Well, what a dramatic and disrupted qualifying session we were tr𓃲eated 𓄧to at Imola!
There's loads to look forward to tomorrow with♔ a tasty front row and hugely exciting grid set for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
Join us ♋tomorrow from 1pm BST as we build u♌p to the race, with lights out 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 fi💫fth, ahead of the Williams pไair of Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon.
The other Aston𒀰 Martin of Lance Stroll was P8, ahead of Isack Hadjar and Pierre Gasly.
Wow,♛ what a exhilarating qualifying session that was! It was worth the wait and de💜lays.
Oscar Piastri improves with his final lap of Q3 to claim pole positꦜion for the Emilia Romagna Grand ꦓPrix!
The McLaren driver secures pole after beating Max Verstapp🐽en by just ཧ0.034s!
George Russell pops his Mercedes into third right at the end, le🥀aving Lando Norris only fourth on the grid in his McLare🌱n.
Max Verstappen has pu🌳lled a special lap out of the bag to take provisional po🌄le!
The Red Bull driver pips b♔o𝕴th McLarens, edging out Oscar Piastri by just 0.049s with Lando Norris third.
George Russell slots his Mercedes into P4 with Isack Hadjar a♛n impressive fifth for Racing Bulls.
Next come the Aston Martins of 💃Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso in sixth and seventh.
The two Williams are eighth and ninth, with Alpine's Pierre Gasly rounding out the top 10.&🌟nbsp;
Final runs of Q3 will be coming up shortly...
The third and final p🎀art of qualifying is underway as the battle for pole position at Imola begins...
Absolute disaster for Ferrari as Charles Lecꦯlerc and Lewis Hamilton are both eliminated in Q2 as the two Aston Martins reach Q3 on medium tyres!🦄
Leclerc is only P11 with Hamilton 12th. What a nightma💃re on home soil for the Italian squad.
Also out is home hero Kimi Antonelli in 13th, with Gabriel Bortol🔯eto 14th and Franco Colapinto - who didn't take part in Q2 ꦉafter his huge Q1 shunt - P15.
It's a🦩 McLaren 1-2 headed by Os𝓀car Piastri after the opening runs of Q2.
Max Verstappen is third, ahead of George Russell and the Ferrari pair of Charles Leclerc and🥂 Lewis Hamilton.
Isa🍸ck Hadjar sits seventh, with Fernando Alonso, Carlos S𒊎ainz and Kimi Antonelli the drivers currently occupying the top 10.
Seven minutes left on the clock for improvements🐲 to be made.
Q2 - the♊ second part of qualifying - has begun after heavy delaꦯys. Will this be a clean session after a heavily disrupted and twice red-flagged Q1?
It appears as though the FIA have stuꦫck with their original decision, with Gabriel Bortoleto taking part in this season and Oliver Bearman still in his garage.
15 minutes on the clock for this session.
The start of 𓆉Q2 has been delayed and the reason is because the lap time of Oliver Bearman is under review.
Bearman had set a lap to progress into Q2 but his time was deleted, seeing him drop into 19th and the eliminati✱on zone.
It did꧃n't look as though Bearman made it to the line before the red flag came out, and this is what the FIA are currently evaluating.
Bearman is still in his Haas and waiting to find out whether he is put through, or if his qualifꦦying💮 is over.
TV cameras just captured Jack Doohan - who lost his Alpine seat to Franco Colapinto - walking through the paddock smiling shꦦortly after Colapinto's accident.
The drivers eliminated from qual🤪ifying and who will form grid𒅌 positions P16-20 are:
Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber)
Esteban Ocon (Haas)
Oliver Bearman (Haas)
Yuki Tsunoda (Red Bull)
Franco C🍸olapinto has crashe🐼d right at the end of Q1!
It's a big impact for the Argentine driver on his Alpine debut. Colapinto is out o🌠f his car and okay after a heavy hit with the barriers, but his car is certainly worse for wear.
He had set a timeꦓ 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 penalty coming as well after being released intoꦑ the pit lane too early before the first red flag ended.
Max Verstappen goes fastest in his Red Bul⛦l, three tenths clear of Oscar Piastri's McLaren and Fernando Alonso's Aston🌊 Martin.
The Ferraris are only ninth with Charles 🌱Leclerc and 11th for Lewis Hamilton.
The two Saubers and two Ha💧as' are currently in the drop zone, along with Yuki Tsunoda who is ou✃t after his enormous crash and will start tomorrow's grand prix plum last.
After a delay to allow for those aforementioned repairs to t🌠ake place, Q1 is back underway.
This just in 𒈔from the FIA, 🍸explaining the current delay.
"Yuki Tsunoda has been taken to 🌳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 💥
— mahbx.com – Formula 1 (@mahbx.com_F1)
The Red Bull F1 driver is ok 👍
That's a big crash fo🦂r 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-end of the RB21.
The red flag is out andꦅ the clock is stopped with 12 minute❀s 13 seconds left.
It's Alex Albon who sets the pace after the open🃏ing laps of Q1.
The Williams driver sits 0.074s clear of Aston Martin's Fern🦂ando Alonso, and Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari.
Carlos Sainz ✅and Charles Leclerc are fourth and fifth in the other Williams a൩nd Ferrari cars.
We have a green light at the end of the pitlane and that means Q1 - the first pᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚart of qualifying - is underway.
The ꦜslowest five drivers will be knocked out of this 18-minute session, with 15 progress🙈ing 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 anothe꧂r close battle at Imola. Q1 gets underway at 3pm BST.
We are around 40 minute💜s away from the start of what is set to be a crucial qualifying session at Imola.
Given the 𝓀tight and twisty nature of this classic F1 track, which makes overtaking tricky, the grid order could prove to be pivotal come race day.
McLaren 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 Saturday morning's FP3☂.
It is incredibly tight behind and Red♉ Bull🌳's Max Verstappen appears to be the nearest 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🍰?&nbsꦦp;
No🎃rris, Piastri, Verstappen, Anton♌elli, Leclerc, Sainz, Hadjar, Russell, Albon and Hamilton.
