Imola F1 paddock evacuated ahead of flood threat

Images posted on social media indicated that the paddock and TV compound had already been affected by accumulated water after a lengthy period of rain in the area caused the level of the river to rise.
Teams are in Imola preparing their garages, engineering trucks and hospitality units ahead of this weekend’s Emilia Romagna GP.
The ongoing bad weather has led to speculation that the event …Keep reading

Leclerc: Vasseur now only getting started after initially evaluating team

Vasseur, the former boss of the Alfa Romeo F1 team and Sauber CEO, started work at the helm of the Scuderia in January of this year following the winter resignation of the under-fire Mattia Binotto.
But ahead of a home race for Ferrari this weekend at Imola, the team currently occupies fourth in the constructors’ championship. It led rival Red Bull going into last year’s Emilia Romagna Grand …Keep reading

2023 F1 Emilia Romagna GP – How to watch, session timings and more 

After darting across the globe, F1 heads to Italy and the iconic Imola for the start of the European stretch of the season and the next major race plotted to host a raft of car updates all over the pitlane. 
Mercedes has teased a radical overhaul of its F1 car will begin this weekend, while almost all other teams are expected to deliver upgrades following both the spring break and the …Keep reading

Bottas: Alfa Romeo “definitely needs” Imola F1 upgrade package

The Hinwil team had a new front wing in Australia and a revised beam wing in Miami, but Bottas says that more is needed in order to move the C43 further up the grid.
The Finn has highlighted race pace as a weakness, with the former Mercedes driver having finished 13th in the Miami event despite making Q3.
“For some reason on a single lap on the soft tyre, we were strong, but then in the long …Keep reading

Imola F1 weekend risks disruption amid red alert weather warning

With Italy already having faced a spell of adverse weather this month, which has triggered storms and floods, the situation has shown no sign of improving this week.
On Monday evening things became more critical as the Department of Civil Protection issued a weather red alert for the Emilia-Romagna region, the location of the Imola circuit that will host this weekend’s F1 race.
The alert …Keep reading

How Imola tyre trial could offer path to better racing in F1

With drivers forced to use the hard (Q1), medium (Q2) and soft (Q3) compounds in the three sessions on Saturday, rather than having complete free choice, it could serve to shake things up in terms of the fight for grid positions. 
However, perhaps the biggest impact of the way the new tyre experiment works may be felt on Sunday, as it could produce an interesting case study about one way …Keep reading