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The 2021 Imola Grand Prix Thread

Post by cmlean » Tue Apr 13, 2021 7:29 pm

This is the place to discuss everything related to the 2nd round of the 2021season taking place at Imola between the 16th and 18th of April.

To submit your 10 'n' Pole Picks for Imola click here, to register in the competition click here.

Picks for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix close at the start of Saturday practice.

The event timetable for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola.

Friday
Practice 1 11:30 local time - 09:30 GMT
Practice 2 15:00 local time - 13"00 GMT

Saturday
Practice 3 11:00 local time - 09:00 GMT (Note time adjustment)
Qualifying 14:00 local time - 12:00 GMT (Note time adjustment)

Sunday
Race 15:00 local time - 13:00 GMT

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Re: The 2021 Imola Grand Prix Thread

Post by cmlean » Sat Apr 17, 2021 6:14 am

FP1 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		   Team
1	1:16.564	Valtteri Bottas	   Mercedes
2	1:16.605	Lewis Hamilton	   Mercedes
3	1:16.622	Max Verstappen	   Red Bull Racing
4	1:16.796	Charles Leclerc	   Ferrari
5	1:16.888	Pierre Gasly	   AlphaTauri
6	1:16.888	Carlos Sainz	   Ferrari
7	1:17.457	Fernando Alonso	   Alpine
8	1:17.489	Lance Stroll	   Aston Martin
9	1:17.739	Nicholas Latifi	   Williams
10	1:17.769	Daniel Ricciardo   McLaren
11	1:17.866	George Russell	   Williams
12	1:17.883	Kimi Räikkönen	   Alfa Romeo Racing
13	1:17.935	Lando Norris	   McLaren
14	1:17.984	Sebastian Vettel   Aston Martin
15	1:18.058	Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing
16	1:18.228	Sergio Perez	   Red Bull Racing
17	1:18.360	Esteban Ocon	   Alpine
18	1:18.823	Nikita Mazepin	   Haas
19	1:19.480	Mick Schumacher	   Haas
20	1:19.781	Yuki Tsunoda	   AlphaTauri
Grip levels are down at the moment however, this is typical for the first practice session of the weekend.
There was a strange red flag caused by a collision between Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon late in the session. There was no coverage of the incident however it appears that the left rear tyre of Perez's Red Bull clipped the right front of Ocon's Alpine going into the turn 5 chicane.

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Re: The 2021 Imola Grand Prix Thread

Post by cmlean » Sat Apr 17, 2021 6:22 am

FP2 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		   Team
1	1:15.551	Valtteri Bottas	   Mercedes
2	1:15.561	Lewis Hamilton	   Mercedes
3	1:15.629	Pierre Gasly	   AlphaTauri
4	1:15.834	Carlos Sainz	   Ferrari
5	1:16.371	Charles Leclerc	   Ferrari
6	1:16.411	Sergio Perez	   Red Bull Racing
7	1:16.419	Yuki Tsunoda	   AlphaTauri
8	1:16.485	Lando Norris	   McLaren
9	1:16.513	Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing
10	1:16.737	Lance Stroll	   Aston Martin
11	1:16.817	Esteban Ocon	   Alpine Renault
12	1:16.823	Nicholas Latifi	   Williams
13	1:16.835	Fernando Alonso	   Alpine
14	1:16.999	Max Verstappen	   Red Bull Racing
15	1:17.092	Sebastian Vettel   Aston Martin
16	1:17.179	George Russell	   Williams
17	1:17.273	Kimi Räikkönen	   Alfa Romeo Racing
18	1:17.281	Daniel Ricciardo   McLaren
19	1:17.350	Mick Schumacher	   Haas
20	1:17.857	Nikita Mazepin	   Haas
Max Verstappen spent most of the session in the pits after suffering a driveshaft problem.
Charles Leclerc brought out a session ending red flag after parking his Ferrari in the barriers.

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Re: The 2021 Imola Grand Prix Thread

Post by cmlean » Sat Apr 17, 2021 6:25 am

Saturday FP3 and Qualifying have been moved forward one hour due to Prince Phillip's funeral.

