24/04/2022 14:26 CEST
Welcome to the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix! Welcome to Imola! It’s race day, it’s Sunday. And as the meteorologists predicted, it might be a wet Sunday. Although we have had the dry support races, last night it rained in this part of Italy and some very black clouds are approaching the circuit as the minutes go by. Anything can happen on a Sunday that looks exciting at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari.
To recap: we had an exciting weekend of Formula 1 in this first Grand Prix with a sprint race format. Friday was qualifying, yesterday the sprint race… and today we have the classic race. It will be 63 laps with Verstappen from the ‘pole’ and Leclerc lurking Both make up the first line. On Friday and Saturday, the rounds went to the reigning world champion.
As for the Spaniards, Carlos Sainz He came from 10th place in a fantastic sprint race of just 21 laps. He will start 4th and will fight with Sergio Pérez to be the alternative to the two leaders. While, Fernando Alonso He starts 9th… but watch out for the Asturian’s Alpine if drops fall on the asphalt.
Meanwhile, the McLaren are presented as the great alternative to the two teams that rule at this start. Norris and Ricciardo exit P5 and P6. Magnussen’s Haas collapsed on Saturday following a great Friday and Bottas slipped ahead of Alpine. Mercedes continues to suffer and its weekend will go through fighting for one point or another. Zhou, the most affected in the sprint race. He went once morest the wall and his mechanics broke the park closed last night. He will have to start from pit lane as a penalty.
