19 May 2024 19:17
The Italian squad had impressed in Friday practice but, in its preparations for qualifying, the team appeared to lack pace at the start of the lap relative to the cars ahead of it in the battle for pole position.GPS traces show that his Ferrari was between 3-4kph slower on the straights compared to the two McLarens, and even more in arrears compared to polesitter Max Verstappen - thanks to the tow ...
19 May 2024 19:07
Red Bull driver Verstappen narrowly edged McLaren's Lando Norris after he gapped the Briton in the first stint on mediums, but struggled much more on the hard Pirelli rubber for the majority of Imola's 63-lap race.Verstappen explained that he couldn't keep the hard compound in the right operating window, which led to a lack of grip that he says nearly saw him crash at Turn 7's Tosa hairpin."On the ...
19 May 2024 18:41
The Williams driver stopped on lap eight from running 14th early on in Sunday's race, but when he returned to the track he slowed down after traversing the Tamburello chicane where he spotted the extent of the problem.Albon then toured slowly back to the pits to switch to a new set of tyres and rejoined the race one lap down.He was then slapped with a 10s stop/go penalty for violating Article ...
19 May 2024 17:59
Norris initially struggled to keep up with polesitter Verstappen in the first stint on medium tyres, but after the sole pitstop for hard tyres the Briton started closing the gap with Verstappen again.Despite a tyre life disadvantage, Norris truly started reeling Verstappen in over the last 15 laps but just failed to get within DRS range heading into the final lap.Norris ended up less than a second ...
19 May 2024 17:45
The Red Bull driver maintained a comfortable lead until the last few laps and rarely seemed to be threatened by the McLarens and Ferraris behind him.Read Also:
Formula 1F1 Imola GP: Verstappen resists late Norris push for fifth win of 2024
Our writers give their verdict on the seventh round of the 2024 season.Late Norris surge fails to disguise snoozefest: 4/10 - Filip ...
19 May 2024 16:46
Verstappen beat McLaren’s Lando Norris and the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc in the 63-lap race at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari.2024 F1 Imola Grand Prix results
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19 May 2024 16:33
Higher tyre degradation than expected compared to when Red Bull struggled badly for car balance in practice on Friday appeared to ease Verstappen's path, as he was also boosted by the set-up work completed at his team's factory ahead of qualifying.Norris did mount a ferocious late-race charge as he worked his hard tyres better than Verstappen in the second of two stints, but the world champion ...
19 May 2024 15:25
Formula 1 fans will miss out on hearing the iconic “It’s lights out and away we go” at the Imola race this weekend as David Croft is set to be replaced by Harry Benjamin.This year will see the Sky's lead commentator miss his first races since joining the team in 2012, as he spends more time with his family ahead of his upcoming wedding.The announcement was revealed ahead of the ...
19 May 2024 13:28
Imola, the site of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, has added additional gravel traps at Piratella, Acque Minerali and Variante Alta to help tackle the series' recurring issues with track limits.It has also enhanced the circuit's old-school feel, with its narrow yet challenging layout along with its many undulations and sudden direction changes.F1's drivers have almost universally given Imola's ...
19 May 2024 12:30
Alonso only qualified 19th after being called to the pits due to a problem with his car at the end of the session, when the track was at its fastest and Alonso's Aston Martin was down to the optimal amount of fuel.His qualifying woes followed a crash in FP3 at Rivazza, which meant his Aston Martin mechanics had to pull out all the stops to get the Spaniard's car repaired in time.But as Alonso ...
19 May 2024 11:57
The Woking-based team has emerged as Red Bull’s closest challenger at Imola, with its pace suggesting that it had the potential to grab pole position.Despite its speed, its chances against Verstappen for the win have been weakened by Piastri’s three-place grid penalty that moves him down to fifth spot, but McLaren still clearly feels it is in the hunt for a shot at victory.While an anticipated ...
19 May 2024 11:31
Following McLaren's update package that was brought forward to Miami, several other teams including Aston and Ferrari have stuck to this weekend's Imola race to deploy their first major upgrade push of 2024.Aston's Imola spec includes a revamped floor, as well as a new front wing and diffuser as part of what technical director Dan Fallows described as an "aggressive" in-season development ...
19 May 2024 10:07
As F1 gathered for the start of the European season in Imola this weekend, the return of the traditional motorhomes in the paddock triggered a series of secret meetings aimed at finalising the 2025 line-ups.And as eagle-eyed observers spotted some of these gatherings – including a Valtteri Bottas chat with James Vowles at Williams on Saturday morning, or Carlos Sainz’s management team being in ...
