The 2024 F1 Imola will face off in the third practice session on May 18, 2024, Beijing time, and in the first three practice sessions, Ferrari's Leclerc played well, and won the first place in the two practice sessions, and the performance was also very stable in the three practice sessions, and finally ranked fourth in the third practice session.
As the race was Scuderia Ferrari's home stadium ahead of the race, the two Ferrari drivers, Leclerc and Sainz, were shouting slogans and they were looking forward to defending their home advantage in this race. In addition, Leclerc also said that he will add a certain amount of confidence to fight for the second championship of the season, in the Australian Grand Prix Ferrari team, but also beat the Red Bull team to finally win the top two, and in other sub-races are always suppressed by the Red Bull team and this race is also a Ferrari car, for the opportunity to prove themselves, before the race, the Ferrari team, after two weeks of car upgrades also made them perform very well in the practice session. On the contrary, Verstappen performed very hard in the practice session, and in the third practice session, Pérez's car also encountered the dilemma of hitting the wall, so the practice session still had a red flag situation and will enter the qualifying duel after the third practice session, and the Red Bull Racing team, Verstappen, performed in this practice session in a mess.
Red Bull Racing's Verstappen was overtaken by Norris in the last race, and finally unfortunately won the second place, and was still suppressed by the opponent when he won the pole position and finished the race, and Red Bull Racing also lamented that the speed of McLaren Racing and Ferrari this season is faster, which also makes the team rush to a lot of pressure. In the third practice match, in the middle of. Ferrari's Sainz finished third, while McLaren finished in the top two, and Norris continued to build on his performance in the third practice session, finishing second. Hitting the qualifying round with such a result also made him full of confidence.
As their home turf, the Ferrari duo are also looking forward to a strong performance in qualifying, while Red Bull Racing will have a difficult time competing in this race. Zhou Guanyu had a poor third practice session of the race, finishing 20th this season, Zhou Guanyu has no points so far, and his team-mate Bottas is also in a slump, and the poor record of Sobo Racing this season is also due to the lack of consistency of his car and the obvious lack of car trees as other opponents. In order to get the first points of the season, it is likely that Bottas will need to perform better.