Lando Norris aimed a gentle dig at George Russell after finishing on the podium at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, joking that he had the “ninth or tenth” fastest car. After spinning at Acque Minerali in qualifying, the Briton started the sprint race P3 and came home fifth on Saturday, before taking advantage of an
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Red Bull are thought to have made major gains with the upgrade they brought to 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix as they claimed a one-two through Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez. Verstappen took pole with an exceptional lap in wet conditions on Friday, before hunting down and passing Charles Leclerc to take victory in the
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko suggests that Max Verstappen hasn’t quite found the sweet spot of his RB18 yet, and has praised the efforts of Sergio Perez alongside him. Verstappen leads Perez 3-1 in the qualifying battle after four qualifying sessions in 2022 having claimed his first pole of the season at the Emilia
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Race director Niels Wittich has come under scrutiny in the aftermath of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix after he enabled DRS on lap 34 of the race. The drivers had been running on intermediates tyres for just under 30 laps when Daniel Ricciardo became the first to take the gamble on lap 17, and David
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Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has come to the defence of Charles Leclerc after the Monegasque threw away a podium finish at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Ferrari and Red Bull had seemed fairly evenly matched over the course of the weekend in Imola, but the Milton Keynes side had a commanding advantage over the
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Max Verstappen was coy on lapping Sir Lewis Hamilton at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix as the pair experienced highly contrasting fortunes in the race. Verstappen achieved the grand slam out front as he claimed a dominant victory from Sergio Perez, securing Red Bull’s first one-two finish since the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix. Hamilton, meanwhile,
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Reigning world champion Max Verstappen has revealed he would have no regrets if he were unable to add to his tally of world championships between now and the end of his career. Having dramatically beaten Sir Lewis Hamilton to the championship in 2021, the defence of the Dutchman’s crown has not gotten off to the
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Mercedes arrived at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix weekend with small a aerodynamic upgrade in a bid to solve their “porpoising” problems, but they have still been suffering from the incessant bouncing. Such has been the severity of the impact with the floor that George Russell and Sir Lewis Hamilton have been lifting off the
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Ralf Schumacher, Alex Wurz and Nico Rosberg have all pointed to Charles Leclerc’s imperious pace as the cause of Carlos Sainz’s mistakes at Ferrari in 2022. Having spun into to the gravel and out of the race in Australia following an unfortunate qualifying, Sainz arrived at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix with a new contract
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Charles Leclerc is remaining optimistic that Ferrari can compete for the win at the 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix after Max Verstappen won the sprint race, but he is concerned by their heavy tyre wear. Leclerc got an exceptional launch at the start of the race to get ahead of Verstappen after qualifying behind him
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