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Emilia Romagna GP: Friday Results

Imola, Italy (May 17, 2024)



Ferrari's Charles Leclerc was quickest in both Friday Practice Sessions at Imola, Italy for the start of the 2024 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix weekend. Imola did not host a Grand Prix last year due to extreme flooding in the Emilia Romagna area of Northern Italy.

Ferrari reported the day's program was packed, based on evaluating the update package on the SF-24 which is making its debut this weekend.

"It has been a positive day overall. Everything went smoothly and we ran all the tests we planned on track," said Leclerc, adding, "The updates seem to be working as expected, which is another positive."

The first of several surprises of the day was that the Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez never broke into the top five of FP2 - the quicker qualifying session.

"It was a difficult day today. It was tricky to get a good balance and we were not really feeling comfortable within the car. It was moving around a lot and was very easy to lose the car at some points on the track." said Verstappen, who ran his RB20 wide twice in the first practice session and again in the second session.

A more pleasant surprise for two teams were the second and third quickest times; which were run by McLaren's Oscar Piastri (2nd) and RB Visa's Yuki Tsunoda (3rd).

"Friday done. I think it's been one of our better Fridays and we seem to be in a pretty good place," said Piastri. "The team have done a good job with getting the remaining upgrades on my car, so thank you to them."

"I'm feeling good. It's been a very positive and consistent day for us straight from FP1, and I'm excited for the coming days of our home race," said Tsunoda, whose team is based in Faenza, Italy.

The W15's of Mercedes were fourth and fifth quickest (Hamilton, Russell) in FP2.

FP2 Results Summary - Leclerc, Piastri, Tsunoda, Hamilton, Russell, Sainz, Verstappen, Perez, Hulkenberg, Alonso, Ricciardo, Norris, Stroll, Ocon, Gasly, Bottas, Magnussen, Albon, Zhou, Sargeant

FP1 Results Summary - Leclerc, Russell, Sainz, Perez, Verstappen, Tsunoda, Hamilton, Norris, Piastri, Alonso, Gasly, Stroll, Ricciardo, Ocon, Bearman, Bottas, Zhou, Sargeant, Albon, Hulkenberg





Imola FP2 Results


Pos	Driver		Team		Tyre	Time		Gap

1	Leclerc		Ferrari		S	1:15.906	144.671 mph
2	Piastri		McLaren		S	1:16.098	0.192
3	Tsunoda		RB		S	1:16.286	0.380
4	Hamilton	Mercedes	S	1:16.297	0.391
5	Russell		Mercedes	S	1:16.311	0.405
6	Sainz		Ferrari		S	1:16.423	0.517
7	Verstappen	Red Bull	S	1:16.447	0.541
8	Perez		Red Bull	S	1:16.552	0.646
9	Hulkenberg	Haas		S	1:16.826	0.920
10	Alonso		Aston Martin	S	1:16.838	0.932
11	Ricciardo	RB		S	1:16.967	1.061
12	Norris		McLaren		M	1:16.980	1.074
13	Stroll		Aston Martin	S	1:16.991	1.085
14	Ocon		Alpine		S	1:17.008	1.102
15	Gasly		Alpine		S	1:17.064	1.158
16	Bottas		Stake		S	1:17.088	1.182
17	Magnussen	Haas		S	1:17.129	1.223
18	Albon		Williams	S	1:17.135	1.229
19	Zhou		Stake		S	1:17.606	1.700
20	Sargeant	Williams	S	1:17.848	1.942

Imola FP1 Results


Pos	Driver		Team		Tyre	Time		Gap

1	Leclerc		Ferrari		S	1:16.990	142.634 mph
2	Russell		Mercedes	S	1:17.094	0.104
3	Sainz		Ferrari		S	1:17.120	0.130
4	Perez		Red Bull	S	1:17.233	0.243
5	Verstappen	Red Bull	S	1:17.240	0.250
6	Tsunoda		RB		S	1:17.388	0.398
7	Hamilton	Mercedes	S	1:17.408	0.418
8	Norris		McLaren		S	1:17.602	0.612
9	Piastri		McLaren		S	1:17.807	0.817
10	Alonso		Aston Martin	S	1:17.867	0.877
11	Gasly		Alpine		S	1:17.905	0.915
12	Stroll		Aston Martin	S	1:18.072	1.082
13	Ricciardo	RB		S	1:18.142	1.152
14	Ocon		Alpine		S	1:18.612	1.622
15	Bearman		Haas		S	1:18.667	1.677
16	Bottas		Stake		S	1:18.827	1.837
17	Zhou		Stake		S	1:19.129	2.139
18	Sargeant	Williams	M	1:19.901	2.911
19	Albon		Williams	H	1:20.050	3.060
20	Hulkenberg	Haas		S	1:21.059	4.069


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