Emilia Romagna GP, commonly known as Imola

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Race Sunday 24th April 14:00

Qualifying results. This will be the grid order for Saturday's Sprint at 15:30 to 16:30, that will set the race start order.
Scrappy qualifying because of intermittent rain with five red flags.
This is Ferrari's home track.

1) Max Verstappen, Red Bull
2) Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
3) Lando Norris, McLaren
4) Kevin Magnussen, Haas
5) Fernando Alonso, Alpine
6) Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren
7) Sergio Perez, Red Bull
8) Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo
9) Sebastian Vettel, Aston Martin
10) Carlos Sainz, Ferrari

11) George Russell - Mercedes
12) Mick Schumacher - Haas
13) Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes
14) Zhou Guanyu - Alfa Romeo
15) Lance Stroll - Aston Martin

16) Yuki Tsuonda - AlphaTauri
17) Pierre Gasly - AlphaTauri
18) Nicholas Latifi - Williams
19) Esteban Ocon - Alpine
20) Alex Albon - Williams

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Charles Leclerc takes the lead from the start.
Safety Car on first lap. Zhou Guanyu has crashed. A few cars have damage.

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Max Verstappen slow off the line. Possible issue with the car launch system. .

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Safety Car in. Racing again. Up to eight points at stake plus race start position for tomorrow.

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Max Verstappen is starting to gain on Charles Leclerc. Charles Leclerc starting to have graining on his tyres.

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Max Verstappen takes the lead of the sprint.

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How they finished, with their points and how they will line up tomorrow.

1) Max Verstappen - Eight points

2) Charles Leclerc - Seven points

3) Sergio Perez - Six points

4) Carlos Sainz - Five points

5) Lando Norris - Four points

6) Daniel Ricciardo - Three points

7) Valtteri Bottas - Two points

8) Kevin Magnussen - One point

9) Fernando Alonso

10) Mick Schumacher

11) George Russell

12) Yuki Tsundoa

13) Sebastian Vettel

14) Lewis Hamilton

15) Lance Stroll

16) Esteban Ocon

17) Pierre Gasly

18) Alex Albon

19) Nicholas Latifi

20) Zhou Guanyu

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Track that is both dry and wet in places on a track that doesn’t allow errors. Recipe for chaos.

Charles Leclerc has a bad start and goes down to fourth.
Carlos Sainz into the gravel after being hit by Daniel Ricciardo and has retired.
Bad for Ferrari on their home turf.
Charles Leclerc was sitting on a wet spot and could not get grip.

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George Russell is up to Fifth.
Lando Norris Forth
Charles Leclerc Third
Sergio Perez Second
Max Verstappen Leads

Tyres are a gamble. On intermediate tyres and all are struggling. But if you change to slicks and it rains…..

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Daniel Ricciardo first to take the gamble. On slick medium.