Emilia Romagna GP: Uneventful Sprint for Williams Racing
By Andrew Hooper
April 23 2022
The Saturday Sprint Race for the 2022 Emilia Romagna GP would see both Williams Racing drivers have uneventful races finishing in 18th and 19th with Alex Albon leading team-mate Nicholas Latifi home. The drivers would splt their strategy for the race with Alex on the soft tyre and Nicholas the medium. Having started from 18th and 20th the results of the Sprint really did not see any gain for the Williams Team. Now its Sundays race where hopefully they can achieve a good result.
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With the
Williams Racing Team driver Nicholas Latifi and Alex Albon starting from
18th and 20th for the twenty one lap 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Sprint
Race it was going to be an interesting race. For both drivers it will be a
tough race based on how much risk they are willing to take. For the drivers
they would start the race on the medium for Nicholas and soft for Alex.
tyre. On pole was Verstappen from Leclerc, Norris, Magnussen, Alonso,
Ricciardo, Perez, Bottas, Vettel and Sainz in tenth. These drivers would use
the soft tyre except for fourth placed Magnussen who was on the medium tyre.
The only other car on the medium was Schumacher.
The grid would complete its parade lap and with the start it would be
Leclerc leading from Verstappen and Norris. But there would be contact with
Gasly and Zhou seeing the Alfa Romeo crash heavily. Gasly's front wheel was
badly broken seeing him forced to pit. The Safety Car would come out with
Leclerc leading from Verstappen, Norris, Magnussen, Perez, Ricciardo,
Alonso, Sainz, Vettel and Bottas tenth. Nicholas and Alex were currently
17th and 18th as the Safety Car came in on lap five with Leclerc leading as
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Sainz would pass
Alonso for seventh on lap eight. Perez would pass Magnussen for fourth using
his DRS on the main straight as the Williams drivers continued to run in
17th and 18th. Bottas would pass Vettel for ninth as at the front Leclerc
was 1.1s ahead of Verstappen. Gasly would pass Nicholas for 18th as on lap
twelve Ricciardo would pass Magnussen for fifth. Perez was now third passing
Norris while Sainz would pass Magnussen for sixth. Sainz would continue to
move past Ricciardo using the DRS seeing the Ferrari now fifth. Schumacher
on the medium would ass Vettel for tenth. At the front Verstappen had closed
the gap to Leclerc how just 0.6s.
Gasly would pass Alex seeing the Williams pair 18th and 19th. Bottas was now
in seventh followed by Magnussen, Alonso and Schumacher tenth. Verstappen
would pass Leclerc for the lead using his DRS going down the main straight.
Leclerc would quickly drop away from the Red Bull. Verstappen would complete
the final lap to win the Sprint race. Leclerc was second from Perez, Sainz,
Norris, Ricciardo, Bottas, Magnussen, Alonso and Schumacher tenth. For
Williams they would have a very lonely race to see Alex and Nicholas finish
18th and 19th. In terms of what baring this has on Sundays race it really
means nothing, again starting from the rear. |
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