#F1 MSC Cruises Gran Premio Del Made In Italy E Dell’Emilia Romagna 2024 Preview. #EmiliaRomagnaGP
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After Lando Norris clinched his maiden victory in his 110th Grand Prix start at the Miami International Autodrome taking advantage of the safety car to beat championship leader Max Verstappen, round seven of the 2024 FIA Formula One World Championship returns to the famous Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy for the Formula 1 MSC Cruises Gran Premio Del Made In Italy E Dell’Emilia Romagna 2024. This will be the 32nd time the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari has hosted Formula 1 as part of the World Championship (28 times as the San Marino Grand Prix, four times as the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix and once as the Italian Grand Prix). This is the return of the since 2022 after last year’s GP was cancelled due to flooding in the region.
2024 Emilia Romagna GP Preview – A look at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari
The Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari is a permanent racing circuit near the town of Imola, 40 kilometres (24.9 miles) east of Bologna. It is one of the few International racing tracks that run in an anti-clockwise direction. The circuit is named after Ferrari’s late legendary founder, Enzo Ferrari, and his son, Alfredo (Dino) Ferrari, who died in 1956 at the age of 24.
The track was inaugurated as a semi-permanent circuit in 1953. It featured no chicanes, so the runs from Acque Minerali to Rivazza, and from Rivazza all the way to Tosa, through the pits and the Tamburello, were only straights with a few small bends; the circuit remained in this configuration until 1972.
In April 1953, the first motorcycle races took place at the venue, whilst the first car race at the track was held in June 1954. In April 1963, the circuit hosted it’s first Formula 1 event, as a non-championship race, won by the legendary Jim Clark for Team Lotus. A further non-championship Grand Prix took place at Imola in 1979, which was won by iconic three-time World Champion Niki Lauda, racing for Brabham-Alfa Romeo.
In 1980, Imola officially debuted in the Formula One World Championship calendar by hosting the 1980 Italian Grand Prix. It was the first time since the 1948 Edition held at the Parco del Valentino, that the Autodromo Nazionale Monza did not host the Italian Grand Prix as it underwent refurbishment. The race was won by Brazilian Nelson Piquet in the Parmalat Racing Team Brabham-Ford BT49, and it was such a success that a new race, the San Marino Grand Prix, was made especially for Imola the following year and remained on the calendar until 2006. The race was held over 60 laps of the 5km circuit for a total race distance of 300 kilometres.
30 years ago, 1994 San Marino GP was a dark weekend marred by tragedy, during Friday practice Jordan’s Rubens Barrichello was launched over a kerb and into the top of a tyre barrier at Variante Bassa, knocking the Brazilian unconscious, though quick medical intervention saved the Brazilian’s life. During Saturday qualifying Austrian Simtek’s Roland Ratzenberger crashed head-on into a wall at over 310kph (190mph) at the Villeneuve corner after his S941 lost its front wing, passing away instantly from a basilar skull fracture. The tragedy continued the next day when the three-time World Champion Ayrton Senna’s Williams’ FW16 steering column broke and he crashed into the concrete wall at the Tamburello corner on the seventh lap. Senna passed away in the hospital several hours after his crash. In two unrelated incidents, a few spectators and mechanics were also injured during the horrific weekend.
The circuit returned to the Formula One calendar in 2020 to fill the gaps caused by the coronavirus pandemic with the race named the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in honour of the region that it is located in.
It was announced in 2021, that the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari would replace the postponed Chinese Grand Prix as second round of the championship.
When the Formula 1 circus visits Imola, it is seen as the home Grand Prix for Scuderia Ferrari where the masses of “Tifosi” come out to support the “Prancing Horse”.
The current Grand Prix circuit layout is 4.909 kilometres (3.050 miles) in length and runs in an anti-clockwise direction.
Race distance is 309.049 kilometres (192.034 miles) in length with 63 laps in total and 19 corners.
Lewis Hamilton holds the fastest lap record set at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, posting a 1:15.484, in his Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team F1 W11 EQ Performance racer at the 2020 event.
Seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher holds the record for most victories at Imola with seven to his name.
Scuderia Ferrari and Williams Racing hold the record for most victories at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari with eight each to their respective names.
