On April 23, the sprint of the 2022 F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix was staged passionately at the Imola circuit, and after 21 laps of fierce competition, in the end, Red Bull Racing's Verstappen won the championship, Ferrari's Leclerc second, and Verstappen's teammate Perez third.
According to yesterday's qualifying results, the top ten drivers are: Verstappen, Leclerc, Norris, Magnussen, Alonso, Ricciardo, Perez, Bottas, Vettel, Sainz.
The red light went out and the race began, with Verstappen starting from pole starting off off poorly and being overtaken by Leclerc in front of Turn 1. Perez, who started in seventh place, rose two positions to fifth. Sainz, who started in tenth place, rose two positions to eighth. Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu collided with Gasley shortly after the start, and his car rushed off the track and hit the parapet, triggering a safety car.
After the restart, Leclerc continued to lead the race, followed by Verstappen, Norris, Magnussen, Perez, Ricciardo, Alonso, Sainz, Vettel and Bottas.
On lap 7, Sainz overtook Alonso and made it to seventh.
On lap 8, Perez overtook Magnussen to fourth.
On lap 9, Bottas overtook Vettel and went up to ninth.
On lap 11, Ricciardo overtook Magnussen and finished fifth.
On lap 12, Sainz overtook Magnussen and made it to sixth. Also in this lap, Perez overtook Norris and went up to third.
On lap 14, Sainz overtook Ricciardo and made it to fifth.
On lap 16, Mick Schumacher overtook Vettel and went up to tenth. In the same lap, Bottas overtook Alonso and went up to eighth.
On lap 19, Sainz overtook Norris and advanced to fourth. Bottas overtook Magnussen and made it to seventh.
At the end of the game, Verstappen caught up with Leclerc and waited for the opportunity to do it.
On lap 20, Verstappen overtook Leclerc and began to lead the race.
After one lap, Verstappen took it away for more than 2 seconds.
In the end, Verstappen crossed the line first, taking 8 points, followed by Leclerc with 7 points, followed by Perez, who took 6 points. The points drivers from fourth to eighth are: Sainz (5 points), Norris (4 points), Ricardo (3 points), Bottas (2 points), Magnussen (1 point).
Mercedes' Russell and Hamilton finished eleventh and fourteenth respectively, missing points.
The order of results of this sprint is the starting order of Sunday's main race.