcast features two interviews from this week’s SportTechie State of the Industry conference in New York. First up, NBPA Executive Director Tamika Tremaglio talks with SBJ’s Abe Madkour about how media and technology will be the keys to increasing revenue for NBA players and owners, and why it’s crucial to be more revealing about the personal and business lives of players. Driver rivalries are "central to the narrative of the show." F1 broadcaster and journalist Will Buxton, though, "remains on the fence" about whether an American driver would "necessarily impact Formula 1’s popularity." But after experiencing his own personal and career transformation, Epstein embarked on a mission to tackle a crisis of leadership. Drivers and team principals "feel it is important that Formula 1 finds a balance between welcoming the new and preserving the old" ( N.Y. TIMES, 4/22). F1 Dir of Media Rights & Content Creation Ian Holmes said that the producers "need to be mindful of his concerns" and that it was "important for teams and drivers to feel comfortable participating in the series." Red Bulldriver Max Verstappen has become the "only driver to refuse to be interviewed for the series" because he thought it "faked rivalries and exaggerated incidents." With three Grands Prix in the U.S., including one in Austin, the "next major hurdle" for F1 is a "return to Africa." A new deal to return to Kyalami, a circuit north of Johannesburg, is "close to being completed." F1 has "spoken with the producers of the show and the teams after Verstappen’s complaints." HIT SHOW: In N.Y., Luke Smith writes Netflix's "Formula 1: Drive to Survive" series has "been a hit for the sport, attracting droves of new fans by highlighting the personalities of the drivers inside the cockpit." This season there will be a record 23 races, with a new race in Miami in May. Next season, F1 will return to Las Vegas after a 41-year absence.

Lewis Hamilton finished only 18th as Charles Leclerc set the pace in opening practice for Sunday's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

Formula 1 drivers would favour further modifications to the sprint race weekend format, chiefly to make it a standalone event rather than deciding the grid ...

He said: “I like the way it is. He said: “I think the qualifying idea is a good suggestion. I wouldn't want to see that change.

The F1 Sprint races are about to return for the 2022 season after a dramatic hat-trick of events in 2021 when the likes of Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen ...

Austria and Sao Paulo will also provide the settings for Sprint races during the 2022 season. That makes the Sprint more likely to prove pivotal in deciding where drivers finish this season. Hamilton won the full British Grand Prix race, where Verstappen did not finish after a hugely controversial collision with the home hero. What does the Sprint race entail? Pit stops are not mandatory, meaning the race lives up to its name by giving drivers the chance to go flat-out for victory from the start. How is it likely to affect the standings, and what time and where can F1 fans watch it?

Max Verstappen claimed pole position in Emilia Romagna GP qualifying and will start at the front for Saturday's Sprint after outpacing Charles Leclerc in a ...

10) Carlos Sainz No time set (crashed in Q2) 3) Lando Norris 2) Charles Leclerc Following complaints from drivers during the Sprints debut campaign last year, there has been a pole position clarification for 2022. He will head the grid for Saturday's Sprint, the shortened race that returns in 2022 after a debut three outings last year.

Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen will start Saturday's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix sprint event on pole position after an incident-packed qualifying at Imola ...

Verstappen then grabbed the top spot with 1m27.999s, 0.779s faster than Leclerc, despite being forced to lift off for Valtteri Bottas stopping in the final sector ahead of him, which caused another red flag. Rain fell during the break, meaning there would be no further improvements. Time The session began on a slightly damp but quickly drying track. Time The result of Saturday’s sprint race sets the grid for Sunday’s main event.

Formula One racing is headed to Rome for the Rolex Gran Premio. We'll update qualifying until we've got the full racing grid is set Sunday's race at Imola ...

The first 20 minutes will eliminate five drivers and the next 15 minutes will eliminate five more. Qualifying for this race is different than most of the schedule. 1 1 Yuki Tsunoda, Pierre Gasly, Nicholas Latifi, Esteban Ocon, and Alexander Albon were the five slowest and have been eliminated from qualifying. Carlos Sainz will not partake in Q3 after a wreck.

Red Bull Racing Formula 1 boss Christian Horner is confident that Honda has fixed the fuel line issue that stopped Max Verstappen in Melbourne.

