On 24 April, the main stage of the 2022 F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix was staged at the Imola Circuit, and after 63 laps of fierce competition, in the end, Red Bull Racing's Verstappen won the championship, his teammate Perez was runner-up, and McLaren's Norris won the third place.
According to the results of yesterday's sprint, the top ten drivers are: Verstappen, Leclerc, Perez, Saines, Norris, Ricardo, Bottas, Magnussen, Alonso, Mick Schumacher. Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu withdrew from the first lap of the sprint race and started from the maintenance area.
Since the rain had just stopped, there was still a lot of water on the track, so everyone used a half-rain tire.
The red light went out and the race began, Verstappen, who started from pole, held the lead position, Leclerc made a mistake in his start, and was overtaken by Perez and Norris behind them, Ricciardo and Sainz behind them collided, Sainz fell into a buffer zone to retire, and Ricciardo struggled to return to the track.
The race resumed on lap five, with Verstappen continuing to lead the race, followed by Perez, Norris, Leclerc, Magnussen, Russell, Bottas, Vettel, Kakuda Yuki and Stoll.
On lap 7, Alonso was forced to withdraw from the race due to a broken side box.
On lap 8, Leclerc overtook Norris and made it to third.
On lap 12, after several attempts, Russell finally overtook Magnussen to fifth.
On lap 14, Bottas overtook Magnussen and moved up to sixth.
On lap 17, Ricciardo pitted in with a set of neutral tires, and the first person to change dry tires appeared!
On lap 18, Perez stepped in and switched to a neutral tire. A group of riders in the back have entered the station to change into neutral tires.
On lap 20, Verstappen, who led the race, also changed into a set of neutral tires, Leclerc also entered the station, and the same neutral tire was changed.
Leclerc pressed ahead of Perez after leaving the station, but then Perez took advantage of the tire temperature advantage to complete the counter-overtaking.
After completing the change, the top ten are Verstappen, Perez, Leclerc, Norris, Russell, Bottas, Vettel, Magnussen, Yuki Kakuda, and Stoll.
On lap 30, Verstappen began to slow down.
Since lap 31, Hamilton, who is in fourteenth place, has been trying to overtake Gasley in front of the car, but after several attempts, it is impossible to overtake! After 10 laps, on lap 40, Hamilton was still only able to follow Gasley. Is It so hard for Mercedes Super Red Bull now?
Lap 41, Verstappen Loop Hamilton. Last year, the two were still engaged in a peak duel, but this year Hamilton only had the share of being trapped, which was lamentable!
On lap 50, Leclerc stepped in and replaced with a set of soft tyres. After leaving the station, he fell behind Norris, and after one lap, Leclerc completed the counter-overtaking.
On lap 51, Perez also stepped in and put on a set of soft tyres.
On lap 52, Verstappen stepped into the station and was also replaced with a soft tire.
After changing tires, Leclerc chased after Perez's DRS zone.
On lap 54, Leclerc, in a hurry, slid out of the track and rubbed the wall, his front wing damaged and forced to pit again. After leaving the station he fell to ninth, behind Magnussen.
On lap 56, Leclerc overtook Magnussen and went to eighth.
On lap 59, Leclerc overtook Vettel and went to seventh.
On lap 60, we look at Hamilton, and after lap 30, he still hasn't been able to overtake Gasley.
On lap 62, Leclerc overtook Yuki Takumi and went up to sixth.
In the end, Verstappen crossed the line first, followed by Perez and Norris. The points drivers from fourth to tenth are: Russell, Bottas, Leclerc, Yuki Kakuda, Vettel, Magnussen, Stoll. Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu finished fifteenth.
In particular, until the end of the race, Hamilton was unable to overtake Gasley and eventually finished fourteenth.