Imola is a challenging race circuit in the dry, and a treacherous one in the wet, with the F1 drivers experiencing both track conditions across the 2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix weekend – and with some dramatic consequences...
Ultimately, it would be Max Verstappen’s supreme start from P3 on the grid that secured him the victory.
But other drivers had a less enjoyable time of it over the race weekend, with eventual P2 finisher Lewis Hamilton surviving an off-track moment at Tosa midway through the race, Yuki Tsunoda suffering a spin-filled first Imola outing, while George Russell and Valtteri Bottas made headlines for all the wrong reasons after their dramatic Lap 32 coming together.