Formula 1 is back in Imola after 14 years.
Sebastian Vettel wants to say goodbye with his Ferrari in Italy.
The race weekend in the live ticker.
Formula 1 is visiting Italy for the third time this season.
The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix takes place in Imola.
The race starts on Sunday at 1:10 p.m.
We accompany
training
,
qualifying
and
races
here in the
ticker
.
Imola - For the third time this season, the
Formula 1
in
Italy
as a guest.
The
Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
takes place in
Imola
, on the Autodromo
Enzo e Dino Ferrari
.
Only because of Corona has the Grand Prix slipped into the calendar as an alternative date.
Formula 1 in the live ticker: Michael Schumacher last won in Imola
Imola
has hosted the premier class 27 times, most recently 14 years ago.
The winner at the time was Michael Schumacher in his last Ferrari year.
The almost five kilometer long course is inextricably linked with April 30th and May 1st 1994, when Roland Ratzenberger and three-time world champion Ayrton Senna were killed in serious accidents.
The Finnish oldie
Kimi Räikkönen
(41 / Alfa Romeo) has
already driven Formula 1 races
from the current field of drivers in
Imola
, and the track is basically completely new territory for the teams.
But nobody should believe that this will cause a sensation.
So far, Mercedes has had the best solution on every "unknown" route.
On the much more demanding circuit in
Portimao
,
Lewis Hamilton was
driving
in a league of its own again.
But:
There is
no
training Friday in
Imola
, the drivers are given 90 minutes to test on Saturday from 10 a.m.
Qualifying begins at 2 p.m.
The premier class wants to test a new format with it.
If that works out?
The race on Sunday starts at 1:10 p.m. because of the early darkness.
Formula 1 in the live ticker: is Mercedes already winning the title in Imola?
Mercedes has its seventh consecutive constructor's title in sight, that would be the only record.
Only
Red Bull
can postpone the decision again, but
Max Verstappen
and
Alexander Albon
would have to score at least 34 points more than
Hamilton
and
Valtteri Bottas
- the Bulls did not manage to do that once this season.
At least
Hamilton
can
not yet become world champion himself
in
Imola
, but the Briton is getting closer and closer to his goal with only five races left.
Hamilton
rushes
from one record to the next
in
Formula 1
.
In the previous week he took his 92nd victory in Portugal and outstripped
Michael Schumacher
.
With his seventh world title,
Hamilton
would
set another record.
Even Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel cannot prevent the Briton from
stealing
one record after another from
his idol
Schumacher
.
Formula 1 in the live ticker: Sebastian Vettel before the last Grand Prix in Italy as a Ferrari driver
Vettel
only collected 18 points and is not surprisingly only in 13th place in the drivers' standings.
The Heppenheimer has big plans for the last races before moving to
Aston Martin
next year
.
In Imola he makes a new attempt.
“I've never driven in Imola, but everyone knows the race track because it has been an integral part of the racing calendar for so many years,” says
Sebastian Vettel
looking
ahead to the weekend.
“I was there in 2006, and that is the only memory I have of Imola when I was a substitute driver for the BMW-Sauber team.
I haven't even walked the distance, so this will be my first race there. "
Most recently, conspiracy theories came up as to whether
Vettel
and teammate Charles Leclerc have the same cars available.
On Sunday after finishing tenth at the Portuguese Grand Prix,
Vettel
declared nebulously: “I have to believe that we have the same car and I trust the people in my garage.” However, he “constantly has real problems getting good laps together be and feel the grip that Charles obviously feels. "(ck / dpa / sid)