We can't afford the gap to grow again to Ferrari, so we need to start eroding it rather than seeing it grow.” “I mean, there's a lot points available this weekend, and we want to make sure that we're there to capitalise. The broken parts were quarantined after the race, and returned to the Japanese company’s base in Sakura.

We go over how you can watch F1 practice runs for the Italy Grand Prix in Rome via live online stream.

+25000 +25000 Formula One racing is in Italy this weekend for the 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The F1 race is scheduled to run on Sunday at 9:00 a.m. ET. The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix is one of six races this year to host a sprint qualifying format.

Max Verstappen took pole position for Red Bull in a nailbiting qualifying session ahead of the inaugural F1 Sprint of 2022 at Imola.

It was very slippery to get the tyre temps to work. Vettel sealed Aston Martin's first Q3 appearance of 2022 in P8 (and emerged for a late intermediate run alongside Leclerc), Ricciardo and Bottas rounding out the top 10. Verstappen then improved to a 1m 27.999s, just after Bottas crashed to bring out a red flag going into Turn 16. “It was tricky out there with the rain… The rain then returned to ensure a damp finish to Friday evening. It was a hectic, long qualifying but of course at the end happy to be here. Dry line now clear, Lance Stroll set the first benchmark for Aston Martin – before the session was red flagged with 12 minutes remaining, Albon’s right-rear brake up in flames and spreading red-hot debris in its wake. Verstappen led Leclerc out but, given how difficult their out-laps seemed, it was clear that neither driver would improve. Nearly eight-tenths off, Leclerc had one last chance to pry provisional pole away from the reigning champion but was left second and 0.799s off after the red flag. The Spaniard went second, 0.197s off then-leader Verstappen, but spun and crashed going into the final left-hander. The umbrellas soon unfurled, and those drivers’ fates were essentially sealed. Tsunoda’s team mate Gasly could only take P17, making it an early elimination for both of AlphaTauri's drivers at their home circuit.

Max Verstappen will start on pole for the F1 sprint race at Imola ahead of Charles Leclerc after a rain-plagued qualifying session that cost Lewis Hamilton.

Qualifying was also stopped with three minutes remaining following an incident for Bottas as Verstappen went quickest. That included Hamilton and Russell. The passionate “tifosi” have been packing out the circuit in their red-colored droves this weekend, with more than 120,000 tickets sold. Ferrari dominated practice and again looked like the team to beat after a one-two in the session. Instead of the usual three practices to get to grips with the car, there was only one practice followed by qualifying on Friday for Saturday’s sprint. “There are things we should have done but we didn’t do.

Max Verstappen persevered through five red flags to triumph over Charles Leclerc in changeable qualifying conditions ahead of the sprint race at Formula 1's ...

With the risk too great to attempt a lap on slicks, both Mercedes drivers were eliminated. Sainz flashed over the timing line in 1m18.990s and he had moved top ahead of Lando Norris. But as he turned in to the second apex of the Rivazza left, the right-rear wheel appeared to run over the painted track border, and he span across the gravel and into the outside wall. The Red Bull driver was quick to confirm over team radio that he had still backed off considerably and changed down a gear to account for a yellow flag in the final sector. On his second and crucial lap on intermediate tyres in Q3, despite a yellow flag for a stricken Valtteri Bottas, the Red Bull driver posted a 1m27.999s to move ahead of Leclerc. Before anyone had set a time in Q3, had brought out a brief red flag after a wet-dry track caught the Haas driver out in the more treacherous second half of the lap.

Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen will start Saturday's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix sprint event on pole position after an incident-packed qualifying at Imola ...

Verstappen then grabbed the top spot with 1m27.999s, 0.779s faster than Leclerc, despite being forced to lift off for Valtteri Bottas stopping in the final sector ahead of him, which caused another red flag. Rain fell during the break, meaning there would be no further improvements. Time The session began on a slightly damp but quickly drying track. Time The result of Saturday’s sprint race sets the grid for Sunday’s main event.

Carlos Sainz felt he wasn't pushing hard prior to his Imola Formula 1 qualifying crash which he fears will cost him “quite a lot” through the rest of the ...

