10
12:39 p.m
New best lap by Sergio Pérez
After Hamilton held the best time for a few laps, the Red Bulls are now stepping up. Pérez set a new best time of 1:20.198. Verstappen is half a second behind him.
7
12:36
Problems with Ricciardo
The McLaren team jacked up Daniel Ricciardo’s car. Work is being done on the rear and one hears that it could take a little more time for this.
6
12:34
first times
Zhou takes the lead for a moment, setting a cautious start time. Shortly thereafter, Norris overtook him by a good second.
4
12:32
The first rounds
Aston Martin, Haas and Mercedes each sent both drivers onto the track. The field of drivers is filling up for the moment, with some drivers driving back into the pits or doing starting exercises at the pit exit.
2
12:31
Shell of Alfa Romeo
Valtteri Bottas’ car is still being worked on a lot. Among other things, the front wing is missing and the technicians are apparently working on the mechanics. In yesterday’s qualifying, the Finn had to park his car and thus provoked one of the red flags.
1
12:30 p.m
Start 2nd training
The traffic lights are green, the start of the 2nd training session in Imola has taken place. Lance Stroll opens the session on yellow tires.
12:25
A dry Saturday
After the rain started yesterday and a few drops are also expected for tomorrow, today will probably be the only dry day in Imola. It is possible that the knowledge gained from the training only counts for the sprint race.
12:20 p.m
Final preparations
Before the sprint begins, the 2nd training session is still to come. Here the teams can carry out final tests and implement possible improvements for the two races. However, the results from this session could have little bearing on tomorrow’s race.
12:10 p.m
No Q3 for Mercedes
The problem child of this season remains Mercedes. The Silver Arrows, in particular Lewis Hamilton, only barely made it into Q2. But when the rain started, it was over again. George Russel is in eleventh place. Lewis Hamilton starts right behind him.
12:00 p.m
The German times
In view of the teammate’s fourth place, Mick Schumacher should be annoyed about qualifying. Heavy rain set in in Q2, which prevented several drivers from returning to the track, after all the previous times were set on a dry track. Schumacher only starts from P12 in the sprint. Sebastian Vettel was luckier, fighting his way into Q3 and once again proving his strength in the rain. The reward is a strong eighth place, while his teammate Stroll starts from only 15th place.
11:50
Colorful top 10
One of the winners of the wild qualifying should be McLaren. Lando Norris secured third place with his late crash, while Ricciardo starts from P6. Between the two are the strong Kevin Magnussen and Fernando Alonso. Pérez starts in seventh place, followed by Bottas, Vettel and Sainz.
11:40 a.m
Qualifying already driven
Because of the sprint weekend, the drivers had to put in their best performance yesterday when they started qualifying in the rainy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari. In a spectacular competition, there were a total of five red flags and a correspondingly large mess. With only 38 seconds left, Lando Norris finally hit the wall, which is why there was no restart and sometimes not even the best times are responsible for the placements. Max Verstappen, who is now almost eight tenths ahead of Charles Leclerc, can be happy.
11:30
Welcome to the 2nd training session
At 12:30 p.m., Formula 1 starts in Imola with the second practice session on Saturday. Afterwards, the first sprint race of the season awaits us. Have fun!