2024 Emilia Romagna GP Preview – A Lap of the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Here is the onboard pole position lap of the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari from the 2022 event, set by Max Verstappen in his Oracle Red Bull Racing-RBPT RB18 racer. The two-time world champion posted a 1:27.999. You can watch the footage right here at the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw8CslfQl78
2024 Emilia Romagna GP Preview – Last Five Winners at Imola
2023: Cancelled. 2022: Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing. 2021: Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing (Emilia Romagna GP). 2020: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes AMG F1 (Emilia Romagna GP). 2006: Michael Schumacher, Scuderia Ferrari (San Marino GP). 2005: Fernando Alonso, Renault Sport F1 Team (San Marino GP).
2024 Emilia Romagna GP Preview – Tyres
Pirelli will be bringing with them to Imola, the C3 white side-walled Hard tyres, the C4 yellow-marked Mediums and the red-branded C5 Softs alongside the green side-walled Intermediates and blue-marked Full Wets in-case of rain.
Drivers will have eight sets of the softs, three sets of the mediums and two set of the hards.
2024 Emilia Romagna GP Preview – DRS Zones
There will be only one DRS Zone at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari which is on the main straight.
2024 Emilia Romagna GP Preview – Pitlane Speed Limits
Pitlane speeds will be 80km/h during practice, qualifying and the race.
ICYMI: Norris clinches maiden victory in action-packed Miami GP race
McLaren’s Lando Norris clinched his maiden Formula 1 victory in an action-packed Miami GP taking advantage of the safety car to get the jump over Red Bull Racing’s long race leader Max Verstappen.
This was the Woking based-outfit’s first Grand Prix victory since the 2021 Italian Grand Prix and after Oscar Piastri’s triumph in last season’s 2022 Qatar F1 Sprint race.
When the 57-lap Miami GP began, pole-sitter Verstappen got a solid getaway into turn one whilst Perez made his past the slow-starting Leclerc as the Mexican suffered a lock-up into the opening corner and fell back into fifth place.
Leclerc almost collided with Ferrari team-mate Sainz into turn one allowing Piastri to slip into third place following Perez’s lock-up.
Behind them Hulkenberg made his way ahead of Hamilton to snatch seventh off the Mercedes driver.
At the end of the opening tour, Verstappen’s lead was 1.2 seconds over Leclerc with Piastri up into third, Sainz holding fourth as Perez rounded out the top five runners.
On lap four in the battle for second place with DRS assistance, Piastri got into the slipstream on Leclerc on the back-straight and made the move on the inside into the turn 17 left-hander and the McLaren driver jumped into second place.
Sainz was also tucked right behind his Ferrari team-mate Leclerc in the battle for third place.
On the seventh tour race leader Verstappen was 2.223 seconds in-front of Piastri with Leclerc third, Sainz right behind the Monegasque in fourth as Perez rounded out the top five.
The stewards also noted Perez for a potential jump start.
Further back Hamilton made his way back up into seventh place passing Hulkenberg before the latter reclaimed the sport back after the Briton suffered a lock-up into the turn 17 left-hand hairpin.
On the 10th tour, Verstappen’s gap out front was 2.757s seconds over Piastri on the C3 yellow-marked mediums. Further back, Hamilton was unhappy with Hulkenberg moving under-braking whilst there was no further investigation for Perez’s false start.
A tour later with DRS assistance, Hamilton managed to re-pass Hulkenberg on the inside of the turn 11 to take back seventh place.
The 11th lap saw Williams Racing’s Alexander Albon the first to pit for a fresh set of hards and emerged at the rear causing a flurry of activity as a few teams opted to follow a lap later as Stroll was the furthest to pit from 11th place.
After being passed by Mercedes’ George Russell, on the 13th lap – Hulkenberg pitted from ninth for a fresh set of C2 white-branded hards and came out in 15th place behind RB’s Daniel Ricciardo.
Lap 15 saw Verstappen’s lead increased to 3 seconds over Piastri with Leclerc holding station over fourth-placed team-mate Sainz as Perez completed the top five runners.
Leclerc was told by his team over the radio to do the opposite of what McLaren and tried to dummy the Woking based-outfit into pitting and did not work to avail.
Meanwhile the fight for fifth place intensified with McLaren’s Lando Norris right behind the rear of Perez’s Honda-powered RB20 entry and could not find a way past the Mexican on the back straight.
Verstappen was also given the hurry up by his Red Bull team to increase his lead over Piastri a little bit – the Australian was not quite in undercut range.
Despite being pressured from Norris for fifth place, Perez opted to jump into the pits on lap 18 for his fresh set of hards and came out in 10th behind Alpine’s Esteban Ocon freeing the McLaren.