19 May 2024 07:34
Max Verstappen will start from pole position at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari after outpacing the McLarens of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, as well as Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz on Ferrari's turf.What time does the Imola Grand Prix start?The Imola GP, also known as Emilia Romagna GP, will begin at 3pm local time (+2 GMT) at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari.
Date: Sunday, 19 May ...
18 May 2024 20:21
Ferrari brought a comprehensive set of upgrades to its first of two home races, which it had shaken down during a filming day at Fiorano last week.The update covered a lot of areas on the car, including the floor, the wings, sidepod and engine cover, raising hopes of the tifosi that following McLaren's leap forward in Miami with its own spec update, Ferrari could be next to challenge Red Bull at ...
18 May 2024 20:13
Verstappen will start ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.Norris's team-mate Oscar Piastri had qualified second, but dropped to fifth after a three-place grid penalty was assessed after he held up that Haas of ...
18 May 2024 19:57
Having been congratulated on his run of poles that stretches back to the 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix by Red Bull team boss Christian Horner, Verstappen was left to reflect on how his tricky event was turned around following his series of FP1 offs into the Imola gravel.He called it a “really difficult weekend so far” after climbing from his RB20.That FP1 outing had been led by Ferrari’s Charles ...
18 May 2024 19:42
In Q1 Piastri blocked Haas driver Magnussen into the Tamburello complex on the Dane's final flyer.The incident ruined Magnussen's session, going out in 18th while team-mate Nico Hulkenberg advanced to Q3.Piastri said that he "didn't see any cars coming" in his mirror because the main straight before Turn 2 curves to the left, leaving Magnussen in his blind spot.While the FIA race stewards ...
18 May 2024 19:26
Verstappen and Red Bull had appeared on the back foot in Imola all weekend, but after turning around their car set-up, Verstappen came up with a big lap when it mattered and held off McLaren duo Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris for his eighth successive pole.Verstappen effectively clinched his pole on the straight, with faster top speeds helping him arrive at Turn 2, Tamburello, with a gap twice as ...
18 May 2024 19:20
Finding a remedy to the team's situation, where it seemed to struggle for a cadence over the kerbs and through the second sector of the Imola circuit, was going to test the team's usual overnight work heading into Saturday. Both the trackside and factory divisions at Red Bull had to get their hands dirty to decipher the root cause of Verstappen and Sergio Perez's problems throughout Friday ...
18 May 2024 18:44
On a weekend where Red Bull has had to adjust its ride height set-ups considerably to cope with the RB20's ongoing dislike for kerbs, Perez's crash late in FP3 meant Max Verstappen went into qualifying without any flying lap preparation on the soft tyres.Although this didn't ultimately prevent the Dutchman blitzing to pole, Perez also failed to progress to Q2 – blaming having to switch between ...
18 May 2024 17:26
After every F1 qualifying session, Motorsport.com publishes each team's qualifying record in terms of team-mate duels.This record is based exclusively on qualifying results so that grid penalties don't alter the statistics.When a driver can't put in a representative lap time due to a technical issue or an incident, this will be mentioned in the table.Read Also:
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18 May 2024 17:13
Having struggled in all three practice sessions so far at the Emilia-Romagna race, Verstappen hailed Red Bull's pre-qualifying set-up changes for "feeling a bit better and I could push a bit"."This track is unbelievable," Verstappen added. "And to be on the limit here, close to the gravel – I touched the gravel in the last corner – I'm still pumping. The adrenaline is very high."Verstappen ...
18 May 2024 14:45
Since US-based Liberty Media took over F1 in 2017, it has made untapping the series' potential in the US one of its key priorities, adding races in Miami and Las Vegas to its existing US Grand Prix in Austin.In the wake of F1's popularity boom, a vast number of American sponsors have flocked to the series, with HP the latest to jump on board with Ferrari. Last year's inaugural Las Vegas Grand ...
18 May 2024 13:46
Perez’s late shunt at the Variante Alta led to a last-gasp scramble for drivers to set final qualifying simulation times, where only Lando Norris was able to set a time that put him second, 0.3s slower than his team-mate.A host of drivers failed to set a time in this late scramble, including Max Verstappen, who now heads into qualifying without a proper sighter on the soft tyres, as he and Perez ...
18 May 2024 11:21
It could be interpreted as a depressing moment for drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell to feel that they need to tread water for a bit longer with a car that they know is not yet delivering what is hoped for.But, on the other hand, Wolff’s statement suggests the team knows what has gone wrong and exactly what needs to be done to get it sorted. So, it is encouraging that the plan and ...
