2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix - Imola, April 22 - 24

[Spoutnik]

Imagine how big would have been the tyre drop for Leclerc if there was no SC...
Perez looked even faster than Max.
Sainz didn't suffer tyre deg despite going through the traffic.

I am really ager to see how the race will unfold tomorrow

It wasn't tyre deg, it was graining like RBR in Australia, Ferrari probably needs more front wing.

Only Leclerc apparently

[Spacepace]

It's hard to examine how far away Mercedes is from today. Although they are sure looking stagnant compared to other cars and developments

[search]

yeah, I also thought it was quite interesting. May be a different picture on other tyres, of course (I guess it will be a M-H one stopper tomorrow?!) but Leclerc, McLaren, Magnussen, Alonso all looked quite a bit slower than I would have thought.

[Sevach]

Was the Ferrari of Charles porpoising the entire race or only at the end there?

As far as i could see if they don't go full deployment on the main straight they bounce just a little bit, when they go "overtake button" the speed increases and pushes them into hard bouncing territory.

Their setup is right on the edge of safety and performance.

[Spoutnik]

Seems like RB has improved their setup to reduce tyre wear. Nicely executed by VER.

Sainz didn't seem to have the same issue with graining though

It actually seemed like tires were holding up in traffic better than in clean air. Charles seemed to be the only one having issues, Perez doing the fastest lap despite having to push for several overtakes.

How is this possible ?
Perez spent most of his race in clean air, I think it's not a good example

[dialtone]

Imagine how big would have been the tyre drop for Leclerc if there was no SC...
Perez looked even faster than Max.
Sainz didn't suffer tyre deg despite going through the traffic.

I am really ager to see how the race will unfold tomorrow

It wasn't tyre deg, it was graining like RBR in Australia, Ferrari probably needs more front wing.

Only Leclerc apparently

Well no, graining happens when you don't let the tyres warm up properly, Sainz was in traffic the first laps which means he had to go slower then, while LEC needed to push from the start to keep VER behind as he couldn't create any gaps.

[Evo2racer]

Best sprint yet, not a fan of the format, most overtakes were too easy, but that was easily better than any of last year.
Red Bull really on form this weekend, Ferrari has a tough race for tomorrow.
Mclaren best of the rest but by a huge margin, can't trouble the top 2.
Mercedes even worst than expected.

Damn what a perfect summary of the Sprint race!!

[Sevach]

Imagine how big would have been the tyre drop for Leclerc if there was no SC...
Perez looked even faster than Max.
Sainz didn't suffer tyre deg despite going through the traffic.

I am really ager to see how the race will unfold tomorrow

It wasn't tyre deg, it was graining like RBR in Australia, Ferrari probably needs more front wing.

Only Leclerc apparently

Leclerc had to push the entire time to keep Max at bay and couldn't shake him off, Sainz had to be patient and wait for the positions to fall to him, it's normal that he had better tires at the end.
And he still wasn't matching Perez fastest laps.

Perez was also fast at the end because he didn't need to go 100% early.

[JPBD1990]

Zains said to Sky that graining was intense for him also. Does anyone have lap times? People are saying Sainz wasn’t impacted in the same way, but I think he was?

[CaribouBread]

A fun session but it shows why the sprint idea is flawed, it just nullifies the first stint for tomorrow (the main race!) which could've had some interesting strategic maneuvering by cars that were out of position. We get to see "action" right away in expense of potentially fun main event tomorrow.

[erudite450]

It is just a "recover from mistakes" session, nothing more. Fast cars overtake, slower cars have their quali efforts wasted.

I don't like it at all. Drivers in slower cars need to be rewarded for their qualy performances not give the faster cars a double opportunity.

[Sevach]

A fun session but it shows why the sprint idea is flawed, it just nullifies the first stint for tomorrow (the main race!) which could've had some interesting strategic maneuvering by cars that were out of position. We get to see "action" right away in expense of potentially fun main event tomorrow.

True, now we have the 4 best cars were they were suppoused to be.
If this race were to keep going it could've been a nail bitter, Charles is probably forced to pit before he's overtaken and Max maybe goes long and comes back at him in the second stint.

[Neuron]

Great track:

Follow by 95% of track --> DRS --> car in front with 0% chance to defend --> done --> follow next one...

[ringo]

The redbull is the faster car here and now Charles is in P2. We wont have a race on our hands unless he jumps Max again.
Perez vs Sainz should be good. I am glad that Sainz recovered. He coule not afford to have another poor weekend.

[Magicsenna_41]

lets see how race will unfold. maybe the medium as starting tyre will also start graining on the redbull as in melbourne. and they cant make changes on the car. how exciting.