On the 20th tour, Verstappen’s lead was steady at 3.419 seconds in-front of Piastri as Leclerc stopped from third and came out on his fresh set of the C2 rubber in sixth place behind Hamilton with a solid 1.9 second pit-stop from the Ferrari crew.
Meanwhile, Norris was told by his McLaren team rather than reacting to Perez’s pitstop, to go chase after third-placed Sainz and does posted the fastest lap.
A tour later, Leclerc with DRS assistance got into the slipstream of Hamilton’s Mercedes on the back straight and passed the F1 W15 around the outside of the left-hand turn 11 hairpin to take fifth place from the Briton.
Meanwhile Verstappen, knocked over the bollard in turn 16.
The virtual safety car was deployed for the bollard to be cleared as Ocon, Alonso and Magnussen all opted to stop.
Lap 24 saw race leader Verstappen pit for his fresh set of the harder compound and came out in fourth place behind Norris.
On lap 25, the yet-to-pit top three of Piastri, Sainz and Norris were split by 2.5 seconds over each other.
The 27th tour saw Hamilton pit from sixth place for a set of the C3 mediums, emerging in ninth behind Sauber’s Zhou Guanyu whilst Norris was drawing ever close to his former McLaren team-mate Sainz in third.
On lap 28, both Piastri and Sainz stopped from the lead and second respectively for their fresh set of the harder C2 white side-walled tyre and came out in fourth and fifth.
Meanwhile a lap later, double waved yellows were waved after replays showed Magnussen and home favourite Logan Sargeant off at turn three following a tangle.
Magnussen had a look on the Williams around the outside into turn one and cuts back across for the switch-back, the Dane was halfway alongside the American when Sargeant turned into the corner as both collided.
The safety car was deployed to clear Sargeant’s stricken FW46 entry as Perez pitted for a second time and came out in sixth place behind Sainz.
Norris took the opportunity to stop for his fresh set of hards.
The order on lap 32 behind the safety car was Norris, Verstappen, Leclerc, Piastri, Sainz, Perez, Tsunoda, Hamilton, Russell and Ocon the top ten runners.
Meanwhile, Magnussen – who continued on following his tangle with Sargeant – was hit with a ten-second time penalty by the stewards for causing a collision.
When the race resumed on lap 33, Norris managed to keep Verstappen behind into turn one, whilst Piastri had a close look on Leclerc into the opening corner also.
The gap one lap after the safety car saw Norris 1.2 seconds over Verstappen with Leclerc third, Piastri fourth as Sainz rounded out the top five.
In the fight for fourth Sainz got into the slipstream of Piastri and with DRS assistance made an overtake on the outside of the McLaren at turn 11, but the Australian covered the Spaniard and maintained the position as both banged wheels.
Behind them, Hamilton squeezed his way past Tsunoda at turn 13 to snatch seventh place from the RB driver.
The fight between Sainz and Piastri continued to heat up on the 36th lap as the Ferrari had another look at turn 11 but could not find his way by as the Spaniard locks up.
No further investigation by the stewards was given for the Sainz-Piastri incident at turn 11.
With 20 tours remaining, Norris’s was 2.246 seconds clear over Verstappen with Leclerc third, Piastri fourth as Sainz completed the top five runners.
On lap 39, Sainz had another look on Piastri on the back straight down at turn 11 as the latter covered the Ferrari.
Later on in the tour, Sainz made a deep inside late move on Piastri into turn 17 as both made contact with the latter damaging his front wing, then both ran wheel-to-wheel on the beginning of lap 40 as Piastri then briefly got the place back before running wide at turn one as the Ferrari driver took the position off the McLaren.
Meanwhile, Perez and Hamilton both made their way in-front of Piastri as the latter boxed for a new front wing and fell back to last.
With 15 tours left, Norris’s lead increased to 3.608 seconds over Verstappen with the two Ferrari’s of Leclerc and Sainz in third and fourth respectively as Perez completed the top five.
MoneyGram Haas F1 Team’s Magnussen was given another 10-second time penalty for failing to serve his time penalty properly.
Also currently, the stewards are investigating Magnussen for entering the pits under Safety Car conditions.
Race officials were also investigating the incident involving the collision between Sainz and Piastri at turn 17 after the race.
With eight tours remaining, Norris’s gap ahead to Verstappen was up to 5.346 seconds as Leclerc held third, Sainz fourth as Perez and Hamilton rounded out the top six.
