2022 Formula One Emilia Romagna Grand Prix

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Who will win the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix?

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Formula 1 returns to Europe for the 2022 season for the first time, with the field taking on Imola for the Emilia Romagna GP.

Last minute venue changes became common place for Formula 1 in 2020 due to COVID, and this led to the return to a popular circuit in both real life and sim racing, Imola.

This weekend, F1 is back in action at the Italian site for the 2022 Elimia Romagna GP, or Formula 1 Rolex Gran Premio Del Made In Italy E Dell'Emilia-Romagna 2022 as the kids like to say.

Ferrari flawless​

Ferrari and Charles Leclerc's nearly flawless start to the 2022 campaign positions them as the obvious favourite for this weekend. A slight pace advantage, and a significant reliability advantage have put them comfortably ahead of Red Bull what looked to be a two-horse race after Bahrain. Leclerc has amassed an impressive 71 points over three races, with George Russell of Mercedes in second place with just 37 points.

Mercedes being second in the constructor's championship after three races wouldn't have been a bold prediction last year, but an obvious deficit in race pace have left the silver arrows at the mercy of Red Bull's reliability, which to date has worked out favourably for Mercedes.

Hamilton and Verstappen​

Similarly, a prediction in 2021 of Lewis Hamilton being three points ahead of Max Verstappen entering the fourth race of the season wouldn't have shocked many people, but the fact that the points gap separates them in fifth and sixth positions in the driver's standings might have been harder to comprehend.

An exciting mid-field battle full of surprises has emerged so far this season, with McLaren, Alpine, Alfa Romeo, Haas and AlphaTauri all being within 14 points of each other in the championship.

Sprint races​

This is the first F1 Sprint weekend of the year. Friday's sessions include one practice, and qualifying for the sprint race. Saturday will see the drivers take to the grid of the second and final practice session, followed by the sprint race. And finally, on Sunday the race will take place, with the starting order having been determined by the results of the sprint race.

The added race time on Saturday will put even more pressure on the teams who have yet to establish reliability with their 2022 cars. Add to that a weather forecast calling for a mix of sun, cloud and rain, and this should be a very exciting race weekend.

Schedule​

  • Free practice 1 - 22 April | 13:30 - 14:30
  • Qualification - 22 April | 17:00 - 18:00
  • Free practice 2 - 23 April | 12:30 - 13:30
  • Sprint - 23 April | 16:30 - 17:00
  • Race - 24 April | 15:00 - 17:00
What are your predictions for this race? Let us know on Twitter at @RaceDepartment or in the comments below.
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Jugulador said:
I'm not denying that Lewis had privileges. Just saying that this is irrelevant in F1 because the reasons I pointed in my posts.


That is the point. I found that is IRRELEVANT to discuss who is better than who in F1 because it's basically impossible.

I agree that he always had privileges and pointed why (the root of it, that is better not discuss here). I'm not even agreeing that he disserved McLaren spot, just what happened as a FACT.

And you agreed with my two points, just happen to instead of focusing in logical arguments is debating something that is irrelevant overall.

BTW: Romário and Weah "had no real money"... Schumacher were just less rich than some other kids of his circle.


I agree... but Dad Stroll bought a race team to his baby driver and he still sucks. Lewis got privileges and used it right.

Anyway... fells useless to discuss F1 drivers in F1. I can discuss those who drove other top categories and won. For me, they are all small spoiled brats comparing, for example, with Goup B Master Race lol

F1 ever was, still is and will always be, an European aristocrat gentleman's club and nothing more than that. I don't expect it to be a true contest between drivers... they are there just because the cars don't drive themselves (yet).
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Anyway, we were not discussing who was the best, at least not me.
What I was pointing is that Lewis had a lot of inflated media on his back as he is British and a lot of privileges and support in the F1 structure to promote him and that makes all his achievement in my opinion that you can not share, a lot emptier than comparing them just to the closest which is Schumacher.
And the other point I made was that as he in his first rookie years in F1 never got to fight to have the best possible opportunity to show off and get a new opportunity on a better team, then I speculate that now in the last years of his careers I don't think he is able to find that, he is more easily throwing the towel and pointing fingers than grabbing his pair and pushing the team ahead.
I see Russell taking that position and maybe Hamilton capitalizing on it, but not the other way around.
 
Damage Inc
Jugulador said:
I agree... but Dad Stroll bought a race team to his baby driver and he still sucks. Lewis got privileges and used it right.

Anyway... fells useless to discuss F1 drivers in F1. I can discuss those who drove other top categories and won. For me, they are all small spoiled brats comparing, for example, with Goup B Master Race lol

F1 ever was, still is and will always be, an European aristocrat gentleman's club and nothing more than that. I don't expect it to be a true contest between drivers... they are there just because the cars don't drive themselves (yet).
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Lot's of South Americans have done rather good in F1 as well. ;) I wouldn't say "aristocrat" anymore, but like most high level motorsports it costs a lot of money. Defo spoilt brats though! That's why it's not high on my list of fave motorsports, 2 wheels my main love.
 
Jugulador
LMGiorni said:
Anyway, we were not discussing who was the best, at least not me.
What I was pointing is that Lewis had a lot of inflated media on his back as he is British and a lot of privileges and support in the F1 structure to promote him
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I really agree with that.

LMGiorni said:
his achievement in my opinion that you can not share, a lot emptier than comparing them just to the closest which is Schumacher
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To me they are the same. They are drivers that took an spot on a very good team and farmed their titles. Not different to most F1 champions. Don't matter how many titles or the age they got by the time.

LMGiorni said:
And the other point I made was that as he in his first rookie years in F1 never got to fight to have the best possible opportunity to show off and get a new opportunity on a better team, then I speculate that now in the last years of his careers I don't think he is able to find that, he is more easily throwing the towel and pointing fingers than grabbing his pair and pushing the team ahead.
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Irrelevant because this is a tendency. For now on, better you make peace with the fact that F1 teams support their future assets since the early categories... as, in the past, a lot of drivers used to build their own cars or, at least, work on these.

LMGiorni said:
I see Russell taking that position and maybe Hamilton capitalizing on it, but not the other way around.
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That is obvious in any interpretation. Hamilton is not getting any younger and Russel is yet to reach his peak.

Damage Inc said:
Lot's of South Americans have done rather good in F1 as well. ;) I wouldn't say "aristocrat" anymore, but like most high level motorsports it costs a lot of money. Defo spoilt brats though! That's why it's not high on my list of fave motorsports, 2 wheels my main love.
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All rich kids. Specially in South America, a driver needs, relatively, the double or triple the income to get to F1 because they have more costs, good equipment is imported (and overly taxed), have to travel and, by a certain stage, live overseas (way oversea, we could say).
 
Damage Inc
Jugulador said:
All rich kids. Specially in South America, a driver needs, relatively, the double or triple the income to get to F1 because they have more costs, good equipment is imported (and overly taxed), have to travel and, by a certain stage, live overseas (way oversea, we could say).
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That's the nature of the beast that is motorsports, it's expensive compared to buying your kid a football!!

(edit-thank GOD for sims!)
 
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