Neither Mercedes made it through to Q3 in Qualifying for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, but both Lewis Hamilton and George Russell are eyeing progress in the two races.
It was a mixed bag for Ferrari on Friday at Imola with Charles Leclerc qualifying second and Carlos Sainz Jr. crashing out in Q2.
Max Verstappen will start on pole position for Saturday’s Sprint race at Imola after avoiding any major mistakes in changeable conditions on Saturday afternoon.
After failing to score points in an under par weekend in Australia, Guenther Steiner was pleased Haas were back on the pace at Imola on Friday after Kevin Magnussen scored an excellent fourth place on the grid for the Sprint race.
Kevin Magnussen was the surprise package in Qualifying for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix and will start Saturday’s Sprint race from fourth on the grid, Haas’ highest ever grid position.
Michael Belov led the way in the second collective test session at Monza on Friday, the MP Motorsport driver edging out Mari Boya and Paul Aron.
Prema Racing left it late to attack in the first collective test session at Monza, but when they did, they ended first and second, Paul Aron ahead of Dino Beganovic.
The Checkered Flag looks ahead to the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine season, which gets underway this weekend at Monza.
Guenther Steiner feels Haas’ VF-22 is still a strong car despite the team not scoring points in Australia, and he hopes for a top ten return this weekend at Imola.
Kevin Magnussen will experience a Formula 1 Sprint weekend for the first time at Imola, and he is eyeing the points on both Saturday and Sunday.
Teams will need to learn what the best strategy will be this weekend at Imola with the eighteen-inch tyres and cannot rely on previous years’ data, according to Mario Isola.
A one-stop strategy going from the medium compound to the hard was the way to go in Australia, with only Alexander Albon going a different way and scoring points last Sunday.
It was a pointless Australian Grand Prix for Haas, but Guenther Steiner believes they can score points anywhere in 2022 if they can qualify better than they did last weekend.
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Neither Mick Schumacher nor Kevin Magnussen were able to break into the top ten in the Australian Grand Prix, but both are confident of a better weekend at Imola later this month.
Mike Krack says Aston Martin will return to their Silverstone base to try and understand why they were off the pace during the Australian Grand Prix weekend.
Aston Martin fell to the bottom of the Constructors’ Championship and are now the only team not yet to score a point in 2022 after an under par weekend in Australia.
Jost Capito says Alexander Albon’s point in the Australian Grand Prix will give Williams motivation heading into the next round of the season at Imola.
