Gallery: Imola's unpredictable Sunday race in pictures

Formula 1 landed at the Imola circuit to dispute the fourth round of the world championship of the 2022 season, the first on European territory and the premiere of the modified sprint weekend format with more points in Saturday’s race.

This meant that more drivers took risks in this session, which also decided the starting positions for the grid for Sunday’s race. Precisely at the main event of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix we saw the spectacular images that the highest category of motorsport has given us, which you can enjoy in this compilation.

Gallery: The best images from Sunday’s race of the Emilia Romagna GP 2022 Formula 1

Podium: Third Place Lando Norris, McLaren

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Podium: winner Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing

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Podium: winner Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, third place Lando Norris, McLaren

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Pit board for Lando Norris, McLaren MCL36

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Podium: 2nd place Sergio Pérez, Red Bull Racing, winner Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, 3rd place, Lando Norris, McLaren

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Ferrari fans fill a grandstand

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Fans fill the stands with red Ferrari

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Fans climb a fence to get a better view

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The drivers line up on the grid to listen to the national anthem before the start

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Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB18

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Mick Schumacher, Haas F1 Team

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A member of the Haas F1 pit crew dries the pit

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George Russell, Mercedes W13, Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo C42, Fernando Alonso, Alpine A522

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Lance Stroll, Aston Martin AMR22, Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes W13

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Lando Norris, McLaren MCL36, Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren MCL36

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Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB18, Sergio Pérez, Red Bull Racing RB18, and Lando Norris, McLaren MCL36

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Mick Schumacher, Haas VF-22, Zhou Guanyu, Alfa Romeo C42

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Sebastian Vettel, Aston Martin AMR22

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Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing RB18, Charles Leclerc, Ferrari F1-75

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Lando Norris, McLaren MCL36, Kevin Magnussen, Haas VF-22

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Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes W13, fights Fernando Alonso, Alpine A522

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Officials assist Carlos Sainz Jr., Ferrari F1-75, in the gravel

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Officials assist Carlos Sainz Jr., Ferrari F1-75, in the gravel

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Officials assist Carlos Sainz Jr., Ferrari F1-75, in the gravel

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Officials remove Carlos Sainz Jr.’s car, a Ferrari F1-75, from the gravel after his retirement on the first lap

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Officials remove Carlos Sainz Jr.’s car, a Ferrari F1-75, from the gravel after his retirement on the first lap

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Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB18, Sergio Pérez, Red Bull Racing RB18, Charles Leclerc, Ferrari F1-75, the rest of the field on the opening lap

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Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB18, Sergio Pérez, Red Bull Racing RB18, Charles Leclerc, Ferrari F1-75, in the first lap

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Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB18, Sergio Pérez, Red Bull Racing RB18, Lando Norris, McLaren MCL36

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Mick Schumacher, Haas VF-22, Zhou Guanyu, Alfa Romeo C42

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Sebastian Vettel, Aston Martin AMR22, Lance Stroll, Aston Martin AMR22, Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri AT03

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Sebastian Vettel, Aston Martin AMR22, Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri AT03

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Sergio Pérez, Red Bull Racing RB18

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Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing RB18, Lando Norris, McLaren MCL36, Charles Leclerc, Ferrari F1-75

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Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri AT03, passes as the stewards assist Carlos Sainz Jr., Ferrari F1-75, in the gravel

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The main race of the Emilia Romagna GP left us with a spectacular performance by Max Verstappen, who achieved the second Grand Chelem of his life in Formula 1, in addition to 34 points in one weekend, the maximum that could be obtained thanks to the format to the sprint.

The Red Bull team strolled around the Imola circuit, one of the Ferrari houses, as they achieved the double with Sergio Pérez keeping Charles Leclerc at all times, who made a mistake in the final laps and lost a podium that was assured .

The other car in red, that of Carlos Sainz Jr., was unable to go beyond the first Tamburello chicane, where he got stuck in the gravel after a no-fault incident with Daniel Ricciardo.

In this way, the Spaniard adds his second consecutive withdrawal, which greatly damages the options of winning the world title this season. The same thing happened with Fernando Alonso, who saw how Mick Schumacher touched the pontoon of his Alpine, causing irreparable damage to the A522.