This month marked the 30-year anniversary of Senna's fatal accident at Imola on 1 May 1994, which came the day after Austrian Ratzenberger lost his life in a crash. The death of Ratzenberger, which itself followed a serious practice...
Formula 1 headed back to Imola after the 2023 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix was cancelled due to flooding in the Italian region. This time, the sporting contest went ahead in sunshine throughout. The race was awfully dull until Max Verstappen's...
The Mexican had failed to make the top 10 in qualifying, knocked out in Q2 with a lap time 0.015s slower than Daniel Ricciardo's on his RB. Perez started the race on hard tyres in a bid to make the most of any timely safety car intervention,...
Charles Leclerc took a popular podium at Imola, with Carlos Sainz in fifth, as Ferrari was beaten by McLaren as F1's closest challenger to Red Bull's Max Verstappen. With overtaking nearly impossible on similar tyre strategies, Ferrari...
In the opening phase of the race, it was Verstappen who had the edge as, after holding the advantage at the start, he was steadily able to eke out a gap on the medium tyres to be more than six seconds clear up until the first round...
Red Bull driver Verstappen narrowly edged McLaren's Lando Norris after he gapped the Briton in the first stint on mediums, but struggled much more on the hard Pirelli rubber for the majority of Imola's 63-lap race. Verstappen explained...
The Williams driver stopped on lap eight from running 14th early on in Sunday's race, but when he returned to the track he slowed down after traversing the Tamburello chicane where he spotted the extent of the problem. Albon then toured...
Norris initially struggled to keep up with polesitter Verstappen in the first stint on medium tyres, but after the sole pitstop for hard tyres the Briton started closing the gap with Verstappen again. Despite a tyre life disadvantage,...
The Red Bull driver maintained a comfortable lead until the last few laps and rarely seemed to be threatened by the McLarens and Ferraris behind him. Read Also: Formula 1F1 Imola GP: Verstappen resists late Norris push for fifth...
Formula 1 fans will miss out on hearing the iconic “It’s lights out and away we go” at the Imola race this weekend as David Croft is set to be replaced by Harry Benjamin. This year will see the Sky's lead commentator miss his...
Verstappen will start ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10...
In Q1 Piastri blocked Haas driver Magnussen into the Tamburello complex on the Dane's final flyer. The incident ruined Magnussen's session, going out in 18th while team-mate Nico Hulkenberg advanced to Q3. Piastri said that he "didn't...
Verstappen and Red Bull had appeared on the back foot in Imola all weekend, but after turning around their car set-up, Verstappen came up with a big lap when it mattered and held off McLaren duo Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris for his...
It could be interpreted as a depressing moment for drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell to feel that they need to tread water for a bit longer with a car that they know is not yet delivering what is hoped for. But, on the other...
Charles Leclerc set the pace in Friday practice, making Ferrari the favourite to take pole position on home turf. Red Bull, meanwhile, suffered with the updated version of RB20, with reigning champion Max Verstappen finishing the two...
After he had also led Friday afternoon's FP1 action, Leclerc continued as the frontrunner through the early stages of the day's second 60-minute session when the cars were split across the medium and hard tyres. When they switched...
Motorsport.com has learned that Mercedes has begun an internal reshuffle of its aerodynamics department with Vino departing following six years at the team. He had been principal aerodynamicist from February 2018 until October 2022...
“Last year I would have thought of it. But this year, I’ve been much better with just keeping my mind focused on my job. I’m doing a good job – I’m fast and I’m executing things exactly how I want to. I’ve improved on...
F1’s race control was thrust into everyone’s living room in 2021, when then-race director Michael Masi decided it was a good idea to air his communications to the TV audience. Following his departure ahead of the 2022 season, race...
Ferrari announced after Miami that Leclerc’s long-time race engineer Xavi Marcos was being moved on to a new role – although it is not clear at the moment what position he will take. Marcos is being replaced by Ferrari’s current...
Magnussen's last three race outings – the Chinese GP, Miami sprint and Miami GP – brought him from three licence penalty points to 10, just two short of the FIA's limit for F1 drivers earning a race ban. This was introduced into...
