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F1 Grand Prix qualifying results: Verstappen takes sprint pole at Imola
Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen will start Saturday’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix sprint event on pole position after an incident-packed qualifying at Imola on Friday.
Charles Bradley
Edited: Apr 22, 2022, 8:41 PM
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Verstappen will start the sprint qualifying race ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and McLaren’s Lando Norris – who was one of many drivers to go off – following the one-hour qualifying session, which was halted on multiple occasions.
The result of Saturday’s sprint race sets the grid for Sunday’s main event. The winner of the sprint will be awarded with the event’s pole position accolade.
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Emilia Romagna Grand Prix qualifying results: Verstappen on pole from Leclerc
Cla Driver Time Gap km/h 1 Max Verstappen
1'27.999 200.825 2 Charles Leclerc
1'28.778 0.779 199.062 3 Lando Norris
1'29.131 1.132 198.274 4 Kevin Magnussen
1'29.164 1.165 198.201 5 Fernando Alonso
1'29.202 1.203 198.116 6 Daniel Ricciardo
1'29.742 1.743 196.924 7 Sergio Perez
1'29.808 1.809 196.779 8 Valtteri Bottas
1'30.439 2.440 195.406 9 Sebastian Vettel
1'31.062 3.063 194.069 10 Carlos Sainz Jr.
11 George Russell
1'20.757 218.834 12 Mick Schumacher
1'20.916 218.404 13 Lewis Hamilton
1'21.138 217.806 14 Zhou Guanyu
1'21.434 217.015 15 Lance Stroll
1'28.119 0.120 200.551 16 Yuki Tsunoda
1'20.474 219.603 17 Pierre Gasly
1'20.732 218.902 18 Nicholas Latifi
1'21.971 215.593 19 Esteban Ocon
1'22.338 214.632 20 Alex Albon
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What happened in Q1?
The session began on a slightly damp but quickly drying track. A red flag was required after 12 minutes for Alex Albon’s Williams when its right-rear brake overheated and caught fire, causing the tyre to explode as he toured back to the pits.
Times tumbled throughout the session, with Sainz taking P1 with seven minutes to go with a lap of 1m20.319s, 0.03s ahead of Verstappen. Leclerc took control with four minutes remaining with 1m19.545s, 0.015s faster than Sainz.
Sainz took P1 with 1m19.305s before Verstappen pipped him by 0.01s on 1m19.295s, then Leclerc grabbed top spot for good by half a second with 1m18.796s.
In the battle to make it through to Q2, Lewis Hamilton only made it through by just 0.004s. Falling at the first hurdle were the AlphaTauris of Yuki Tsunoda and Pierre Gasly, Alpine’s Esteban Ocon (who had a suspected gearbox problem) and the Williamses of Nicholas Latifi (who spun) and Albon.
Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Q1 results: Leclerc fastest from Verstappen
Cla Driver Chassis Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 10 1'18.796 224.280 2 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 11 1'19.295 0.499 0.499 222.869 3 Carlos Sainz Jr.
Ferrari 10 1'19.305 0.509 0.010 222.840 4 Zhou Guanyu
Alfa Romeo 13 1'19.730 0.934 0.425 221.653 5 Sergio Perez
Red Bull 12 1'19.773 0.977 0.043 221.533 6 Daniel Ricciardo
McLaren 11 1'19.980 1.184 0.207 220.960 7 Kevin Magnussen
Haas 11 1'20.147 1.351 0.167 220.499 8 Lando Norris
McLaren 10 1'20.168 1.372 0.021 220.442 9 Fernando Alonso
Alpine 12 1'20.198 1.402 0.030 220.359 10 Lance Stroll
Aston Martin 11 1'20.342 1.546 0.144 219.964 11 Sebastian Vettel
Aston Martin 12 1'20.364 1.568 0.022 219.904 12 George Russell
Mercedes 13 1'20.383 1.587 0.019 219.852 13 Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo 13 1'20.419 1.623 0.036 219.754 14 Mick Schumacher
Haas 13 1'20.422 1.626 0.003 219.745 15 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 12 1'20.470 1.674 0.048 219.614 16 Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri 11 1'20.474 1.678 0.004 219.603 17 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri 11 1'20.732 1.936 0.258 218.902 18 Nicholas Latifi
Williams 13 1'21.971 3.175 1.239 215.593 19 Esteban Ocon
Alpine 9 1'22.338 3.542 0.367 214.632 20 Alex Albon
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What happened in Q2?