18 May 2024 10:37
Aston consolidated its spot at the top of the midfield but has so far generally been fifth fastest, some way behind fourth-placed team Mercedes.It hasn't scaled the heights of its early 2023 run of podiums yet, and instead saw its performance levels fluctuate between various circuit conditions, with a curious discrepancy between qualifying and race performance.Fernando Alonso in particular has ...
18 May 2024 09:20
Twice this season, in Saudi Arabia and Miami, Magnussen has acted as rear-gunner for his Haas team-mate Nico Hulkenberg in holding up rivals behind him – even if it has meant running wide on occasion.In Miami, his antics earned him three 10-second penalties for leaving the track and gaining an advantage – as well as penalty points that have left him on the verge of a race ban.The Dane was ...
17 May 2024 21:41
After the opening series of pan-continental flyaway rounds, the Formula 1 circus returned to its European heartland and descended upon Imola.One of F1's returning classics after a lengthy spell away, the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari took a rather popular step back in time.The scourge of vast and forgiving run-off had largely been eradicated by the welcome sight of grass and gravel, which had ...
17 May 2024 18:42
Verstappen's frustration boiled over throughout both practice sessions as his upgraded Red Bull RB20 proved hard to control on the technical Italian venue's second sector.The triple world champion ended first practice in fifth and slipped to seventh in the second, over half a second behind Ferrari's pacesetter Charles Leclerc. His team-mate Sergio Perez was next up in eighth another tenth behind ...
17 May 2024 18:35
Charles Leclerc set the pace in Friday practice, making Ferrari the favourite to take pole position on home turf.Red Bull, meanwhile, suffered with the updated version of RB20, with reigning champion Max Verstappen finishing the two sessions in fifth and seventh.What time does qualifying for the Imola Grand Prix start?The qualifying for the Imola Grand Prix, also known as the Emilia Romagna Grand ...
17 May 2024 18:03
After he had also led Friday afternoon's FP1 action, Leclerc continued as the frontrunner through the early stages of the day's second 60-minute session when the cars were split across the medium and hard tyres.When they switched the softs for the mid-session qualifying simulation runs, Leclerc set the best time benchmark at 1m15.969s, before using a second set of the red-walled rubber to blast to ...
17 May 2024 17:19
Motorsport.com has learned that Mercedes has begun an internal reshuffle of its aerodynamics department with Vino departing following six years at the team.He had been principal aerodynamicist from February 2018 until October 2022 when he moved into his current role.The change in aero personnel comes ahead of the earlier-than-expected arrival of two key staff from Ferrari – including the ...
17 May 2024 16:12
But the current generation of ground-effect cars are trickier beasts to make fast, and the challenge involves nailing the right compromise between high-speed and low-speed performance.Throw on top of that the desire to make sure that the car is not too peaky and that drivers have confidence in it so that they are able to take it to the limit without fear of going over it and spinning out.Teams up ...
17 May 2024 15:35
After his impressive surprise debut in place of the appendicitis-addled Carlos Sainz at Ferrari in Jeddah, Bearman is now finally starting the main challenge of his season in the top categories of single-seaters.Imola marks the first of six FP1 appearances with Haas that were earmarked into his deal as the team's reserve driver for 2024, along with his similar duties as a Ferrari junior.In this ...
17 May 2024 15:08
Red Bull opened up for first practice at Imola on Friday afternoon with Tom Hart acting as the voice in Verstappen's ear instead of Lambiase, who is also Red Bull's head of race engineering.The team explained to Motorsport.com that the temporary situation is being enacted to provide Hart with additional experience working as a race engineer – as he also did during second practice for the 2023 ...
17 May 2024 14:36
Leclerc set the session’s best time – a 1m16.990s – aboard the updated Ferrari shortly after the one-hour FP1 action was stopped by Alex Albon’s Williams shutting down after he hit a kerb hard and ran down the Imola track from Piratella to Acque Minerali, where he stopped on the inside.Leclerc’s time was set with a second set of soft tyres and pipped Mercedes’ George Russell by 0.104s ...
17 May 2024 13:53
The rear wing’s tip section has been completely overhauled as part of the redesign, with the team having already switched to a semi-detached layout for 2024.Based on what was revealed in the Imola pitlane on Friday, it has now pushed its variant in a new direction.The tip section still sits proud of the endplate as a small bracket raises it clear of the lower element.However, the tip section now ...
