Imola wakes up with the sun and the heat for the Saturday of the weekend of the Made in Italy and Emilia-Romagna GP. After yesterday’s rain, which also affected the performances on the track, the good weather frames the Enzo and Dino Ferrari racetrack where fans are arriving en masse with red and prancing horses almost everywhere: flags, caps, t-shirts, tracksuits , handbags along with some tricolor.
A flood of people reached the stands and meadows of the circuit to attend, first at 12.30, the second free practice session and then at 16.30 the Sprint race, the 21-lap mini grand prix that will award points and the grid for tomorrow. In the lead is Max Verstappen, followed by Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc, who leads the drivers’ standings after three tests.
Second free practice to Russell, third Leclerc – George Russell’s Mercedes was the fastest car in the second free practice sessions of the F1 GP of Made in Italy and Emilia-Romagna at Imola, on a dry track. The Briton turned 1: 19.457 in front of Sergio Perez’s Red Bull (1: 19.538). Third was Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari (1: 19.740), fourth was Lewis Hamilton on the other Mercedes (1: 19.992), then Fernando Alonso on Alpine (1: 20.174) and the other Red, by Carlos Sainz (1: 20.258). Max Verstappen’s Red Bull is seventh (1: 20.371), who will start first in the highly anticipated Sprint race in the afternoon. Problems for both McLarens, of Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo.
The ‘Enzo e Dino Ferrari’ circuit has obtained the Fia3 Stars certification from the International Federation for the third environmental level, the highest obtainable. Formula Imola announces it: “a result – explains a note – that rewards the strong environmental commitment of the Autodrome, which materialized above all through the creation of a noise monitoring and containment system, the provision of photovoltaic panels to support the renewable energy needs of the circuit and activities concerning the management of waste production and the reduction of single-use plastic. All thanks to the total synergy between the Department of the Autodrome and the Department of Environment of the Municipality of Imola, Formula Imola and Con.Ami “. The ‘Sustainable Autodrome’ program includes projects for the active and passive mitigation of noise, for sustainable mobility to and from the racetrack with free-flow bike sharing service and installation of electric charging stations, plastic free actions with putting into use water dispensers in common areas (offices, press room) and the distribution of water bottles. Through the synergy with Unibo, a thesis was developed that allows us to calculate the impacts of major events that can be compensated for thanks to the ‘A forest for the Autodrome’ project, a forestation intervention within a broader strategy that allowed to the Municipality of Imola to win the announcement of the Ministry for the ecological transition. The certificate was given to the president of Formula Imola, Giancarlo Minardi, by the president of the FIA Senate, Carmelo Sanz de Barros, representing the president of the FIA, Mohammed Ben Sulayem. Present were the president of Aci, Angelo Sticchi Damiani, the mayor of Imola, Marco Panieri, and the councilor of the circuit, Elena Penazzi.
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