The car surprised me in that corner, [and] I missed it. Sainz acknowledged the damage on his car “looked bad” after the shunt and that it was “not going to be easy for the guys tonight” to get the repairs completed. Sainz explained that he was surprised to lose the car in the fashion that he did, but took full blame for the mistake.

World champion won the right to lead Saturday's 21-lap dash to decide P1, while Lewis Hamilton criticised his mishandling Mercedes after only managing 13th.

Leclerc set the pace on his opening hot lap in Q3, mighty through the second and third sectors but he was only two-hundredths clear of Verstappen with a time of 1min 28.778sec. Pole gives Verstappen the chance to claw back points in the title fight which Leclerc leads on 71, with the world champion, who has retired twice this season, in sixth on 25. The drivers kept lapping as the clock ticked down and Verstappen pipped his rival with a 1min 27.999sec lap just before another red flag as Valtteri Bottas ground to a halt on track. It really punishes you if you make a mistake you can go in the wall. By its close Red Bull’s Max Verstappen had earned “pole position” but such is the equally painful structuring of this format, while his pole counts statistically in the record books it is only for Saturday’s sprint race which will decide the literal pole for Sunday’s GP. Hamilton only narrowly made it into Q2 and finished in 13th place with his teammate George Russell in 11th.

Max Verstappen's brilliant pole position lap for Formula 1's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix raised some eyebrows as it came after he passed through a yellow flag ...

With just a single warning flag out, the FIA demands: "Drivers should reduce their speed and be prepared to change direction. It must be clear that a driver has reduced speed and, in order for this to be clear, a driver would be expected to have braked earlier and/or discernibly reduced speed in the relevant marshalling sector." "In order for the stewards to be satisfied that any such driver has complied with these requirements it must be clear that he has not attempted to set a meaningful lap time, for practical purposes any driver in a double yellow sector will have that laptime deleted."

After three entertaining and incident-packed Sprint weekends last year, the format returns at Imola for the Emilia Romagna GP. But what are the benefits of ...

The Sprint had its critics before debuting in 2021 in Silverstone, Monza and Interlagos - but nobody can dispute that the new format provided entertainment to the weekends. While not responsible for controversy directly, the Sprint also had its part to play in hugely dramatic moments last year. Again at Monza, the pair collided a day after the Sprint. Plus, if a driver wins all three Sprints in 2022, that almost adds up to a race win on its own (24). Handy. The winner will collect eight points, second place will score seven, with this continuing in descending order down to eighth (one point). It starts at 3.30pm and is live on Sky Sports F1 and Main Event, with build-up from 2.30pm.

The Imola GP FP1 was an unprecedented moment. Despite the rain and gloomy conditions, the cars decided to grace the track with their presence.

There is the pressure from the tricky conditions, the gravel is far too enticing for the cars and then, in the end, you cannot afford a poor grid position for either the qualifying or the race. During his stint with the intermediate tires, Vettel looked more and more comfortable while his teammate languished near the bottom of the standings. In the conditions that were present in FP1, Alfa Romeo and Haas were the third and fourth fastest cars (irrespective of the order) on the track. Part of it could be down to the setup as Red Bull did have an exorbitantly large rear wing in place. On the wet tires, Red Bull seemed to have a marginal edge over Ferrari, while with the intermediate tires, Ferrari looked untouchable. Despite the rain and gloomy conditions, the cars decided to grace the track with their presence.

Toto Wolff says Mercedes' porpoising problem during first practice for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix was so severe that a floor stay broke on George ...

“Their porpoising looks a little bit different to ours,” Wolff assessed. The stays attempt to stiffen the floors that are flexing and stalling at top speed, which leads to porpoising. “We were five second off the pace – it’s not the car and not the driver.”

Lewis Hamilton feels that “each weekend is a rescue” currently for Mercedes in Formula 1 after the team suffered a double Q2 exit at Imola on Friday.

[It's] not ideal, but we got a chance to recover these positions tomorrow." [We] can only go up." "So let's see what we can do. Each weekend is a rescue." It's going to be a difficult race, but hopefully tomorrow is better weather-wise, and who knows, maybe we'll move our way forwards." There are things that we should have done that we didn't do.

Max Verstappen has taken pole position for Red Bull at the Formula 1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix sprint race on Friday. Here's how and when to watch the ...

