This first sprint race of the season offers 8 points to Verstappen, 7 to Leclerc which obviously retains the lead in the championship with 78 units (i.e. 45 more than its Dutch rival).
The sprint race allows you to earn units, but above all it determines the starting order of Sunday’s race. Here is the grid for this GP of Emilia Romagna, the fourth meeting of the season, the start of which will be given at 3 p.m.
STARTING GRID
1 Max Verstappen (Red Bull)11 George Russell (Mercedes)
2Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 12 Yuki Tsunoda (Alpha Tauri)
3 Sergio Perez (Red Bull) 13 Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin)
4 Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) 14 Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
5 Lando Norris (McLaren) 15 Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
6 Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) 16 Esteban Ocon (Alpine)
7 Valtteri Bottas (Alfa) 17 Pierre Gasly (Alpha Tauri)
8 Kevin Magnussen (Haas) 18 Alex Albon (Williams)
9 Fernando Alonso (Alpine) 19 Nicholas Latifi (Williams)
10 Mick Schumacher (Haas) 20 Guanyu Zouh (Alfa)
