The 2024 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Thread

[cmlean]

This is the place to discuss everything related to the 7th round of the 2024 season taking place at Imola from May 17th-19th.

The event timetable for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

Friday
Practice 1 13:30 local time - 11:30 GMT
Practice 2 17:00 local time - 15:00 GMT
Saturday
Practice 3 12:30 local time - 10:30 GMT
Qualifying 16:00 Local time - 13:00 GMT
Sunday
Race 15:00 local time - 13:00 GMT

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FP1 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:16.990	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
2	1:17.094	George Russell	  Mercedes
3	1:17.120	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
4	1:17.233	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
5	1:17.240	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
6	1:17.388	Yuki Tsunoda	  RB
7	1:17.408	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
8	1:17.602	Lando Norris	  McLaren
9	1:17.807	Oscar Piastri	  McLaren
10	1:17.867	Fernando Alonso	  Aston Martin
11	1:17.905	Pierre Gasly	  Alpine
12	1:18.072	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
13	1:18.142	Daniel Ricciardo  RB
14	1:18.612	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
15	1:18.667	Oliver Bearman	  Haas
16	1:18.827	Valtteri Bottas	  Sauber
17	1:19.129	Zhou Guanyu	  Sauber
18	1:19.901	Logan Sargeant	  Williams
19	1:20.050	Alexander Albon	  Williams
20	1:21.059	Nico Hulkenberg	  Haas

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FP2 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:15.906	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
2	1:16.098	Oscar Piastri	  McLaren
3	1:16.286	Yuki Tsunoda	  RB
4	1:16.297	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
5	1:16.311	George Russell	  Mercedes
6	1:16.423	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
7	1:16.447	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
8	1:16.552	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
9	1:16.826	Nico Hulkenberg	  Haas
10	1:16.838	Fernando Alonso	  Aston Martin
11	1:16.967	Daniel Ricciardo  RB
12	1:16.980	Lando Norris	  McLaren
13	1:16.991	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
14	1:17.008	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
15	1:17.064	Pierre Gasly	  Alpine
16	1:17.088	Valtteri Bottas	  Sauber
17	1:17.129	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
18	1:17.135	Alexander Albon	  Williams
19	1:17.606	Zhou Guanyu	  Sauber
20	1:17.848	Logan Sargeant	  Williams

[cmlean]

Day 1 is in the books and what have we learned?
1. Ferrari brought basically a new car with all the upgrades and they are working.
2. McLaren have the same upgrades on both their cars and they are working.
3. Mercedes have upgrades and they are working.
4. Red Bull seem to have gone backwards.
5. Just Yuki Tsunoda of RB is fast here. Daniel Ricciardo seems lost.

This all goes well for an exciting day 2 and race but who knows what Red Bull will do overnight.

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FP3 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:15.529	Oscar Piastri	  McLaren
2	1:15.829	Lando Norris	  McLaren
3	1:16.067	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
4	1:16.087	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
5	1:16.095	George Russell	  Mercedes
6	1:16.366	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
7	1:16.470	Alexander Albon	  Williams
8	1:16.481	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
9	1:16.543	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
10	1:16.547	Nico Hulkenberg	  Haas
11	1:16.560	Daniel Ricciardo  RB
12	1:16.631	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
13	1:16.668	Yuki Tsunoda	  RB
14	1:16.695	Valtteri Bottas	  Sauber
15	1:16.794	Logan Sargeant	  Williams
16	1:16.923	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
17	1:16.960	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
18	1:17.339	Fernando Alonso	  Aston Martin
19	1:17.361	Pierre Gasly	  Alpine
20	1:17.891	Zhou Guanyu	  Sauber

[cmlean]

Fernando Alonso and Sergio Perez both ended in the barriers doing damage to their respective cars.
The Aston Martin suffered the most damage and there were doubts if it could be repaired before qualifying.
The Red Bull was primarily around the nose and front wing but checks around the chassis were needed.

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Qualifying

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Car
1	1:14.746	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
2	1:14.820	Oscar Piastri	  McLaren
3	1:14.837	Lando Norris	  McLaren
4	1:14.970	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
5	1:15.233	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
6	1:15.234	George Russell	  Mercedes
7	1:15.465	Yuki Tsunoda	  RB
8	1:15.504	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
9	1:15.674	Daniel Ricciardo  RB
10	1:15.980	Nico Hulkenberg	  Haas
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11	1:15.706	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
12	1:15.906	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
13	1:15.992	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
14	1:16.200	Alexander Albon	  Williams
15	1:16.381	Pierre Gasly	  Alpine
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16	1:16.626	Valtteri Bottas	  Sauber
17	1:16.834	Zhou Guanyu	  Sauber
18	1:16.854	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
19	1:16.917	Fernando Alonso	  Aston Martin
20	No Time		Logan Sargeant	  Williams

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Post qualifying, Oscar Piastri incurred a 3 grid place grid penalty from the stewards for impeding Kevin Magnussen in the latter stages of Q1.

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Race

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

Next: Round of Monaco '24
Date: 24-26 May 2024

[cmlean]

Well, that was the race that kept on giving.
The start was basically the grid easing through Viante Tamburillo and then it stabilized. Not saying that nothing was happening as numerous drivers attempted passes but the long game strategy was in place.
First cars to take an early pit prompted overtaking as those on the long strategy were passed by those on new tyres.
Lando Norris came in to pit for mediums and returned to the fray followed not long after into the pits by Oscar Piastri. Piastri came back out and set fast lap after fast lap which allowed him to make up the time to take Carlos Sainz when he made his one and only pit stop.
Both Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll made their way up the standings following late pit stops and then fresh rubber on their run to the flag.
Lando Norris showed his experience by nursing his aging tyres through the stint and set about in catching Max Verstappen. Leaving nothing on the table, he finished a mere 0.7 seconds behind his nemesis in what turned out to be a race without safety car intervention.