More rain was threatening at the start of the session, sending the remaining cars out on track immediately.
Sainz set the initial pace at 1m18.990s but that was quickly beaten by Verstappen on 1m18.793s. A second red flag was soon required when Sainz put his Ferrari into the tyres at Rivazza. Lando Norris was third fastest for McLaren, ahead of Sergio Perez (Red Bull) and Leclerc.
Rain fell during the break, meaning there would be no further improvements. Knocked out at this point were George Russell (Mercedes), Mick Schumacher (Haas), Hamilton, Guanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo) and Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) – who didn’t get a representative lap time in before the stoppage.
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Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Grand Prix Q2 results: Verstappen fastest from Sainz
Cla Driver Chassis Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 3 1'18.793 224.288 2 Carlos Sainz Jr.
Ferrari 3 1'18.990 0.197 0.197 223.729 3 Lando Norris
McLaren 5 1'19.294 0.501 0.304 222.871 4 Sergio Perez
Red Bull 5 1'19.296 0.503 0.002 222.866 5 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 4 1'19.584 0.791 0.288 222.059 6 Fernando Alonso
Alpine 6 1'19.595 0.802 0.011 222.029 7 Kevin Magnussen
Haas 3 1'19.902 1.109 0.307 221.175 8 Sebastian Vettel
Aston Martin 6 1'19.957 1.164 0.055 221.023 9 Daniel Ricciardo
McLaren 3 1'20.031 1.238 0.074 220.819 10 Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo 5 1'20.192 1.399 0.161 220.376 11 George Russell
Mercedes 3 1'20.757 1.964 0.565 218.834 12 Mick Schumacher
Haas 3 1'20.916 2.123 0.159 218.404 13 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 3 1'21.138 2.345 0.222 217.806 14 Zhou Guanyu
Alfa Romeo 3 1'21.434 2.641 0.296 217.015 15 Lance Stroll
Aston Martin 3 1'28.119 9.326 6.685 200.551 View full results
What happened in Q3?
With Sainz taking an early bath, nine cars contested the sprint pole shootout in damp conditions.
The first runs, with all cars using intermediate tyres, were halted when Kevin Magnussen spun his Haas at Acqua Minerale. Meanwhile, Verstappen had a brief grassy moment on his out lap.
After the restart, Leclerc set the bar at 1m18.778s, 0.02s quicker than Verstappen.
Verstappen then grabbed the top spot with 1m27.999s, 0.779s faster than Leclerc, despite being forced to lift off for Valtteri Bottas stopping in the final sector ahead of him, which caused another red flag. Verstappen went off into the gravel on his next lap, just as the red flag came out.
The session resumed with three minutes to go, but more rain had fallen while Bottas’s car was recovered.
Thus Verstappen and Leclerc will line up on the front row, ahead of Norris (who went off at Acqua Minerale to halt qualifying yet again) and Magnussen.
Alpine’s Fernando Alonso will start the sprint in fifth, ahead of Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren), Perez, Bottas, Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) and the absent Sainz.
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Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Q3 results: Verstappen takes sprint pole
Cla Driver Chassis Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 8 1'27.999 200.825 2 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 8 1'28.778 0.779 0.779 199.062 3 Lando Norris
McLaren 7 1'29.131 1.132 0.353 198.274 4 Kevin Magnussen
Haas 7 1'29.164 1.165 0.033 198.201 5 Fernando Alonso
Alpine 8 1'29.202 1.203 0.038 198.116 6 Daniel Ricciardo
McLaren 7 1'29.742 1.743 0.540 196.924 7 Sergio Perez
Red Bull 8 1'29.808 1.809 0.066 196.779 8 Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo 5 1'30.439 2.440 0.631 195.406 9 Sebastian Vettel
Aston Martin 7 1'31.062 3.063 0.623 194.069 10 Carlos Sainz Jr.
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