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Re: The 2021 Imola Grand Prix Thread

Post by cmlean » Sun Apr 18, 2021 6:18 am

FP3 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		   Team
1	1:14.958	Max Verstappen	   Red Bull Racing
2	1:15.414	Lando Norris	   McLaren
3	1:15.515	Lewis Hamilton	   Mercedes
4	1:15.551	Sergio Perez	   Red Bull Racing
5	1:15.738	Charles Leclerc	   Ferrari
6	1:15.890	Pierre Gasly	   AlphaTauri
7	1:15.908	Carlos Sainz	   Ferrari
8	1:15.908	Valtteri Bottas	   Mercedes
9	1:16.186	Fernando Alonso	   Alpine
10	1:16.228	Esteban Ocon	   Alpine
11	1:16.230	Yuki Tsunoda	   AlphaTauri
12	1:16.245	Lance Stroll	   Aston Martin
13	1:16.253	Daniel Ricciardo   McLaren
14	1:16.389	Sebastian Vettel   Aston Martin
15	1:16.427	George Russell	   Williams
16	1:16.448	Mick Schumacher	   Haas
17	1:16.537	Nicholas Latifi	   Williams
18	1:16.612	Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing
19	1:16.803	Kimi Räikkönen	   Alfa Romeo Racing
20	1:17.398	Nikita Mazepin	   Haas

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Re: The 2021 Imola Grand Prix Thread

Post by cmlean » Sun Apr 18, 2021 6:33 am

Qualifying Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		   Team
1	1:14.411	Lewis Hamilton	   Mercedes
2	1:14.446	Sergio Perez	   Red Bull Racing
3	1:14.498	Max Verstappen	   Red Bull Racing
4	1:14.740	Charles Leclerc	   Ferrari
5	1:14.790	Pierre Gasly	   AlphaTauri
6	1:14.826	Daniel Ricciardo   McLaren
7	1:14.875	Lando Norris	   McLaren
8	1:14.898	Valtteri Bottas	   Mercedes
9	1:15.210	Esteban Ocon	   Alpine
10	No Time		Lance Stroll	   Aston Martin
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11	1:15.199	Carlos Sainz	   Ferrari
12	1:15.261	George Russell	   Williams
13	1:15.394	Sebastian Vettel   Aston Martin
14	1:15.593	Nicholas Latifi	   Williams
15	1:15.593	Fernando Alonso	   Alpine
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16	1:15.974	Kimi Räikkönen	   Alfa Romeo Racing
17	1:16.122	Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing
18	1:16.279	Mick Schumacher	   Haas
19	1:16.797	Nikita Mazepin	   Haas
20	No Time		Yuki Tsunoda	   AlphaTauri
Yuki Tsunoda brought out the red flags in Q1 after parking his AlphaTauri in the barriers. The team will be busy fixing this one but, most importantly, the driver came out unscathed.
Track limits penalties impacted many with Lando Norris losing a time that may have had him in P2 or P3 at the end of the session.

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Re: The 2021 Imola Grand Prix Thread

Post by Tim » Sun Apr 18, 2021 3:21 pm

Had Norris's time been allowed, we would have had 4 drivers with less than a tenth between them. That's so exciting!

Should be an exciting race, not it terms of overtaking as that will be very difficult but in terms of strategy.

Perez in his 2nd race for Red Bull outqualifies Verstappen, that is impressive, I just hope the two don't take each other out!

Gasly once again impressive, Ocon and the two Williams as well. Bottas, Sainz, Vettel and Alonso dissapointing

But it's only qualifying, lets see the finishing order!

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Re: The 2021 Imola Grand Prix Thread

Post by cmlean » Mon Apr 19, 2021 7:28 pm

Results

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Pos	Driver		   Team
1	Max Verstappen	   Red Bull Racing
2	Lewis Hamilton	   Mercedes
3	Lando Norris	   McLaren
4	Charles Leclerc	   Ferrari
5	Carlos Sainz	   Ferrari
6	Daniel Ricciardo   McLaren
7	Pierre Gasly	   AlphaTauri
8	Lance Stroll	   Aston Martin
9	Esteban Ocon	   Alpine
10	Fernando Alonso	   Alpine
11	Sergio Perez	   Red Bull Racing
12	Yuki Tsunoda	   AlphaTauri
13	Kimi Räikkönen	   Alfa Romeo Racing
14	Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing
15	Sebastian Vettel   Aston Martin
16	Mick Schumacher	   Haas
17	Nikita Mazepin	   Haas
DNF	Valtteri Bottas	   Mercedes
DNF	George Russell	   Williams
DNF	Nicholas Latifi	   Williams

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