There were two red flags and plenty of drama in an exhilarating qualifying session at the F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

Here﷽ are our biggest winners and losers from a disrupted and unpredictable qualifying at Imola…

Winner - Max Verstappen

It might seem harsh not to put 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri here, but give🌜n how competitive McLaren have been all weekend, pole positio⛄n for the Australian wasn’t exactly a shock.

However, given where 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen and Red Bull were just 24 hours ago, Saturday qualifying marked a huge turnaround in fortunes as the four-time world champion produced another sublime lap to ma🅠ximise his result.

Verstappen only missed out on what would have been a fourth pole of the season by 0.034s, leaving him in a position to cha♚llenge for an unlikely win.

Loser - Ferrari

An absolute disaster on home soil for Ferrari, as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton slumped to a woeful double Q2 elimination.

Leclerc and Hamilton will only start 11th and 12th on the grid at Imola in front of an expectant but ultimately disappointed Tifosi. Despite br💞inging upgrades, the SF25 has looked a real handful so far this weekend with both drivers strugglin🐲g.

Huge pressure and scrutiny surrounded Ferꦬrari heading into this weekend, and the team have just suffered their most embarrassing mom🍌ent of the year.

Winner - Aston Martin

The surprise of quaꦓlifying was 🐻the performance of the Aston Martin team.

Aston Martin have brought a major upgrade to their AMR25 at Imola and it appears to be working well on the evidence of qualifying, with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso securing the team’s best result of the season with 𝔉fifth ♒place.

Teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lance Stroll backed up Aston Martin’s gains by ღalso making the top 10 in eighth place, giving the Silverstone-based squad a real opportunity to land a morale-boosting result and potentially turn the page on a dismal start to 2025.

Loser - Lando Norris

While F1 championship leader Piastri continued his purple patch of form by delivering when it mattered to grab another pole, the same could not be same for McLaren teammate168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lando Norris.

Norris had to settle for only fourth on the grid after being outpaced by Verstappen’s Red Bull and Mercedes’ 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell as he failed to nail both of his laps in Q3.

Staring at a 16-po🌳int🅠 deficit to Piastri, that one is going to hurt for Norris, who continues to make mistakes in high-pressure moments. 

Winner - Williams

Another impressive performance in qualifying from Williams, with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz and A168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:lex Albon t🔴aking sixth and seventh place🐽 on the Imola grid respectively.

Williams t♛ranslated their promising pace throughout practice into an excellent starting position the team will be looking to convert into what would be a third consecutive double points finish.

Loser - Yuki Tsunoda

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Yuki Tsunoda walked away from a horror crash in qualifying during a chaotic and tr💦uncated Q1.

Tsunoda lost control of his Red Bull at the Villeneuve chicane b🀅efore draﷺmatically somersaulting his car into a roll and hitting the barriers and catch fencing in what was an enormous shunt.

Thankfully, Tsunoda was unharme🔯d in the terrifying accident, but the Japanese racer will be consigned to the very bac𒊎k for Sunday’s grand prix.

Winner - Isack Hadjar

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Isack Hadjar continues to sꦯtar for Racing Bulls as he reached Q3 and set the ninth-fastest time.

The 20-year-old French rookie continues to lead the charge for Red Bull’s sister team, once again outperforming his more experienced teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Liam Lawson, who was eliminated in Q1 in a lowly 16th.

Hadjar’♚s performances will be making Red Bull take note, particularly with Tsunoda still struggling to get on top of th💦e RB21.

Loser - Kimi Antonelli

The Italian fans had very little to cheer about on Saturday, as Bologna native168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Kimi Antonelli suffered a hugely disappointing qualify🎀ing at his home track.

Antonelli hoped to be challenging for a ‘dream’ debut heading into🔥 the weekend but will line up for Sunday’s grand prix from a lowly 13th, while teammate Russell starts 10 places higher in third, underliningꦰ what the Mercedes was capable of. 

Winner - Pierre Gasly

In a season of turbulence for Alpine,168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Pierre Gasly represents a major pillar of consistency. He has b🧸een one o🐭f the standout performers this season as he leads Alpine’s charge while his teammates chop and change.

The Frenchman was thrilled to end FP2 P3 as he hailed Alpine’s “best Friday of the year”. He knew such a result would be near impossible to replicate come qualifying,ꦍ but to round out the top-10 marked an excellent effort.

Gasly was narrowly pipped by Hadjar but otherwise extracted 🔯what was realistically the best possible result for Alpine on this day.

Loser - Franco Colapinto

It was an Alpine qualifying debut to forget for 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Franco Colapinto, who had a massive cra𓂃sh in his first competitive outing for the French squad since being pa൩rachuted in to replace Jack Doohan.

Colapinto was unhurt following a trip to the medical centre for precautionary checks but was unable to take part in Q2 after his ♍big shunt right at the end of Q1.

To rub salt into the wounds, Colapinto has been hit with a one-place grid penalty for being released into the pit 🅺lane before the session had officially restarted following an earlier red flag.

Penny for Doohan’s thoughts…