日: 2022年4月22日

While Ferrari and Red Bull are in a class of their own in front, the fight behind is much closer as a host of teams bid to threaten Mercedes.
Alpine floor and beam wing changes
Alpine has perhaps had the potential to be the biggest threat so far, and has introduced a package of changes for Imola to lift its performance.

Alpine A522 side detail
Photo by: Giorgio Piola

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The Mercedes motorsport boss also revealed the bouncing was so bad around Imola that his drivers were unable to traverse the main straight without lifting off before the Tamburello chicane braking zone, but he said problems with tyre warm-up were behind the Silver Arrows’ massive gap to Ferrari in FP1.
Russell’s car was spotted porpoising heavily as he approached Tamburello during the …Keep reading

The Dutchman was running second behind eventual Australian GP winner Charles Leclerc when he was forced to park his RB18 shortly after starting his 39th lap.
After the race Horner insisted that there was no connection to the problem that affected both Verstappen and team-mate Sergio Perez in Bahrain, where the issue was in the fuel tank.
The Australian failure was external to the tank, and …Keep reading

In 2022, Vettel has started the second of his initial two-year deal to join Aston after he was dropped from Ferrari, but the opening phase of the season has been difficult for both elements at the green team.
Vettel missed the opening two rounds after contracting COVID-19, while Aston’s AMR22 has lacked pace compared to its rivals – with Aston the only car yet to score points so far this …Keep reading

The Silverstone-based team has found itself on the back foot this season, with the performance of its AMR22 being compromised badly by the extent to which it is bouncing on the straights.
Chief technical officer Andrew Green explained at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix that it was having to raise its ride height so much to stop the porpoising that it was costing it up to 0.75 seconds per …Keep reading

Few cars ventured out at the start of the one-hour session – the only practice running available ahead of qualifying on the first sprint weekend of the season – before Valtteri Bottas and the Haas duo emerged after the opening five minutes had passed.
They were soon followed out by the rest of the pack taking to the circuit in dribs and drabs, with Alfa Romeo’s decision to send Bottas out …Keep reading

The Spanish driver endured a tough Australian GP due to a series of problems, the culmination and frustration of which resulted in him spinning off while trying to attack Haas driver Mick Schumacher, having made a poor start to the race due to his replacement steering wheel not being set with the correct torque map.
Ferrari has opted to hand Sainz a fresh power unit for the Imola race weekend …Keep reading

Reports emerged on Thursday that the seven-time Formula 1 champion and his tennis superstar friend Serena Williams could invest around £10 million each to the consortium that is led by former Liverpool FC and British Airways chairman Martin Broughton.
Hamilton addressed the links for the first time on Friday ahead of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola, where he confirmed the legitimacy of …Keep reading

After failing to score any points last year, Haas has returned to fight in the F1 midfield through the early part of the 2022 season, recording a best finish of fifth at the opening round in Bahrain courtesy of Kevin Magnussen.
But Haas’s upswing in form has not been without added scrutiny from some of its rivals, including McLaren, which has been vocal about relationships between so-called …Keep reading

The German car manufacturer has been battling to get on top of ‘gremlins’ inside the W13 that is not allowing it to unleash the full potential it believes the car has.
It has put on hold any major updates to its car until it fully understands what is behind its difficulties, but that has not stopped it delivering some minor developments for this weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand …Keep reading