Verstappen dominated a wet-dry race from pole position to lead home a Red Bull 1-2 over team-mate 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 Delay/Retirement 1 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 63 1:32’07.986 2 11 Sergio Pérez Red Bull 63 1:32’24.513 16.527 3 4 Lando Norris McLaren/Mercedes 63 1:32’42.820 34.834 4 63 George Russell Mercedes 63 1:32’50.492 42.506 5 77 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo/Ferrari 63 1:32’51.167 43.181 6 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 63 1:33’04.058 56.072 7 22 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri/Red Bull 63 1:33’09.096 1’01.110 8 5 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin/Mercedes 63 1:33’18.878 1’10.892 9 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas/Ferrari 63 1:33’23.246 1’15.260 10 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin/Mercedes 62 – 1 lap 11 23 Alexander Albon Williams/Mercedes 62 – 1 lap 12 10 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri/Red Bull 62 – 1 lap 13 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 62 – 1 lap 14 31 Esteban Ocon Alpine/Renault 62 – 1 lap 15 24 Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo/Ferrari 62 – 1 lap 16 6 Nicholas Latifi Williams/Mercedes 62 – 1 lap 17 47 Mick Schumacher Haas/Ferrari 62 – 1 lap 18 3 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren/Mercedes 62 – 1 lap 14 Fernando Alonso Alpine/Renault 6 – Retirement 55 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 0 – Accident damage
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 team-mate Perez and Lando Norris (McLaren) surged past Leclerc to run third and fourth.
Behind them, Ricciardo tangled with Sainz at…
Click Here to Read the Full Original Article at Autosport.com – Formula 1 – Stories…