Grand Prix 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Practice, Qualifying & Race Discussion

already at 4th round of the season & back in Europe, if there was ever a positive of the global pandemic, it was the calendar reshuffle with Liberty Media & F1 going to circuits we would never have been to otherwise or was seen to cant afford it Mugello, Turkey, Portimao, Bahrain outer, Nurburgring & this weekends venue Imola, what was only supposed to be 1 off, 2 day weekend what is still the latest race to take place in europe beating jerez by a week. came back onto the calendar for the thrilling wet/dry race in 2021 & then last month it signed a deal to stayed on the calendar until 2025, which any old school circuit with history will have my backing.

but out of the Race track the region that circuit is named after Emilia-Romagna, seems like the hub of Italy. as according to what i was reading it is 1 of the wealthiest & most developed regions in Europe, Bologna, has 1 of Italy's highest quality of life, the home of the oldest university in the world University of Bologna founded in 1088, 8 years before Oxford University. the former Roman Empire capital of Ravenna, 11 UNESCO heritage sites, In 2018, the Lonely Planet guide named Emilia-Romagna as the best place to see in Europe & home of automotive companies such as Lamborghini, Maserati, Pagani, Dallara, Ducati & of course Ferrari

although any chat of imola, it would be remiss of me to not chat about Ratsenberger & senna because tragically they will always be synonymous with this circuit & senna as you run down to turn 2 a weekend that has changed F1 forever, its sad that it took that for F1 to be that safe. or controversy that started between Pironi & Villeneuve, which actually the sprint race will be on the 40th anniversary of that infamous 1982 San Marino GP where the 2 teammates where told to hold station, Multi 2,728 Didier, Multi 2,728 Didier, while in the lead Villenueve made a small error at Piratella. rather than settle in behind Villeneuve, Pironi took the lead ahead of his teammate with 11 laps to go. Gilles thought this was faux war just to give the Tifosi value for money so the overtook each other multiple times, taking what he thought his rightful 1st place on penultimate lap & cruise to victories in successive years having won in 1981. However, on the final lap relationship would be broken irreparably, as Pironi got a run & passed him into Tosa. crossing the line just inches in front of Villeneuve. who was left furious and felt betrayed, vowing 2 things "this is war" & "I'll never speak to Pironi again in my life." sadly he wouldnt realised how true them the latter would be, as reportedly still driving angry 2 weeks later would tragically have a fatal accident on his final run at zolder after being determined to beat pironi & then 3 months later Pironi would have a fatal accident.

but back to present day our 1st sprint race of the season which could be a 1st as well because it looking quite wet on the friday but dry for saturday & sunday which will be fasinating with parc ferme closing after FP1 so set up could be very interesting, having a wet qualifying & dry sprint race. yes the sprint races are not what we expected but they did lead to 3 of the most dramatic races of the season. also sprint race was built for 2022 not 2021. & what im looking forward to is seeing Leclerc & sainz at Ferrari because not since schumacher era have Ferrari lead both championships having the best car coming into italy especially the real home of Ferrari

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As exciting as a mixed up grid would be, it's ridiculous to expect the teams or drivers to run a qualie session this afternoon without any practice and then to go straight in to parc ferme. The drivers must have some opportunity to tune the car to the track and conditions.
 
has that ever happened qualifying with no practise i know we done a Weekend with just FP3 or would they have scrap parc ferme for this weekend
 
FP1, in wet conditions. Ferrari still at the top, Mercedes nowhere in the rain.

First Practice​

Imola, 22 April 2022​

RankDriverNumberTeamFastest LapLaps
1
Monaco
Charles Leclerc LEC
16Ferrari1:29.40224
2
Spain
Carlos Sainz Jnr SAI
55Ferrari1:30.27925
3
Netherlands
Max Verstappen VER
1Red Bull1:30.86721
4
Denmark
Kevin Magnussen MAG
20Haas1:32.43923
5
Germany
Mick Schumacher MSC
47Haas1:32.98823
6
Mexico
Sergio Perez PER
11Red Bull1:33.01217
7
Spain
Fernando Alonso ALO
14Alpine1:33.16013
8
Germany
Sebastian Vettel VET
5Aston Martin1:33.36522
9
Japan
Yuki Tsunoda TSU
22AlphaTauri1:33.61118
10
Great Britain
George Russell RUS
63Mercedes1:34.26221
11
Finland
Valtteri Bottas BOT
77Alfa Romeo1:34.61519
12
France
Pierre Gasly GAS
10AlphaTauri1:35.10419
13
France
Esteban Ocon OCO
31Alpine1:35.42014
14
Great Britain
Lando Norris NOR
44McLaren1:35.50212
15
Australia
Daniel Ricciardo RIC
3McLaren1:35.62515
16
Canada
Lance Stroll STR
18Aston Martin1:36.03323
17
Thailand
Alexander Albon ALB
23Williams1:36.46117
18
Great Britain
Lewis Hamilton HAM
44Mercedes1:36.46417
19
China
Guanyu Zhou ZHO
24Alfa Romeo1:37.45022
20
Canada
Nicholas Latifi LAT
6Williams1:39.69815
 
I don't feel that the P1 results give a true indication of performance due to the jump the gun red flag and with the clock still running many on a good lap or just starting on a less wet track may well have decreased their lap times, certainly Lando was quicker before his off.
 
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FP1, in wet conditions. Ferrari still at the top, Mercedes nowhere in the rain.

First Practice​

Imola, 22 April 2022​

RankDriverNumberTeamFastest LapLaps
1
Monaco
Charles Leclerc LEC
16Ferrari1:29.40224
2
Spain
Carlos Sainz Jnr SAI
55Ferrari1:30.27925
3
Netherlands
Max Verstappen VER
1Red Bull1:30.86721
4
Denmark
Kevin Magnussen MAG
20Haas1:32.43923
5
Germany
Mick Schumacher MSC
47Haas1:32.98823
6
Mexico
Sergio Perez PER
11Red Bull1:33.01217
7
Spain
Fernando Alonso ALO
14Alpine1:33.16013
8
Germany
Sebastian Vettel VET
5Aston Martin1:33.36522
9
Japan
Yuki Tsunoda TSU
22AlphaTauri1:33.61118
10
Great Britain
George Russell RUS
63Mercedes1:34.26221
11
Finland
Valtteri Bottas BOT
77Alfa Romeo1:34.61519
12
France
Pierre Gasly GAS
10AlphaTauri1:35.10419
13
France
Esteban Ocon OCO
31Alpine1:35.42014
14
Great Britain
Lando Norris NOR
44McLaren1:35.50212
15
Australia
Daniel Ricciardo RIC
3McLaren1:35.62515
16
Canada
Lance Stroll STR
18Aston Martin1:36.03323
17
Thailand
Alexander Albon ALB
23Williams1:36.46117
18
Great Britain
Lewis Hamilton HAM
44Mercedes1:36.46417
19
China
Guanyu Zhou ZHO
24Alfa Romeo1:37.45022
20
Canada
Nicholas Latifi LAT
6Williams1:39.69815
according to toto wolff when they were talking about ferrari, how they could get it more in the window & he basically said they cant get temperature in the tyres or any temperature would be nice
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that was 1st, dont think ive ever seen a brake disc explode like it looked like on albon car
 
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