A sprint will be held for the fourth time in Formula 1 history: a race over 100 kilometers on Saturday. The big duel in Imola is once again Max Verstappen against Charles Leclerc.
Fans and drivers agree: The sprint format has not taken Formula 1 by storm. Silverstone 2021 was interesting, Monza 2021 to yawn, Brazil 2021 lived on Lewis Hamilton’s grandiose catch-up race. The first sprint of the 2022 GP season will be held in Imola and everything is a little different, not only because of the new generation of racing cars.
It has been decided that in 2022, like last year, three sprints will take place – i.e. with qualifying on Friday, a race over 100 kilometers on Saturday, which defines the starting grid for the Grand Prix, and the World Championship race on Sunday. In 2022, the controversial format will be implemented in Imola, on the Red Bull Ring and again in Interlagos.
New: There are no longer just three points for first place, two for second place and one for third place, but there are plenty of points.
Winner: 8 points
Second: 7th
Third: 6th
Fourth: 5th
Fifth: 4th
Sixth: 3rd
Seventh: 2nd
Rear: 1
The pole position is awarded to the driver who was the fastest man in qualifying on Friday, i.e. no longer the winner of the sprint. Therefore, world champion Max Verstappen has to be Pole account increased to 14.
We will accompany you through the sprint on SPEEDWEEK.com from 4.15 p.m. in the live ticker. Of course we have also summarized the most important dates of your favorite TV stations for you.
Sprint starting grid
01. Max Verstappen (NL), Red Bull Racing
02. Charles Leclerc (MC), Ferrari
03. Lando Norris (GB), McLaren
04. Kevin Magnussen (DK), Haas
05. Fernando Alonso (E), Alpine
06. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS), McLaren
07. Sergio Perez (MEX), Red Bull Racing
08. Valtteri Bottas (FIN), Alfa Romeo
09. Sebastian Vettel (D), Aston Martin
10. Carlos Sainz (E), Ferrari
11. George Russell (GB), Mercedes
12. Mick Schumacher (D), Haas
13. Lewis Hamilton (GB), Mercedes
14. Guanyu Zhou (RC), Alfa Romeo
15. Lance Stroll (CDN), Aston Martin
16. Yuki Tsunoda (J), AlphaTauri
17. Pierre Gasly (F), AlphaTauri
18. Nicholas Latifi (CDN), Williams
19. Esteban Ocon (F), Alpine
20. Alexander Albon (T), Williams
The sprint winners 2021
Silverstone: Max Verstappen (NL), Red Bull Racing
Monza: Valtteri Bottas (FIN), Mercedes
Interlagos: Valtteri Bottas (FIN), Mercedes
Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix on TV
Saturday April 23rd
09.30 Sky Sport F1 – Team Principals Press Conference
11.30 Sky Sport F1 – Qualifying kompakt
11.45 Sky Sport F1 – Top 10 Onboards: GP Bahrain 2022
12.00 Sky Sport F1 – Top 10 Onboards: GP Australien 2022
12.15 Sky Sport F1 – Start coverage Second Practice
12.15 ServusTV – start of reporting on the second training session
14.00 Sky Sport F1 – Qualifying kompakt
15:15 Sky Sport F1 – 25 years of Formula 1 at Sky
15.45 Sky Sport F1 – Start reporting sprint
16.00 SRFInfo – start of reporting sprint
4.00 p.m. ServusTV – preliminary reports on the sprint
4.30 p.m. ServusTV – Start of Sprint reporting
16.30 Sprint
17.30 Sky Sport F1 – Top 10 Onboards: GP Australien 2022
18.55 Sky Sport F1 – Sprint Press Conference
19.30 Sky Sport F1 – Sprint Replay
21.30 Sky Sport F1 – Sprint compact
21.45 Sky Sport F1 – Qualifying Replay
23.15 Sky Sport F1 – Sprint compact
Sunday April 24th
07.00 Sky Sport F1 – Sprint compact
07.15 Sky Sport F1 – Radio Rewind: GP Australien 2022
07.45 Sky Sport F1 – Sprint Replay
09.50 Sky Sport F1 – Greatest Races: Fernando Alonso at the Nürburgring 2007
10.00 Sky Sport F1 – Greatest Races: David Coulthard in Frankreich 2000
11.35 Sky Sport F1 – Top 10 Onboards: GP Emilia-Romagna 2021
11.55 Sky Sport F1 – Live PSC: Rennen in Imola
12.50 Sky Sport F1 – Naomi & Lewis
13.00 Sky Sport F1 – Radio Rewind: GP Australien 2022
13.30 Sky Sport F1 – Pre-race reports
2:00 p.m. RTL – Countdown to the race
2.15 pm ServusTV – Countdown to the race
14:50 SRF2 – start reporting race
14.55 Sky Sport F1 – start coverage races
3:00 p.m. ServusTV – Start of coverage of the race
3.00 pm Grand Prix of Emilia-Romagna
4.40 p.m. ServusTV – Analysis
16.45 Sky Sport F1 – Analysis and Interviews
4.45 p.m. RTL – award ceremony and highlights
17.00 ORF1 – Motorhome
17.30 Sky Sport F1 – Race Press Conference
18.00 Sky Sport F1 – Ted’s Notebook
18.30 Sky Sport F1 – Race Replay
20.30 Sky Sport F1 – Ted’s Notebook
21.00 Sky Sport F1 – race compact
21.30 Sky Sport F1 – Sprint Replay
22.30 Sky Sport F1 – Race Replay
00:15 ORF1 – race repetition