F1 Standings

Max Verstappen's victory at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix has moved him into second place in the F1 championship driver standings.

0 points 0 points 4 points 6 points The Dutchman won easily in Imola to complete a brilliant weekend in which he also triumphed in Saturday's sprint race. 49 points

Red Bull managed to have its best weekend of the 2022 F1 season on Ferrari's home soil at the Imola Grand Prix.

This was certainly a weekend to forget for Alpine as Fernando Alonso was the second driver to not finish the race today, while Esteban Ocon came fourteenth. This result contributed significant points to McLaren, who now stands fourth in the F1 constructors' standings with a total of 46 points. Max Verstappen scored a combined 34 points in this weekend's sprint race and main race earlier this Sunday, while Sergio Perez made his contribution by coming in second.

The 2022 F1 Imola Grand Prix was chaotic, to say the least. The weekend featured the season's first modified sprint weekend format with an enormous number ...

Lewis Hamilton had an awful weekend and finished thirteenth in the race. After an awful start to the season with two DNFs within the first three races of the year, the Dutchman has now managed to secure a whopping 34 points over the course of the weekend. The weekend featured the season's first modified sprint weekend format with an enormous number of points up for grabs.

Red Bull Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen won the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola on Sunday, as Ferrari's world championship leader Charles Leclerc ...

63 63 Verstappen held 10s lead at half distance as Perez escaped a grassy excursion at Variante Alta on lap 29. With the track drying out, Ricciardo was the first to pit for slicks on lap 17 and Perez did likewise two laps later from second. 1 1

Lap-by-lap updates as Max Verstappen starts on pole at Imola, with Daniel Harris providing the latest.

Lap 42/63 Watching Hamilton like this is something. Lap 55/63 Norris will be absolutely delighted, while Leclerc will be fuming with himself. And as I type that, Bottas has a dig going into Tamburello; Russell holds him off. But as a leader you’ve got to dictate the pace, and everything was well-managed. He didn’t think the car would go as well as it did, praising the hard work of his team - and himself – and says he likes these conditions. 6 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) Leclerc’s lead remains a healthy one, but Red Bull and Verstappen are on the charge. 4 George Russell (Mercedes) 3 Lando Norris (McLaren) He’s pretty sanguine in interview, though, saying it happens in the life of a sportsman and is happy the good times will soon come. 1 Max Verstappen (Red Bull) He can see Red Bull are more competitive than they were and expects it to be close for the rest of the season, which is why his mistake was so significant - though he’s actually relieved the penalty for it wasn’t even worse.

Charles Leclerc defends a whopping 34-point lead in the Formula One Drivers' Championship ahead of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

12 1 Carlos Sainz is third before Sergio Perez, Lewis Hamilton and defending champion Max Verstappen.

Charles Leclerc may not have had the pace to challenge Max Verstappen for victory in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix – but a costly error 10 laps from the ...

it’s a big mistake but actually the consequence considering the mistake could have been much bigger. And asked if he felt Red Bull had made a step in performance this weekend, Leclerc replied: “It’s impossible to know… But a late dice roll from Ferrari saw the Monegasque driver change onto soft tyres.

Max Verstappen dominated the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix as Red Bull clinched a one-two at Imola on Sunday.

continued to struggle and finished a lowly 14th. In truth, it was a race to forget for Ferrari, who saw Carlos Sainz crash out on the first lap and championship leader Leclerc finish down in sixth after his mistake. , who started on pole, dealt with a wet start and stayed out of trouble for much of the race to close the gap at the top of the driver standings to 27 points.

A disconsolate Lewis Hamilton reckons he is “out of the championship” fight after an underwhelming drive to 13th in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola.

I will be at the factory tomorrow to see what we can improve.” On the radio after the race, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said: “Sorry for what you have had to drive today. When asked if the result could have been better had he pitted earlier for dry weather tyres, Hamilton replied: “I really don’t know to be honest.

FANS have claimed that Lewis Hamilton was trolled by a brutal graphic during his disappointing outing at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.It was another.

Sharing a snap of the visual, one Twitter user posted: "F1 CHOSE VIOLENCE WITH THIS GRAPHIC." Still, the broadcast decided to show that Verstappen was leading him by more than 77 seconds. Hamilton, who is part of Sir Martin Broughton's consortium to buy Chelsea, was not in contention to pose a threat in the race in lap 39.

