The 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Thread

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This is the place to discuss everything related to the 4th round of the 2022 season taking place at Imola from April 22nd-24th.

The event timetable for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

Friday
Practice 1 13:30 local time - 11:30 GMT
Qualifying 17:00 local time - 15:00 GMT
Saturday
Practice 2 12:30 local time - 10:30 GMT
Sprint 16:30 Local time - 13:30
Sunday
Race 15:00 local time - 13:00 GMT

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FP1 Result

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:29.402	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
2	1:30.279	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
3	1:30.867	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
4	1:32.439	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
5	1:32.988	Mick Schumacher	  Haas
6	1:33.012	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
7	1:33.160	Fernando Alonso	  Alpine
8	1:33.365	Sebastian Vettel  Aston Martin
9	1:33.611	Yuki Tsunoda	  AlphaTauri
10	1:34.262	George Russell	  Mercedes
11	1:34.615	Valtteri Bottas	  Alfa Romeo
12	1:35.104	Pierre Gasly	  AlphaTauri
13	1:35.420	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
14	1:35.502	Lando Norris	  McLaren
15	1:35.625	Daniel Ricciardo  McLaren
16	1:36.033	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
17	1:36.461	Alexander Albon	  Williams
18	1:36.464	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
19	1:37.450	Zhou Guanyu	  Alfa Romeo
20	1:39.698	Nicholas Latifi	  Williams

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Qualifying

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:27.999	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
2	1:28.778	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
3	1:29.131	Lando Norris	  McLaren
4	1:29.164	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
5	1:29.202	Fernando Alonso	  Alpine
6	1:29.742	Daniel Ricciardo  McLaren
7	1:29.808	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
8	1:30.439	Valtteri Bottas	  Alfa Romeo
9	1:31.062	Sebastian Vettel  Aston Martin
10	No Time		Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
11	1:20.757	George Russell	  Mercedes
12	1:20.916	Mick Schumacher	  Haas
13	1:21.138	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
14	1:21.434	Zhou Guanyu	  Alfa Romeo
15	1:28.119	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
16	1:20.474	Yuki Tsunoda	  AlphaTauri
17	1:20.732	Pierre Gasly	  AlphaTauri
18	1:21.971	Nicholas Latifi	  Williams
19	1:22.338	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
20	No Time		Alexander Albon	  Williams

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Wow! What a qualifying session. The weather had such a huge impact on it with multiple red flags, including 3 in Q3.
That and the lack of pace from Mercedes and the AlphaTauri duo were the biggest surprises.
Alex Albon started the run of red flags when component failure in the right rear caused debris to be dumped all over the track in the second half of his lap in Q1. The Mercedes duo limped into Q2 by the skin of their teeth while the AlphaTauri pair didn't.
Q2 started with the threat of rain predicted for the early part of the session. The big guns all got their first hot laps in and Carlos Sainz, while on another fast lap, lost the rear of his Ferrari and ended in the barriers. The subsequent red flag and then the rain stopped any chance of anyone forcing their way into Q3 and no time to repair his Ferrari.
The final session began with a slowly drying but tricky track. The first red flag came when Kevin Magnussen clipped the white line on entry into turn 12. The flag was thrown as his Haas was in a dangerous position however he managed to extricate himself and return to the pits unaided and with no damage. Valtteri Bottas was next to bring out a red flag with his Alfa Romeo stopping on track around turn 16. There remained just over 3 minutes in the session which could permit, in reality, one out lap and one flying lap. Most of the combatants lined up at pit exit and, with a bit of gamesmanship, Max Verstappen ensured that each driver would only have the one opportunity to set a time. The only outlier was Lando Norris who remained in his pit until the nonsense had cleared the pit exit.
Unfortunately for Lando Norris, on his out lap, he also became a victim of the white line entering turn 12 and finished in the barriers thus bringing out the final red flag and ending the session for all.

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FP2 Result

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:19.457	George Russell	  Mercedes
2	1:19.538	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
3	1:19.740	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
4	1:19.992	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
5	1:20.174	Fernando Alonso	  Alpine 
6	1:20.258	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
7	1:20.371	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
8	1:20.381	Yuki Tsunoda	  AlphaTauri
9	1:20.439	Pierre Gasly	  AlphaTauri 
10	1:20.498	Zhou Guanyu	  Alfa Romeo
11	1:20.591	Alexander Albon	  Williams
12	1:20.740	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
13	1:20.977	Mick Schumacher	  Haas
14	1:21.149	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
15	1:21.155	Sebastian Vettel  Aston Martin
16	1:21.179	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
17	1:21.263	Nicholas Latifi	  Williams
18	1:23.821	Lando Norris	  McLaren
19	No Time		Daniel Ricciardo  McLaren
20	No Time		Valtteri Bottas	  Alfa Romeo

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Sprint Result

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

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Race Result

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

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Date: May 6th-8th 2022