For the entire 2022 F1 season, Channel 4 will broadcast highlights of every qualifying and race of each event. The starting order for the sprint race will be decided by a traditional qualifying session held on Friday afternoon. Live streaming through NOW is also available in the UK. F1 has long been looking to make changes to the traditional race weekend format and while other options like reverse grid races were considered, they were ultimately unfancied compared to sprint races. In F2 the sprint race is 120km and the feature race covers 170km, though are usually no less exciting. They’re used in many other series, though perhaps most notably for Formula 1 is their inclusion in the Formula 2 race weekend.

Lewis Hamilton is hoping to salvage a result from this weekend's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix after qualifying 13th on the grid ahead of Saturday's sprint ...

Each weekend is a rescue." "Naturally, it is disappointment. Asked what he said to Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff when he returned to the garage, Hamilton added: "It is internal stuff, I'd rather not share that.

Toto Wolff says Mercedes' porpoising problem during first practice for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix was so severe that a floor stay broke on George ...

“Their porpoising looks a little bit different to ours,” Wolff assessed. The stays attempt to stiffen the floors that are flexing and stalling at top speed, which leads to porpoising. Speaking to Sky Sports F1 after FP1 had finished, Wolff said “we had George bouncing so much that he actually broke the stay on the floor.

Charles Leclerc led a Ferrari 1-2 in a wet first practice session for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, with Max Verstappen third but 1.4 seconds slower than ...

But Norris was able to quickly reverse away and the session resumed for the final two minutes, during which only Alex Albon set a personal best and Bottas went off into the Acque Minerali runoff as Leclerc and Norris had before him, stopping only just before the barriers. Verstappen was able to improve to a 1m30.867s – 1.455s off Leclerc's best effort – ahead of the final minutes, which were disrupted by a brief red flag period after Norris spun off into the gravel at the final parts of Acque Minerali. With just under 10 minutes remaining – after Verstappen had had to abandon a lap that would have resulted in a personal best after coming across Nicholas Latifi going slowly through the first Rivazza – Leclerc went back ahead on a 1m29.402s. The Monegasque driver looked set to go quicker again before he locked up and had to cut the Variante Alta sequence, after which he gave a tow to Sainz running down the pit straight as the Spaniard moved back into first place on a 1m30.803s. As the first 20 minutes concluded, Leclerc moved back ahead with a 1m35.629s – after which he spun wildly through the Acque Minerali sequence, the championship leader putting his left-side wheels onto the kerbs at the exiting of the first part and then spinning through the second before getting going again. They were soon followed out by the rest of the pack taking to the circuit in dribs and drabs, with Alfa Romeo's decision to send Bottas out first rewarded with the early first place benchmark as he warmed his tyres ahead of those still coming out of the pits – all cars heading out first on the full wets.

World champion Max Verstappen secured pole position on Saturday for Sunday's sprint race at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix after outpacing Charles Leclerc by ...

9th row: Pierre Gasly (FRA/AlphaTauri) Nicholas Latifi (CAN/Williams-Mercedes) 7th row: Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes) Zhou Guanyu (CHN/Alfa Romeo) 6th row: George Russell (GBR/Mercedes) Mick Schumacher (GER/Haas-Ferrari) 5th row: Sebastian Vettel (GER/Aston Martin-Mercedes) Carlos Sainz (ESP/Ferrari) It was Verstappen’s first pole this season and the 12th of his career. 2nd row: Lando Norris (GBR/McLaren-Mercedes) Kevin Magnussen (DEN/Haas-Ferrari)

Imola plays host to the first F1 Sprint race of the 2022 season. Here's how you can watch the session that decides the starting grid for the Emilia Romagna ...

Viewers from selected countries can subscribe to F1 TV to stream the Imola Sprint race on a device of their choice. - Denmark - TV3 / TV3 Sport / Viaplay Can’t find your country or region in the list?

Formula 1 world championship leader Charles Leclerc says the wrong run plan choice for qualifying at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix left him unhappy to be ...

So let’s keep pushing, but for now we have the potential to do so [win].” “P2 is not bad in the end. So it is like this.

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It made its debut at the British Grand Prix in Northamptonshire last year, and now it's back for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola. Advertisement. F1 ...

