“A Test of Driver and Machine” Sebastian Vettel on the Imola GP being like a 1980’s throwback

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Imola hosts the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in Italy for the fourth round of the 2022 Formula 1 season. This is the second consecutive year that Formula 1 has this classic circuit of Imola on its calendar. The Imola Grand Prix venue has managed to secure a deal which ensures it stays on the Formula 1 calendar until 2025. This year the Italian venue hosts the inaugural sprint race weekend of the 2022 season and has prospects to deliver a thrilling three days of action.

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The Aston Martin driver, Sebastian Vettel has had a difficult start to his season. The driver missed out on the first two races due to testing positive for Covid-19. However, made his return at Melbourne where he had an unconvincing weekend. Sebastian Vettel looks forward to changing this equation at the Imola grand prix as he said “I’m looking forward to getting back into the car and getting up to speed. Imola has never hosted a sprint race before, so I’m also excited to see how that plays out.”

Sebastian Vettel calls the Imola GP, a 1980’s Throwback

The current season of Formula 1 is introduced with a rule change which dictates the aerodynamic performances of the car to be run using the ground effect. The German, Sebastian Vettel commented on this by saying “It’s hard to imagine we’d ever be racing around Imola in ground effect cars – that’s really something special, and a bit of a throwback to the 1980s, which is cool. Imola is a real test of driver and machine, and that’s what every F1 circuit should be.”

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The four time world champion, Sebastian Vettel opined further about the Imola track layout saying “Few circuits are more old-school: there’s so little run-off and you must make set-up trade-offs for a fast and flowing lap, so it’s about bravery and finding the limits as quickly and consistently as possible.”

Sebastian Vettel has not had a lot of laps under his belt in his new Aston Martin car. All eyes remain on how fast can the German get upto pace on a weekend which sees one less practice session due to the sprint race format.

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