The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix is again subsequent weekend for Spherical 7 of the 2024 FIA Formulation 1 World Championship.
The 2023 occasion was cancelled as a consequence of a big flooding quantity of flooding within the build-up to the deliberate Grand Prix weekend, which means F1 hasn’t raced on the legendary circuit since 2022.
F1 heads to Imola off the again of Lando Norris’ first win and McLaren F1 Crew’s first win since Daniel Ricciardo took his eighth profession win on the 2021 Italian Grand Prix. The primary speaking level within the build-up to the weekend can be if Norris and McLaren will as soon as once more be capable to take the problem to Max Verstappen and Oracle Purple Bull Racing on the entrance. One other increase for McLaren can be Oscar Piastri receiving all of the upgrades on his automotive that Norris was working in Miami. The Australian driver confirmed good tempo, even with out the brand new elements in Florida, so loads of eyes can be on how he compares to Norris subsequent weekend.
George Russell and Lewis Hamilton can be hoping for a greater weekend than the one they endured in Miami. The Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Crew duo each completed outdoors the highest 5 in Florida and are but to complete on the rostrum this season, with Russell’s fifth place end on the season opener in Bahrain nonetheless their finest consequence. Toto Wolff predicted an upturn in efficiency from the updates they purchased to Miami however it didn’t translate on monitor, and the Brackley based mostly outfit can be hoping for a a lot wanted good weekend.
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Ricciardo can be hoping to impress on F1’s Imola return as he appears to alleviate among the strain that’s racked up over the previous few weeks. The Australian’s tempo has been higher over the previous few race weekends, and he scored his first factors in Miami, ending fourth within the Dash. He’ll be hoping for extra factors, and a dominant weekend over teammate, Yuki Tsunoda.
In different information, Scuderia Ferrari have changed Charles Leclerc’s race engineer going ahead, beginning in Imola. Xavier Marcos Padros will step down into a distinct function inside Ferrari, whereas Bryan Bozzi will step up as Leclerc’s race engineer from his earlier function as efficiency engineer.
The 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix was gained by Verstappen, forward of his Purple Bull teammate Sergio Perez. Norris scored a podium that day after a spin from Leclerc within the closing phases of the race. Valtteri Bottas completed fifth that day – the Stake F1 Crew driver can be hoping to attain his first factors of the season subsequent weekend.