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Remarkably Friday's Formula 1 qualifying session in Imola was the first time since Japan 2012 that Mercedes did not have a car in Q3.

“So the remit of the power unit people is to focus on that, and look at any fine tuning that we can do to find gains. “That doesn't stop us looking at what we can do within the modes, and how we can use those better, and whether there is anything more we can gain in how we're deploying the modes that are available. “We're constantly doing analysis on that,” says Shovlin. “There's areas that we think we can improve in terms of managing the deployment. “But as an aside, we're still working hard to try and understand, get on top and solve the bouncing. “To be honest both of them are annoying issues at the moment,” Shovlin admitted. We just didn't have the grip that we needed to be quick.” “Lewis would have liked to have stayed out on one of the runs earlier on,” he said. One is, could we could we have run the earlier part of the session better? But we should be able to perform in the same position that we're racing, which is realistically third-quickest team.” “And we've not got to the bottom of it. “As I said, we still need to understand why we can't match some of the mid-grid teams, even. As I said, we don't know whether there's something else in terms of how we're setting the car up, or how we're approaching the way that we're generating heat in the tyres.

Remarkably Friday's Formula 1 qualifying session in Imola was the first time since Japan 2012 that Mercedes did not have a car in Q3.

“So the remit of the power unit people is to focus on that, and look at any fine tuning that we can do to find gains. “We're constantly doing analysis on that,” says Shovlin. “There's areas that we think we can improve in terms of managing the deployment. “But as an aside, we're still working hard to try and understand, get on top and solve the bouncing. We just didn't have the grip that we needed to be quick.” One is, could we could we have run the earlier part of the session better? The developments we brought here, we were aware that they're not going to affect that. But we should be able to perform in the same position that we're racing, which is realistically third-quickest team." “As I said, we still need to understand why we can't match some of the mid-grid teams, even. As I said, we don't know whether there's something else in terms of how we're setting the car up, or how we're approaching the way that we're generating heat in the tyres. “And we've not got to the bottom of it. “On a single lap, a lot of the midfield teams are better than us. In Bahrain it doesn't really cost you, and all the other tracks, it's actually been a bit of a difficulty in qualifying.

Will the week-long break have been long enough for Mercedes to fix up? Here's how to watch the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix no matter where you are.

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Formula One racing is in Italy this weekend for the 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The race will take place on Sunday at the Imola Circuit, ...

Max Verstappen has the best odds to win the sprint at DraftKings Sportsbook installed at -105. The points received from finishing in the top eight will be applied to both the drivers’ and constructors’ championships. A secondary benefit is that points will be awarded to the top eight drivers from the sprint.

The drivers and teams report back on all the action from the opening day at Imola, for the Formula 1 Rolex Gran Premio del Made In Italy e ...

“The combination of mixed conditions and the Sprint format is very tricky and today we did not rise to the occasion. It was a bit of a shame with how the red flags panned out today but if there is a weekend to not be where we want to be, a sprint weekend is the one to do it. Hopefully we can move forward in the F1 Sprint tomorrow and secure a better starting position for the race on Sunday.” “Having missed the wet running in Barcelona shakedown, today was the first running on the 18" wet and intermediate tyres, so we had plenty to learn in FP1. Our wet performance was good, but the Inters struggled to warm up. We were moving towards a schedule of longer runs but with the red flags we couldn’t get the laps that we needed and once the rain came, we were left in 11th and 13th with no chance to improve. It was my first time in Q3 in 2022 and the first time this year for both cars in Q2, which is a great effort by the team. “Our objective before the session was to have at least one car in Q2 and one in Q3, and in this regard, we accomplished it. There was a chance we maybe could have done a little bit better, I think there was a bit left in it at the end and it would have been nice to go for that lap and attack one more time, but I just made a mistake and caught the white line. “It was a really strong session for us until we had to stop the car for a technical issue. It’s all to play for tomorrow and hopefully we have a bit of luck on our side to be able to maybe get into the points.” “It feels good to be in the top five after a messy qualifying with all of the changing conditions and red flags. I’m happy we had good pace and happy we’re in a good position and up the pointy end.

