An ultra-close victory fight (in the end) at Formula 1’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, but whose performance was actually most impressive? Edd Straw ranks the field’s Imola efforts from best to worst – with a star underdog nosing into the top five and a very big name very low down. How do the rankings work?
Formula 1’s next new street race appears to be edging closer as Thailand’s prime minister steps up his bid to get a race in the capital city Bangkok. Srettha Thavisin met with F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali last month and followed that up with discussions last weekend as a guest at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
Ferrari had the air of frustration synonymous with a missed opportunity after the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, as its upgraded Formula 1 car finished third-best behind Red Bull and McLaren. The much-hyped first major Ferrari upgrade of 2024 was never intended to be the ‘evo’ or ‘2.0’ car that some overexcited parties dubbed it in
Nothing escalates Formula 1’s development war among the top teams quite like the deluge of new car parts synonymous with the start of the European season. Red Bull, Ferrari, Mercedes and Aston Martin all introduced a significant number of upgrades at Imola and even McLaren, which brought a major package to the previous race in
Red Bull has won all but four of the last 41 grands prix in Formula 1, with Max Verstappen adding to that collection at Imola on Sunday – one day after he’d taken another pole position, too. But that doesn’t tell half the story of the weekend – one that caused Red Bull serious headaches
This was a slow burner which built up into something approaching a dogfight as Max Verstappen was having to resort to playing with the trade-off between battery level and power unit clipping, to braking before the DRS detection point to force the pursuing Lando Norris to lose momentum to keep him out of reach. All
No Formula 1 race is as iconic as the Monaco Grand Prix and even in the modern era it has a habit of producing drama when you least expect it. Last year’s race was great evidence of that as a mid-race rain shower shuffled the pack and created multiple hero (and zero) opportunities for drivers
The 2024 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix was far from a Formula 1 classic but it did feature plenty of visible evidence that the Imola circuit was pushing all 20 drivers to their limits. That inevitably led to some starring drives as well as some performances that others would like to quickly forget. Here’s our pick
So, Max Verstappen ran out the winner at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix after all. Except his run to victory wasn’t anywhere near as straightforward as his previous wins have been. Given Lando Norris’s late charge meant he was in contention for victory for a second race weekend in a row, what does this say
Formula 1 championship leader Max Verstappen withstood a surprise late attack from Lando Norris to win the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola. Verstappen and Red Bull looked in trouble both over a single lap and on long runs in Friday practice, but a closely-fought run to pole on Saturday showed at least half of
