Well, what a dramatic aওnd disrupted qualifying session we🍃 were treated to at Imola!
There's loads to look forward to tomorrow with a tasty front row and hugely exciting gridꦺ set for the Emi꧅lia Romagna Grand Prix.
Join us tomorrow from 1pm BST as we buꦿild up to the race, with lights o⛎ut at 2pm BST.
| 2025 F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix - Qualifying Results | ||||||
| Pos | Driver | Nat. | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
| 1 | Oscar Piastri | AUS | McLaren F1 Team | 1m15.500s | 1m15.214s | 1m14.670s |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | NED | Oracle Red Bull Racing | 1m15.175s | 1m15.394s | 1m14.704s |
| 3 | George Russell | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 1m15.852s | 1m15.334s | 1m14.807s |
| 4 | Lando Norris | GBR | McLaren F1 Team | 1m15.894s | 1m15.261s | 1m14.962s |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | ESP | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team | 1m15.695s | 1m15.442s | 1m15.431s |
| 6 | Carlos Sainz | ESP | Atlassian Williams Racing | 1m15.987s | 1m15.198s | 1m15.431s |
| 7 | Alex Albon | THA | Atlassian Williams Racing | 1m16.123s | 1m15.521s | 1m15.473s |
| 8 | Lance Stroll | CAN | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team | 1m15.817s | 1m15.497s | 1m15.581s |
| 9 | Isack Hadjar | FRA | Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team | 1m16.253s | 1m15.510s | 1m15.746s |
| 10 | Pierre Gasly | FRA | BWT Alpine F1 Team | 1m15.937s | 1m15.505s | 1m15.787s |
| 11 | Charles Leclerc | MON | Scuderia Ferrari HP | 1m16.108s | 1m15.604s | |
| 12 | Lewis Hamilton | GBR | Scuderia Ferrari HP | 1m16.163s | 1m15.765s | |
| 13 | Kimi Antonelli | ITA | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 1m15.943s | 1m15.772s | |
| 14 | Gabriel Bortoleto | BRA | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber | 1m16.340s | 1m16.260s | |
| 15 | Franco Colapinto | ARG | BWT Alpine F1 Team | 1m16.256s | No Time Set | |
| 16 | Liam Lawson | NZL | Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team | 1m16.379s | ||
| 17 | Nico Hulkenberg | GER | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber | 1m16.518s | ||
| 18 | Esteban Ocon | FRA | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team | 1m16.613s | ||
| 19 | Oliver Bearman | GBR | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team | 1m16.918s | ||
| 20 | Yuki Tsunoda | JPN | Oracle Red Bull Racing | No Time Set | ||
Fernando Alonso is best of the rest in fifth, ahead of the Williams pair🦋 of Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon.&nbsಞp;
The other Aston Mart🅰in of Lance Stroll was P8, ahead of Isack Hadjar and Pierre Gasly.
Wow, what a 🉐exhilarating qu💞alifying session that was! It was worth the wait and delays.
Oscar Piastri improves with his final lap of Q3♍ to claim pole position for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix!
The McLaren driver secures pole aꦡfter beating Max Verstappen by just 0.034s!
George Russell🐓 pops his Mercedes into third right at the end, leaving Lando Norris only fourth on the grid in his McLaren.
Max Verstܫappen has pulled a special lap out of the bag to take provisional pole!
The Red Bull driver pips both McLarens, edging out Oscar Piastri by just 0.049s w💟ith Lando Norris third.
George Russell📖 slots his Mercedes into 🍌P4 with Isack Hadjar an impressive fifth for Racing Bulls.
Next come the Aston Martins of Lance Stroll and F𒁏ernando Alonso in sixth and seventh.&nbsℱp;
The two Williams are eighth and ninth, with Alpine's Pierre Gasly🐈 roundin⛦g out the top 10.
Final runs of Q3 will be coming up shortly...
The third and final part of qualifying is underway as the battle for pole ✃position at Imola begins...
Absolute di𓆉saster for Ferrari as Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton are both eliminated in Q2 as the two Aston M⛦artins reach Q3 on medium tyres!
Leclerc is only P11 with Hamilton 12th. What a n꧋ightmare on home soil for the Itaꦍlian squad.
Also out is home hero Kimi Anton🌄elli in 13th, with Gabriel Bortoleto 14th and Franco Colapinto - who didn't take part in Q2 after his huge Q1♔ shunt - P15.
It's a McLaren 1-2 headed by Oscar Piastri after the op⭕eninꦆg runs of Q2.
Max Verstappen is third, ahead♊ of George Russell and the Ferrari pair ♈of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton.