Ferrari Formula 1 team boss Mattia Binotto concedes that Carlos Sainz has to learn to manage the pressure of having a frontrunning car for the first time.

And together with that line-up, I think it's the best we can do.” A shame, because when he went off, I think it was not the right time to push to the limits. But nevertheless, I think that he is improving himself, he is going faster and faster.

Ferrari says that its Russian tester Robert Shwartzman will drive under an Israeli licence during any outings with the Formula 1 team this year.

"So, at the moment, he is still our test driver and he will remain for that. In 2020, he drove a SF1000 at the Yas Marina circuit, while last year he drove for both Ferrari and Haas at the post-season young driver and tyre test. Shwartzman has been a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy since 2017, and showed his potential to the Maranello squad by winning the 2019 FIA Formula 3 championship, as well as finishing runner-up in last year's F2 championship.

Formula 1 world championship leader Charles Leclerc says the wrong run plan choice for qualifying at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix left him unhappy to be ...

So let’s keep pushing but for now we have the potential to do so [win].” We'll learn from it and, at the end, P2 is not a disaster.” So it is like this.

Valtteri Bottas was forced to miss Saturday's FP2 session at Imola as his Alfa Romeo Formula 1 team worked to build up the spare chassis for the Finn.

“I trust him on the fact that the adaptation will be quite quick, and he will have a look at the data from Zhou, and have a good understanding,” he said. "We expected yesterday to have to do it, but the car is sealed. The loom is going inside the chassis, and it's easier to change it.

Ferrari says that its Russian tester Robert Shwartzman will drive under an Israeli licence during any outings with the Formula 1 team this year.

"So, at the moment, he is still our test driver and he will remain for that. In 2020, he drove a SF1000 at the Yas Marina circuit, while last year he drove for both Ferrari and Haas at the post-season young driver and tyre test. Shwartzman has been a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy since 2017, and showed his potential to the Maranello squad by winning the 2019 FIA Formula 3 championship, as well as finishing runner-up in last year's F2 championship.

We go over how you can watch the sprint race portion of F1 qualifying for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in Imola via live online stream.

He is followed closely by Charles Leclerc at +110. Lando Norris (+1200), Carlos Sainz (+2000) and Sergio Perez (+2000) round out the top-five drivers with the best odds to win the sprint and the pole position for the 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The points received from finishing in the top eight will be applied to both the drivers’ and constructors’ championships. A secondary benefit is that points will be awarded to the top eight drivers from the sprint.

Ferrari's Russian test driver Robert Shwartzman will use an Israeli licence to make any appearances for the team in Formula 1.

Binotto also confirmed Shwartzman is no longer backed by any Russian companies. Shwartzman competed in F2 last year under a Russian licence. The announcement had immediate ramifications for Russian drivers competing in FIA series.

Mercedes racer George Russell topped the second practice session ahead of Formula 1's 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix to head Red Bull's Sergio Perez and ...

Leclerc’s run plan was offbeat by comparison, as he stuck to the yellow-walled compound for the early part of the session as part of a near-20-lap stint on the Ferrari. Valtteri Bottas was also on the sidelines for the duration of the hour as Alfa Romeo sought to remedy the exhaust issue that forced the Finn to park up and cause a red flag in qualifying. But as the final quarter of an hour approached, he returned to the track on soft tyres for a quicker stint and buzzed over the timing line in 1m19.740s to land second, ceding 0.2s to Russell but pipping third-fastest Perez by 0.05s as Carlos Sainz settled in sixth place. By comparison, Max Verstappen was in the high 1m20s for the bulk of his soft tyre run and occasionally nudged the 1m21s to suggest a simulation more akin to the full grand prix. Perez appeared to be on a one-third-capacity low-fuel dash to mimic the shorter afternoon sprint race as he consistently turned in a run of laps in the high 1m19s and low 1m20s. But then it was Perez who moved and, for a large chunk of the early afternoon run, remained at the head of the leaderboard as he completed a stint on the C4 compound soft Pirellis.

Mercedes racer George Russell topped the second practice session ahead of Formula 1's 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix to head Red Bull's Sergio Perez and ...

