Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Imola facts and figures

FORMULA 1 round 2
EMILIA ROMAGNA Grand Prix
Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola
16-18 April 2021

 
Fact File: Emilia Romagna Grand Prix

•    Construction on the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari began in 1950 and the track hosted its first race in 1953.

•    The track has hosted F1 races under three different names: the San Marino Grand Prix, Italian Grand Prix and Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

•    Unlike more modern tracks, the circuit width is quite narrow at Imola, which makes overtaking more challenging and puts more emphasis on strategy to make up positions.

•    The length of the pit lane and time spent driving through the pits is also an interesting strategic factor. Imola’s pit lane is the longest of any 2021 F1 track, measuring 528 metres, and this also translates to the longest pit lane time (driving through at the speed limit of 80 km/h) of 24.8 seconds.

•    Imola is one of seven fully anti-clockwise tracks on the 2021 F1 calendar, alongside Interlagos, Baku, COTA, Jeddah, Marina Bay and Yas Marina.

•    The stretch of 605 metres from pole position to the first braking zone is the third-longest on the calendar.

•    73% of the lap time is taken at full-throttle, the third-highest percentage of the 2021 F1 tracks. This includes 15 seconds of foot-to-the-floor lap time from the exit of the final corner to the braking zone for Turn 2.

•    Imola has an average apex speed of 200 km/h, the third highest on the 2021 F1 calendar, behind Silverstone (roughly 205 km/h) and Suzuka (around 210 km/h).

•    The track surface is particularly bumpy, meaning teams must find the right set-up compromise between the ride (and how well the car absorbs the bumps) and the aero (and how aggressive to go for the maximum aero performance).

•    Imola is quite stop-start in nature, similar to Montreal. Therefore, despite not having any ‘heavy’ braking zones (defined by achieving 4g for more than 0.4s), it is a track with a fairly high brake duty

•    Another punishing factor for the brakes is the short straight lengths, meaning the brakes don’t have as much time to cool between the braking events.

•    There’s a wide variety of corner types and speeds at Imola, requiring a car with a wider operating window – the complete opposite to a circuit like Sochi, for example, which has a much narrower corner speed window.

•    Because of the wider corner speed window at Imola, more compromise is needed on the set-up details of the car, to enable it to perform better in that varied mix of corner types.

•    Imola has the highest accelerations seen all year on corner exit (what we call, gLong forces), due to the very high grip measured on the track’s tarmac and the very straight corner exit lines – unlike the long, sweeping exits you see at other F1 venues such as Silverstone. The average longitudinal acceleration on corner exit at Imola is 1.5g.

 
 
Stat Attack: Imola and Beyond

 
2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Timetable
 
Session          Local Time (CEST)          Brackley (BST)          Stuttgart (CEST)
Practice 1 (Friday)          11:00-12:00          10:00-11:00          11:00-12:00
Practice 2 (Friday)          14:30-15:30          13:30-14:30          14:30-15:30
Practice 3 (Saturday)          11:00-12:00          10:00-11:00          11:00-12:00
Qualifying (Saturday)          14:00-15:00          13:00-14:00          14:00-15:00
Race (Sunday)          15:00-17:00          14:00-16:00          15:00-17:00

 
Circuit Records – Mercedes F1 at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari
 
 
Starts          Wins          Podium Places          Poles          Front Row         

Fastest Laps          DNF

Mercedes          1          1          2          1          2          1          0

Hamilton          1          1          1          0          1          1          0

Bottas          1          0          1          1          1          0          0

MB Power          14          2          10          6          10          2          7

 
 
Technical Stats – Season to Date (Bahrain Pre-Season Test to Present)
 

Laps Completed          Distance Covered (km)          Corners Taken          Gear Changes          PETRONAS Fuel

Injections
Mercedes          561          3,041          8,415          32,538          22,440,000
Hamilton          281          1,523          4,215          16,298          11,240,000
Bottas          280          1,517          4,200          16,240          11,200,000
MB Power          1,754          8,044          26,310          101,732          70,160,000

 
Mercedes-Benz in Formula One
 
 

Starts          Wins          Podium Places          Poles          Front Row         

Fastest Laps          1-2 Wins          Front Row Lockouts

Mercedes (All Time)          228          116          238          126          230          85          58          76

Mercedes (Since 2010)          216          107          221          118          210          76          53          74

Hamilton          267          96          166          98          159          53          N/A          N/A

Bottas          157          9          57          16          40          16          N/A          N/A

MB Power          498          203          510          210          411          180          89          113

 
 
 
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