Having been in DRS range for a while now, Hamilton did not have the straight-line speed to get passed Perez as the seven-time world champion’s tyres were 25 years old and well past their optimal conditions meanwhile further behind them, Ocon was managing to keep up with Alonso in the battle for ninth place.
With five laps left, Norris’s lead was sitting at 6.118 seconds over Verstappen with Leclerc third, Sainz fourth as Perez completed the top five runners.
Piastri was also given a reminder from his McLaren team that Norris was leading the race and did not want to cause a safety car.
There were mini battles up and down the field as Albon suffered a massive lock up at turn 11, allowing Zhou, Ricciardo and Piastri through.
A tour later Piastri passed his fellow-Australian compatriot Ricciardo into 15th place at the turn 11 left hander.
Norris crossed the line to clinch his first-career victory in his 110th race start at the Miami GP by 7.612 seconds over Verstappen as Leclerc completed the top three a further 9.920 seconds back.
Perez followed in fourth in the other RB20 entry and ahead of Sainz who was fifth (was demoted after being hit with a post-race five-second time penalty for causing a collision with Piastri), Hamilton who took sixth and RB’s Tsunoda who placed seventh.
Mercedes’ Russell, Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso and Alpine’s Ocon rounded out the top ten.
Haas F1 Team’s Hulkenberg finished the Grand Prix outside the top 10 in 11th place and in-front of Gasly who came home 12th and Piastri who was 13th in the classification.
Sauber’s Zhou and Valtteri Bottas ended the race in 14th and 16th respectively as RB’s Ricciardo split the pairing in 15th.
Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll settled for a low-17th as Magnussen and Albon brought up the rear.
2024 Emilia Romagna GP Preview – The Situation
Formula 1 heads to Europe for the first time in 2024 as the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari returns.
Last season’s event was cancelled due to flooding in Northern Italy, but there should not be any issues this weekend, where McLaren and Lando Norris will aim to repeat their victory from Miami.
Norris has been on the podium twice in his Formula 1 career at Imola, including the sport’s last visit in 2022.
Verstappen triumphed at that event and is still the driver to beat two years later.
Max Verstappen returns to Imola sitting on top of the World Driver’s Championship standings with 136 points and a 33-point advantage to Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez who is second on 103 points, whilst Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc is third and a further 38 points behind the Dutchman and on 98 points.
Oracle Red Bull Racing heads to the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, on top of the World Constructors Championship standings with 239 points, with a 52-point lead over nearest rivals Scuderia Ferrari who are second on 187 points, and McLaren Formula 1 Team are a further 115 points behind the Milton Keynes based-outfit in third place on 124 points.
Ferrari have a big upgrade for their first home event of the year, and should it work, Leclerc and Carlos Sainz will take their chances to take the fight to Verstappen on a circuit, which the drivers love.
The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix is running the traditional format this weekend with the usual Qualifying on Saturday and the Grand Prix on Sunday.
Support categories the FIA Formula 2 and 3 World Championships will also be racing at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari this weekend.
2024 Emilia Romagna GP Preview – Vettel to drive Senna’s MP4/8 in tribute at Imola GP weekend
Sebastian Vettel will drive Ayrton Senna’s McLaren MP4/8 this weekend at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, in a tribute to Formula 1’s late great icon.
The Brazilian three-time world champion’s life was tragically cut short by a fatal accident at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari at Imola 30 years ago, at just age 34, but his legacy continues to live on.
And Vettel – a four-time world champion with Red Bull Racing – will be in attendance at Imola for this year’s event to help pay respect to a driver he also admired.
The German will pilot the Ford-V8-powered MP4/8, the car that contested the 1993 FIA Formula One World Championship season, which was Senna’s last with the Woking based-outfit before moving to Williams for the following campaign.
“Ayrton Senna was not only a driver who I valued highly for being one of the best racing has ever seen, but also a man of great compassion,” explained Vettel. “It’s been 30 years since his accident, and I would like to pay tribute to Ayrton. I will be in Imola for the Grand Prix to drive his car, the McLaren MP4/8. I hope to see to you on Sunday, May 19.”
Click here for the 2024 Formula 1 World Driver’s (Top Ten) and Constructors Championship standings.
The Formula 1 MSC Cruises Gran Premio Del Made In Italy E Dell’Emilia Romagna 2024 race weekend begins with Free Practice 1 and 2 on Friday May 17, followed by Free Practice 2 and 3 on Saturday May 18 concluding with the 63-lap race Sunday May 19.
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