Leclerc's run plan was offbeat by comparison, as he stuck to the yellow-walled compound for the early part of the session as part of a near-20-lap stint on the Ferrari. Valtteri Bottas was also on the sidelines for the duration of the hour as Alfa Romeo sought to remedy the exhaust issue that forced the Finn to park up and cause a red flag in qualifying. But as the final quarter of an hour approached, he returned to the track on soft tyres for a quicker stint and buzzed over the timing line in 1m19.740s to land second, ceding 0.2s to Russell but pipping third-fastest Perez by 0.05s as Carlos Sainz settled in sixth place. By comparison, Max Verstappen was in the high 1m20s for the bulk of his soft tyre run and occasionally nudged the 1m21s to suggest a simulation more akin to the full grand prix. Perez appeared to be on a one-third-capacity low-fuel dash to mimic the shorter afternoon sprint race as he consistently turned in a run of laps in the high 1m19s and low 1m20s. But then it was Perez who moved and, for a large chunk of the early afternoon run, remained at the head of the leaderboard as he completed a stint on the C4 compound soft Pirellis.

Valtteri Bottas was forced to miss Saturday's Formula 1 FP2 session at Imola as his Alfa Romeo team worked to build up the spare chassis for the Finn.

“I trust him on the fact that the adaptation will be quite quick, and he will have a look at the data from Zhou, and have a good understanding. "We expected yesterday to have to do it, but the car is sealed. The loom is going inside the chassis, and it's easier to change it."

El Gran Premio de Miami llega el 6 de mayo a Miami Gardens. Los residentes se están preparando para el fuerte ruido y el tráfico que tendrán que soportar ...

Los primeros en la lista son los estudiantes de la ciudad, que necesitan más servicios sociales. “Las partes tendrán la capacidad, para saber exactamente cuáles son los niveles de ruido”, dijo Fine en la corte. Aquellos que son más francos dicen que la comunidad negra está recibiendo el extremo corto del palo en el acuerdo de 10 años.

Live updates, highlights and results from the first Formula 1 Sprint race of the season, at F1's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

15 mins to lights out: There are a few drivers who will be looking to make up places as they qualify for the full length race tomorrow. Of the cars with medium tyres, Magnussen is the furthest forward. He came together with Gasly, who gets new parts in the pits and will rejoin the back of the pack. Some teams struggled to get heat in their tyres yesterday, and they'll be hoping for a more driveable circuit today. Lap 12: Sainz gets past Magnussen, to cheers from the home fans. Perez is up to P4, and it's Lando Norris separating Perez from his teammate in P2. Formation lap: A mix of soft and medium tyres, as the teams begin the formation lap. Fernando Alonso is slow off the mark, with a couple of cars overtaking him. It was an interesting choice from Haas to go with the medium tyres. Lap 19: LeClerc's tyres have looked in poor condition for the last few laps. The Haas strategy might be paying off, as Mick Schumacher gets past Vettel. Lap 20: Verstappen takes the lead!

Red Bull's Max Verstappen won the Formula 1 sprint event to take pole position for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix after a fantastic duel with Ferrari's ...

2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix sprint fastest laps Going into the final five laps, Verstappen got into Leclerc’s DRS range as the Ferrari began get encounter some tyre graining. Leclerc led Verstappen and Norris at the restart on Lap 5.

Formula One racing is headed to Imola for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. We'll update qualifying until we've got the full racing grid is set Sunday's race ...

He is followed closely by Charles Leclerc at +110. Lando Norris (+1200), Carlos Sainz (+2000) and Sergio Perez (+2000) round out the top-five drivers with the best odds to win the sprint and the pole position for the 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The points received from finishing in the top eight will be applied to both the drivers’ and constructors’ championships. Additionally, the top eight drivers from the sprint will receive points toward the season-long points title. Max Verstappen won Friday’s sprint qualifier so he will start in the front for the sprint. Final update: Max Verstappen claimed the pole position for Sunday’s race when he passed Charles Leclerc on lap 20. It has been craned away, and racing will restart soon.

Max Verstappen said the Emilia Romagna Formula 1 sprint turned into a 'waiting game' for him once it became clear race leader Charles Leclerc was suffering ...

But yeah, clearly, we had a bit more pace at the end of the race." "My start was just terrible. "Of course with these cars, it is better to follow.