Isack Hadjar sits seventh, with Fernan🍰do Alonso, Carlos Sainz and Kimi Antonelli the drivers currently occupying the top 10.
Seven mღinutes left on the clock for improvements to b𝔍e made.
Q2 - the sec🌸ond part of qualifying - has begun after heavy delays. Will this be a clean session after a heavily disrupted and twice red-flagged Q1?
It appears as though the FIA have stuck with their original decision, with Gabriel Bortoleto taking part in꧑ this season and Oliver Bearman still in his garage.
15 minutes on the clock for this session.
The start o🐷f Q2 has been delayed and the reason is because the lap time of Oliver Bearman is under review.
Bearman had set a lap to progress i☂nto Q2 but his time w💧as deleted, seeing him drop into 19th and the elimination zone.
It didn't look as though Bearman made it to the line before the red flag came out, and t🎃his is what the FIA are cur♔rently evaluating.
Bearman is s🦩till in his Haas and waiting to find out whether he is put through,♌ or if his qualifying is over.
TV cameras just captured Jack Doohan - who lost his Alpine seat t🧜o Franco Colapinto - walking throug👍h the paddock smiling shortly after Colapinto's accident.
The drivers elimin🐻ated from qualifying and who will form grid positions P16-20 are:
Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber)
Esteban Ocon (Haas)
Oliver Bearman (Haas)
Yuki Tsunoda (Red Bull)
Franco Colapinto has c🍃rashed right at ൲the end of Q1!
It's a big impact🐼 for the Argentine driver on his Alpine debut. Colapinto is out of his car and okay after a heavy hit with the barriers, but his car is certainly worse fo༒r wear.
He had set a time good enough to advance Q2 but he⛦ will not be able to take part in🐎 the session now.
Colapinto already has a suspected one-place grid penalt♎y coming as well after being released into the pit lane too early before the first red flag ended.
Max Verstappen goes fastest in his Red Bull, three tenths clear of O𒁏scar Piastri's MಌcLaren and Fernando Alonso's Aston Martin.
The Ferr🌱aris are only ninth with Charles Leclerc and 11th for Lewis Hamiltoജn.
The two Saubers and two Haas' are currently in the drop zone, along with Yuki Tsunoda who is out after his enormous crash and wꦏill start tomorrow's grand prix plum last.
After a delay to allow for those aforementioned repair🐲s to take plaꦑce, Q1 is back underway.
This just in from the FIA, explaining the current delay.&♈nbsp;
"Yuki Tsunoda has been taken t🙈o the Medical Centre. Repairs are currently being made to the light panel and tyre conveyor belt at the scene of the accident."
A HUGE shunt for Yuki Tsunoda in Q1 at Imola 💥
— ltxcn.top – Formula 1 (@ltxcn.top_F1)
The Red Bull F1 driver is ok 👍
That's a big crash for Yuki Tsunoda at the♑ Villeneuve chicane. He's out of the car and is ok.
That was a huge impact! Tsunoda's car actually rolled after a hit with the barriers which has completely destroyed ꦿthe rear-e♚nd of the RB21.
The red flag is out and the clock is stopped w🧜ith 1🌌2 minutes 13 seconds left.
It's Alex Albon wh🎀o sജets the pace after the opening laps of Q1.
The Williams drive🗹r sits 0.074s clear of Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso, and Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari.
Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc are fourth and f꧒ifth in the other Williams and Ferrari cars.
We have a green light at the end of the pitlane and that🔯 means Q1 - the first parꩲt of qualifying - is underway.
The 🎃slowest five drivers will be knocked out of this 18-minute session, with 15 progressing on to Q2🐈.
Remarkably, the margin for pole position has been less than a tenth at all but one of the six rounds so 🐽far this season, underlining just how tight and competitive qualifying is in 2025.
We look set for another 🎐close battle at Imola. Q1 gets underway at 3pm BST.
We are around 40 minutes away from the𝓀 start of what is set to be a crucial qualifying session at Imola. 🦋;
Given the tight and twisty nature of this classic F1 track, which mak⛦es overtakꦗing tricky, the grid order could prove to be pivotal come race day.
Mc🌺Laren look the team to beat after dominating practice, with Oscar Piastri leading both of Fridays sessions ahead of Lando Norris, who turned the tables on his teammate in Satu💖rday morning's FP3.
It is incredibly tight behind and Red Bull's Max Ve♔rstappen appears to be the neares♛t challenger after bouncing back from a difficult Friday.
It appears to be McLaren's pole position to lose,🧸 but can anyone else spring a surprise?
Norris, Piastri, Verstappen, Antonelli, Leclerc, Sainz, Hadjar, Russell, Albon and🐼 Hamilton.
