F1 confirmed on Wednesday afternoon that the Imola race would not take place following discussions with “the president of the FIA, the competent authorities including the relevant ministers, the president of the Automobile Club of Italy, the president of Emilia Romagna region, the mayor of the city and the promoter”. In a statement, F1 said: […]
The writing was on the wall for the first European round of the season after extreme rainfall caused severe floods throughout the Emilia Romagna region, including parts of the Imola circuit’s paddock. Following crunch talks between F1, the FIA and the local authorities, the decision was taken on Wednesday to call off this weekend’s event, […]
Sure, there have been rain impacted races, like Spa in 2021, and days lost to extreme events like the typhoon that hit Suzuka qualifying day in 2019, but the abandonment of an entire grand prix just days before it starts is quite unprecedented. But just like the last non-COVID cancellation, of the 2011 season opener […]
At least two people have died due to the weather conditions that have hit the area throughout May. Heavy rain caused more than a dozen rivers to burst their banks during a 24-hour period, while red weather warnings for flooding and landslides remain in place for this weekend. This has led many locals to be […]
The Italian outfit is looking to make gains to its SF-23 to help address the issues it has faced in matching the pace of rival Red Bull in race conditions. While the car looks very competitive over a single lap in qualifying, its inconsistent performance and the lack of confidence that Charles Leclerc and Carlos […]
With Italy already having faced a spell of adverse weather this month, which has triggered storms and floods, the situation has shown no sign of improving this week. On Monday evening things became more critical as the Department of Civil Protection issued a weather red alert for the Emilia-Romagna region, the location of the Imola […]
The Hinwil team had a new front wing in Australia and a revised beam wing in Miami, but Bottas says that more is needed in order to move the C43 further up the grid. The Finn has highlighted race pace as a weakness, with the former Mercedes driver having finished 13th in the Miami event […]
Vasseur, the former boss of the Alfa Romeo F1 team and Sauber CEO, started work at the helm of the Scuderia in January of this year following the winter resignation of the under-fire Mattia Binotto. But ahead of a home race for Ferrari this weekend at Imola, the team currently occupies fourth in the constructors’ […]
Images posted on social media indicated that the paddock and TV compound had already been affected by accumulated water after a lengthy period of rain in the area caused the level of the river to rise. Teams are in Imola preparing their garages, engineering trucks and hospitality units ahead of this weekend’s Emilia Romagna GP. […]
After darting across the globe, F1 heads to Italy and the iconic Imola for the start of the European stretch of the season and the next major race plotted to host a raft of car updates all over the pitlane. Mercedes has teased a radical overhaul of its F1 car will begin this weekend, while […]