Verstappen dominated a wet-dry race from pole position to lead home a Red Bull 1-2 over teammate Sergio Perez.
Ferrari’s disastrous home race began when Carlos Sainz was taken out by McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo at the first corner, and was compounded when Leclerc spun into the barrier while attempting to pressure Perez. He was forced to pit for a new nose and front wing, dropping to ninth but recovered to finish sixth.
2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix race results
Cla Nº Driver Car / Engine Laps Time 1 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 63 – 2 11 Sergio Pérez Red Bull 63 -16.527 3 4 Lando Norris McLaren/Mercedes 63 -34.834 4 63 George Russell Mercedes 63 -42.506 5 77 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo/Ferrari 63 -43.181 6 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 63 -56.072 7 22 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri/Red Bull 63 -1’01.110 8 5 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin/Mercedes 63 -1’10.892 9 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas/Ferrari 63 -1’15.260 10 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin/Mercedes 62 – 11 23 Alexander Albon Williams/Mercedes 62 – 12 10 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri/Red Bull 62 – 13 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 62 – 14 31 Esteban Ocon Alpine/Renault 62 – 15 24 Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo/Ferrari 62 – 16 6 Nicholas Latifi Williams/Mercedes 62 – 17 47 Mick Schumacher Haas/Ferrari 62 – 18 3 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren/Mercedes 62 – – 14 Fernando Alonso Alpine/Renault 6 – – 55 Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 0 –
How the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix unfolded
In damp conditions, and with the field all starting on intermediate tyres, Verstappen held his pole advantage on the run to Turn 1 as teammate Perez and Lando Norris (McLaren) surged past Leclerc to run third and fourth.
Behind them, Ricciardo tangled with Sainz at Tamburello – leaving Sainz stranded in the gravel just like he was last time out in Melbourne. Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) also clipped Ricciardo…
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