Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Imola, Italy

Lap distance: 4.909 km (3.050 miles)
Number of laps: 63
Racing direction: Anti-Clockwise
Emilia Romagna, Italy

Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy circuit details

The Imola track is effectively the home track of Ferrari and the Tifosi Ferrari fans. It has hosted the San Marino Grand Prix over a number of years. In the past the circuit was known for the challenging and dangerous Tamburello corner, but accident in 1989, 1991, 1992 and fatalities (Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger) in 1994 led to changes to slow the corner and make it safer. It lost its F1 status in 2007 but returned to the calendar in 2020 as the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. It is one of the few F1 circuits that is run anti-clockwise. For 2024 some of the gravel traps were brought closer to the track to encourage drivers to stay within track limits.

Previous seasons

2024

Race winner: Max Verstappen Red Bull
Max Verstappen won from pole position but was pushed hard by Lando Norris who finished less than 1 second behind Verstappen. Charles Leclerc was third for Ferrari.

2023

Race winner:
The race was cancelled due to severe adverse weather conditions.

2022

Race winner: Max Verstappen Red Bull
Max Verstappen won the sprint race to take pole position in the main race whilst both Mercedes failed to get in to Q3 of qualifying. The race started on a wet track with the cars on intermediate tyres. Max Verstappen took a comfortable win ahead of his team mate Sergio Perez and Charles Leclerc was in a comfortable third place, but a mistake meant an extra pit stop to replace the nose leaving him sixth. Lando Norris had another good result in third for McLaren

2021

Race winner: Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton took pole in a dry qualifying, but in a wet start Max Verstappen took the lead on the second corner and went on to a comfortable win. Behind him Lewis Hamilton made a mistake meaning he had to stop for a new nose but recovered to finish second. Lando Norris had a strong race to finish third for McLaren.