Reigning world champion Max Verstappen looks to cut the points deficit to championship leader Charles Leclerc in Italy, with The Sporting News providing ...

He will hope to have an easier time of it today and retain the lead from pole at the start, but he knows at least he is a match for his title rival at Imola. 75 mins to lights out: Just as on Friday it its wet at Imola. There has been a lot of rain around in the last hour or so and conditions are treacherous to say the least. Charles Leclerc came to Imola having won two of the first three races of the season and the championship leader will hope he can bring further joy to his Italian employers today. The seven-time world champion has had a miserable 2022 so far and it hasn't got any better at Imola where he was only 14th in the Sprint on Saturday. 20 mins to lights out: This is an exciting era of F1 racing with three great races to start the 2022 season. Being on the right compound for the conditions at the correct time will be critical and could well define the outcome of the afternoon's proceedings. 10 mins to lights out: It has dried out quite quickly, at least on the starting grid, ahead of the race start. "Too risky" he says when the conversation on the pit radio comes up on whether to go on slicks yet. Red Bull have control of the race with Verstappen ahead of Perez. Leclerc immediately trying to pressurise Norris to get up to third and try and chase the front two. Lap 32: We are past halfway and Verstappen is 10 seconds ahead of Red Bull teammate Perez. Leclerc right behind the Mexican, with Norris fourth in his McLaren a further 14 seconds off the pace. Time and again the Mercedes gets right under the wing of the AlphaTauri into Turn 1, but with Gasly getting DRS from the Williams of Albon ahead he does not have the grunt to get through. Charles Leclerc had been on course for third but the championship leader spun off late in proceedings as he chased Perez for second.

Verstappen dominated in the wet-dry race here at Imola to claim his second win of the season, with Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez second and Lando Norris ...

It's really tricky conditions and you need to feel the grip on the track and you need to stay on the track. Forecast shows that it could - and is perhaps likely to - stop raining before the race starts. that will be yellow flags and the end of his race. Six of one and half a dozen with the first-lap incident? Hamilton on the back of Stroll in the fight for 10th but he's been behind him a few laps now. I mean, that gives Verstappen enough of a gap to try the same. He was far too aggressive at the chicane at the top of the track. Out come Red Bull for Sergio Perez to try and do the same to cover the fastest lap point. He currently has the fastest lap point, taking it off Verstappen. Think Verstappen will hold most of his battery charge for the final couple of laps though. Verstappen does, of course, have the fastest lap point. He had a car that was set up for the wet and not the dry. A fast-starting Russell moved up three spots to eighth and then took advantage of the Sainz-Ricciardo accident to take sixth.

Follow all the reaction from Imola as Red Bull celebrate a one-two on after a nightmare race for Ferrari.

Today, you never know with the weather how competitive you are going to be but as a team we did everything well. “I had a little bit of an exchange with him and said ‘sorry for the car today. But there are always tough moments in the life of a sportsman and it is my turn to go through them.” The team deserve it, from where we were in race one to a podium, it’s amazing. We just need to fix the car. Charles Leclerc rubs his head in frustration as he watches the podium finishers be interviewed. We got squeeze by the Alpine and then there is just no overtaking when you are in a DRS train. Really happy with this P4 but if we want to maintain this place in the championship we need to find more pace.” We are not good enough for the world champion. Lando Norris completed the podium and George Russell finished fourth with a commendable drive in the struggling Mercedes. We did not have the pace. “There are stats that sound nice on paper but are pretty meaningless,” says George Russell when told he is the only driver to finish in the top five.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen won the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola on Sunday, as Ferrari's World Championship leader Charles Leclerc crashed but salvaged ...

Tsunoda, Vettel, Magnussen and Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) rounded out the top 10. Verstappen held a 10s lead at half distance as Perez escaped a grassy excursion at Variante Alta on Lap 29. With the track drying out, Ricciardo was the first to pit for slicks on Lap 17 and Perez did likewise two laps later from second.

Verstappen dominated in the wet-dry race here at Imola to claim his second win of the season.

“It has been an amazing weekend and the team really deserve it. The Spaniard’s red machine was beached and his afternoon was over on the opening lap, just as in Melbourne a fortnight ago. A fast-starting Russell moved up three spots to eighth and then took advantage of the Sainz-Ricciardo accident to take sixth. But when Hamilton elected to stop, it was too late. “As a team we did very well and this one-two finish is well deserved. McLaren driver Norris was delighted to finish in the top three and said: “It is a surprise to be on the podium.