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Reigning world champion Max Verstappen looks to cut the points deficit to championship leader Charles Leclerc in Italy, with The Sporting News providing ...

He will hope to have an easier time of it today and retain the lead from pole at the start, but he knows at least he is a match for his title rival at Imola. 75 mins to lights out: Just as on Friday it its wet at Imola. There has been a lot of rain around in the last hour or so and conditions are treacherous to say the least. Charles Leclerc came to Imola having won two of the first three races of the season and the championship leader will hope he can bring further joy to his Italian employers today. The seven-time world champion has had a miserable 2022 so far and it hasn't got any better at Imola where he was only 14th in the Sprint on Saturday. 20 mins to lights out: This is an exciting era of F1 racing with three great races to start the 2022 season. Being on the right compound for the conditions at the correct time will be critical and could well define the outcome of the afternoon's proceedings. 10 mins to lights out: It has dried out quite quickly, at least on the starting grid, ahead of the race start. "Too risky" he says when the conversation on the pit radio comes up on whether to go on slicks yet. Red Bull have control of the race with Verstappen ahead of Perez. Leclerc immediately trying to pressurise Norris to get up to third and try and chase the front two. Lap 32: We are past halfway and Verstappen is 10 seconds ahead of Red Bull teammate Perez. Leclerc right behind the Mexican, with Norris fourth in his McLaren a further 14 seconds off the pace. Time and again the Mercedes gets right under the wing of the AlphaTauri into Turn 1, but with Gasly getting DRS from the Williams of Albon ahead he does not have the grunt to get through. Charles Leclerc had been on course for third but the championship leader spun off late in proceedings as he chased Perez for second.

Follow all the reaction from Imola as Red Bull celebrate a one-two on after a nightmare race for Ferrari.

Today, you never know with the weather how competitive you are going to be but as a team we did everything well. “I had a little bit of an exchange with him and said ‘sorry for the car today. But there are always tough moments in the life of a sportsman and it is my turn to go through them.” The team deserve it, from where we were in race one to a podium, it’s amazing. We just need to fix the car. Charles Leclerc rubs his head in frustration as he watches the podium finishers be interviewed. We got squeeze by the Alpine and then there is just no overtaking when you are in a DRS train. Really happy with this P4 but if we want to maintain this place in the championship we need to find more pace.” We are not good enough for the world champion. Lando Norris completed the podium and George Russell finished fourth with a commendable drive in the struggling Mercedes. We did not have the pace. “There are stats that sound nice on paper but are pretty meaningless,” says George Russell when told he is the only driver to finish in the top five.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen won the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola on Sunday, as Ferrari's World Championship leader Charles Leclerc crashed but salvaged ...

Tsunoda, Vettel, Magnussen and Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) rounded out the top 10. Verstappen held a 10s lead at half distance as Perez escaped a grassy excursion at Variante Alta on Lap 29. With the track drying out, Ricciardo was the first to pit for slicks on Lap 17 and Perez did likewise two laps later from second.

The defending world champion put a difficult weekend in Australia behind him to strike back in the title race.

Had Ferrari not spent nearly four seconds in the pits changing tyres, he might have had a big enough gap to keep Perez behind him. - 17. - 15. - 13. - 2. - 1.

Max Verstappen's victory at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix has moved him into second place in the F1 championship driver standings.

0 points 0 points 4 points 6 points The Dutchman won easily in Imola to complete a brilliant weekend in which he also triumphed in Saturday's sprint race. 49 points

Red Bull managed to have its best weekend of the 2022 F1 season on Ferrari's home soil at the Imola Grand Prix.

This was certainly a weekend to forget for Alpine as Fernando Alonso was the second driver to not finish the race today, while Esteban Ocon came fourteenth. This result contributed significant points to McLaren, who now stands fourth in the F1 constructors' standings with a total of 46 points. Max Verstappen scored a combined 34 points in this weekend's sprint race and main race earlier this Sunday, while Sergio Perez made his contribution by coming in second.

Charles Leclerc defends a whopping 34-point lead in the Formula One Drivers' Championship ahead of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

12 1 Carlos Sainz is third before Sergio Perez, Lewis Hamilton and defending champion Max Verstappen.

Red Bull jumped back to second in the Formula One Constructors' Championship after the first sprint race of 2022.

Lando Norris/Daniel Ricciardo Max Verstappen/Sergio Perez Charles Leclerc/Carlos Sainz

Charles Leclerc may not have had the pace to challenge Max Verstappen for victory in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix – but a costly error 10 laps from the ...

it’s a big mistake but actually the consequence considering the mistake could have been much bigger. And asked if he felt Red Bull had made a step in performance this weekend, Leclerc replied: “It’s impossible to know… But a late dice roll from Ferrari saw the Monegasque driver change onto soft tyres.

A disconsolate Lewis Hamilton reckons he is “out of the championship” fight after an underwhelming drive to 13th in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola.

I will be at the factory tomorrow to see what we can improve.” On the radio after the race, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said: “Sorry for what you have had to drive today. When asked if the result could have been better had he pitted earlier for dry weather tyres, Hamilton replied: “I really don’t know to be honest.

A dominant victory from Max Verstappen on Sunday saw the reigning F1 champion almost halve the gap in the standings to Leclerc, who is the early leader after ...

“Only time will tell how much of a step they did but for sure they seem to be more competitive than the first three races, or similar to Jeddah,” Leclerc said. “I mean, they’ve been slow all year so it’s not really a surprise, or I feel happy lapping Lewis compared to anyone else,” he said. “I was too greedy and I paid the price for it and lost seven potential points,” Leclerc said. Leclerc could have minimized his losses but a rare mistake from the Ferrari driver cost him a chance for third place — behind Max Verstappen and Red Bull teammate Sergio Pérez — and meant he ended up sixth. I will be at the factory tomorrow to see what we can improve. Just how much it has paid off will have to be seen, especially with Ferrari set to bring in upgrades of their own.