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Formula 1 returns as it heads to the legendary Autodrꦚomo Enzo e Dino Ferrari for t🌜his weekend's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

Having made a return to the F1 calendar for the first time since 2006 last year, Imola features aga🦩in on the 2021 edition.

The events of the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix remain long in many fans' memory, with it being the weekend t𒀰hree-time F1 champion Ayrton Senna lost his life on race day.

Austrian driver Roland Ratzenberger also died during qual♛ifying at Imola '94.

Looking ahead to this weekend's race, the battle𒁏 between Max Verstappen&n𓆉bsp;and Lewis Hamilton looks to be finely poised.

Hamilton came out on top in the season-opening Bahrain, resisti🅷ng intense late pressure from the Dutchman to win F1's season-opening race for the f💟irst time since 2015.

Red Bull appears to have the ꦑedge in terms of pure performance, althou𝔍gh only a fool would rule out Mercedes from clawing its performance back.

Outside the top two, McLaren edged out Ferrari as 'best of the rest', while it was a missed opportunity for AlphaTauri as&⛦nbsp;Pierre Gasly picked up damage in the early stages of the race.

Aston Martin and Alpin🌜e will be hopin✃g for more at Imola after an underwhelming start to the season.

Alfa Romeo ha♔s made a good step forward over the winter, closing the gap to the midfield.

What to expect from this weekend?

Rain is forecast for Sunday's race, while F🅘riday practice and qualifying on Saturday is expected to be dry.

Ahead of the weekend, Pirelli's head of F1, Mario Isola said: “After an exciting start in Bahrain, we have exactly the same tyre nomination for Imola: a circuit with very different characteristics, which we are excited to be visiℱting as title sponsors, helping to demonstrate the prestige of ‘Made in Italy’ to the world. Although the last race at Imola took place nearly six months ago, conditions could possibly be different now in April compared to N♎ovember, and of course the tyre construction has changed.

“As was the case for the last race here, we expect🅠 teams to go with a one-stop strategy, also because of the time lost in the pits and rel🐼ative difficulty in overtaking. The safety car made a big difference last year, so there are a lot of question marks heading into this weekend’s return to Europe.”