World champion will start P1 on Sunday and claimed championship eight points, while Lewis Hamilton struggled with his Mercedes and will begin in 14th.

With the victory Verstappen has secured pole for Sunday a potentially vital achievement at Imola where overtaking is difficult. It was a bravura move, perfectly executed and the sort of racing the sprint race has long needed. He was third several laps later, an impressive run and vital for Red Bull so he can play his part in the race tomorrow. Max Verstappen won the sprint race for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola and in doing so secured pole for Sunday’s race. Out front however while Leclerc was in control, Verstappen closed in the final four laps to within a second. Both Hamilton and Russell struggled to make any headway through the field, unsurprisingly with a tricky can on a track where overtaking is far from easy.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen overthrew polesitter Charles Leclerc late on to win the first sprint race of the 2022 Formula 1 season at the Emilia Romagna Grand ...

And Perez kept putting the slipstream out of the final corner for the run into the chicane to good use as he then copied the manoeuvre on Norris with the help of DRS to climb to third. Leclerc had not made an error, as Verstappen brought the gap below a second and then used DRS and the slipstream out of the final corner to bring the difference down to half a second. Leclerc gave his rival space at the first apex, and Verstappen kept within the painted lines to make the move stick before romping to a 1.5s lead before sealing the win by 2.9s. Leclerc settled a little over the 1s threshold for three tours and then on lap seven, set what was at the time the fastest lap of the race to stretch his cushion to 1.5s over the RB18. With the aid of DRS and as his Ferrari rival battled oversteer, Verstappen dived around the outside into Tamburello and kept his car on track to take the win and pole for the full GP on Sunday. Leclerc had nailed his launch and with the kink on the main straight placing him on the inside, he could sprint past a wheel-spinning Verstappen to seize first into Tamburello.

The divisive sprint race has returned with the first of three appearances during the 2022 Formula One season. The sprint at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix ...

The crucial moment of the sprint race was on the penultimate lap when Verstappen passed Leclerc into Tamburello, the first corner, for the first position on Sunday’s grid. Also at the start, Verstappen’s teammate Sergio Pérez overtook both Daniel Ricciardo and Fernando Alonso to jump from 7th to 5th. For the record books, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was credited with the pole position statistic for placing first in Friday qualifying, with the physical spot on the race grid still being in jeopardy during the sprint race.

Alpine's engine reliability problems at the start of the Formula 1 season have been a consequence of porpoising rather than any inherent design weakness, ...

“We cannot put the engine on the dyno without breaking the seal. “We see that we are not the only one in having small reliability issues. And our problem is that we cannot fully understand the problem without breaking the seal. “The problem we had in Jeddah with Fernando's engine [water pump failure], we already asked for a modification to the FIA. That has been accepted. “The cars are very stiff, are very low, and they have some quite big impact on the car. “The ICE itself is very good.

Charles Leclerc reckons he can retaliate against Max Verstappen and “fight for the win” in Formula 1's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix if Ferrari can “cure” its ...

If not, it's going to be a bit more difficult.” “I tried to push at the beginning to get a bit of a gap and for Max to not be in the DRS zone because I knew that I would have been vulnerable if it was the case. “But I paid the price a little bit later on in the race and had some graining and then really struggled in the last two, three laps.”

Lewis Hamilton has compared his Mercedes W13 with the 2009 McLaren MP4-24, the Formula 1 car he regards as the worst he has ever experienced.

"And unfortunately, we got on track and we didn't see that... And we got there." "But I didn't have the experience at the time. "The new rules said that we would have 50% less downforce in 2009, so they designed the car to have 50%, less downforce! And I have the utmost faith that my team can do that here too." "And I can assure you I have.

IMOLA, Italy - Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc's late battle for victory at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix's sprint race was the icing on the cake for ...

You still need to use the tyres and especially with the deg we had on the soft, getting in that DRS window, it was hard." "Then of course, I could close up and use the DRS to get by. The opinions we listen to are the guys are really racing and are racing at the front. But there was plenty of overtaking in the middle and the front. I think George's opinion, or the opinion of anyone at the back of the grid, is not the opinions you really listen to. I know you may say 'well it was DRS' but you can't use DRS unless you can get on the back of the car, so I think overall it was very successful."