17 May 2024 13:04
And while the Scuderia's boss Fred Vasseur remains tight-lipped on the state of their discussions, ahead of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix he offered some teasing insight about the thought process he is going through.While the bid to lure Newey remains a work in progress, and nothing needs to really be sorted for months, Vasseur knows it would be remiss of him not to try to capture F1's biggest ...
17 May 2024 12:33
Mercedes is still waiting to see if it can somehow convince Max Verstappen to join the team as Red Bull's power plays drag on, but as time goes on it has become clear that Antonelli might well be its man for the future.On Thursday at Imola, Hamilton said he would put the Italian youngster in the car if it had been his call."Honestly, I have no idea what Toto [Wolff]'s plans are but I think for me ...
17 May 2024 11:58
The first European race of the season is traditionally a popular place to introduce a first suite of car updates as it takes place two months into the season and is logistically easier to ship parts to.Red Bull has headlined the update submissions sheet issued by the FIA, bringing a raft of new parts to the RB20 that Max Verstappen has driven to four wins so far this year.The most crucial ...
17 May 2024 10:27
While participating on a Team Redline - the sim racing team he drives for - stream, Verstappen announced a few days ago that he was keen to join the team for the 24-hour race despite the Imola race taking place on the same weekend.Verstappen explained on Thursday that his participation in the iRacing event on the renowned Nordschleife circuit is not yet decided, but the three-time champion ...
17 May 2024 10:12
Vettel will take Senna's 1993 McLaren MP48 for a lap of honour on Sunday at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, marking the 30th anniversary of the Brazilian's passing at the Italian circuit.Keeping Senna's memory alive in the paddock, Vettel hosted a track run on Thursday with drivers from F1, F2 and F3 donning 'Forever' shirts the iconic yellow helmet design, in his honour.Speaking before the lap ...
17 May 2024 09:28
F1’s race control was thrust into everyone’s living room in 2021, when then-race director Michael Masi decided it was a good idea to air his communications to the TV audience. Following his departure ahead of the 2022 season, race control reverted to its old, and rather secretive self.Courtesy of Formula 1’s official partner Rolex, Motorsport.com got some exclusive access at the Miami Grand ...
17 May 2024 08:46
Following the cancellation of last year's race due to flooding in the region, Imola makes its much-awaited return to the grand prix calendar on 17-19 May.Red Bull's Max Verstappen is the most successful driver at Imola in the modern era of F1, having won tthe last two editions of the Emilia Romagna GP. Prior to that, Lewis Hamilton was victorious in the 2020 event at the Italian venue.2024 Formula ...
16 May 2024 20:44
Mercedes W15 technical detail
Photo by: Giorgio Piola
This shot of the Mercedes W15’s sidepod and bodywork out in the pitlane, rather than being installed on the car, shows the internal make-up of the cooling louvres.
Ferrari SF-24 technical detail
Photo by: Giorgio Piola
A close-up view of the changes made at the rear end of the floor edge wing on the Ferrari SF-24 ...
16 May 2024 19:13
While the full extent of the changes will not be revealed until Friday morning, its AMR24 has already been spotted with a new and interesting front wing design.As the above exclusive photograph shows, the team has created segmentation of the inboard and outboard portion of the front wing's two upper flaps, with a V-shaped geometry used to accomplish this (red arrow, inset).This change in the flap ...
16 May 2024 18:45
Norris's sensational win last time out followed McLaren massively upgrading its 2024 F1 car, having shown bursts of Red Bull-beating pace at the Miami track.This included Norris's lap times on old tyres compared to early leader Max Verstappen before the mid-race safety car that transformed their races and led to McLaren's first GP win since 2021.Speaking in the pre-event press conference for this ...
16 May 2024 18:25
Ferrari announced after Miami that Leclerc’s long-time race engineer Xavi Marcos was being moved on to a new role – although it is not clear at the moment what position he will take.Marcos is being replaced by Ferrari’s current performance engineer Bryan Bozzi, who has been with the team for 10 years.It is understood that this is the first time Ferrari has implemented a mid-season race ...
16 May 2024 17:09
Magnussen's last three race outings – the Chinese GP, Miami sprint and Miami GP – brought him from three licence penalty points to 10, just two short of the FIA's limit for F1 drivers earning a race ban. This was introduced into the FIA's superlicence system in 2014.While his Shanghai and main Miami race penalties were considered slam dunk cases given Magnussen's actions put Yuki Tsunoda and ...
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