Despite the difficulties of the weekend, in the end the world champion’s handle comes out, and what a handle! Max Verstappen he put his Red Bull on pole position for the umpteenth time. He will start ahead of everyone once again in Imola Grand Prix. Disappointment for the Ferrari also beaten by McLaren with Leclerc And Sainz who will also leave behind tomorrow Plates And Norris, they are close to pole, after the illusion of being able to take pole with the updated SF-24. Reds who could move up one position considering Piastri’s impediment to Magnussen in Q1.
Fifth in fp1, seventh in fp2, sixth in fp3. This is the roadmap Verstappen in free practice with different excursions and many balance problems. Fixed with a spell. If you think that Sergio Perez, his Red Bull teammate, was eliminated in Q2 and will start 11th. Max, on the other hand, showed off his superiority by taking all three qualifying sessions with record poles: 39th career poleequaling two record streaks of two F1 sacred monsters, 8 consecutive poles like Senna from Spain 1988 to USA 1989 e 7 poles in a row since the start of the season like Prost in 1993.
Illusion and disappointment for Ferrari who strongly hoped for a breakthrough with the new SF-24. The times, especially Leclerc’s, in free practice had given rise to hopes of a great result, perhaps even just the front row, but instead the reds suffered the blow when the level was raised with the soft tyres. Two tenths for Charles, almost half a second he caught Sainz. A bit many. It is to be hoped that the race pace goes better.
He did much better there McLaren with Plates And Norris less than a tenth from Max. Mercedes completes the top ten RussellTsunoda’s VisaCash App, their companions Hamilton And Ricciardo and to close Hulkenberg.
Q1 – Despite the difficulties of the three free practice sessions, Max Verstappen on Red Bull he started off on the right foot in qualifying, the Dutchman was the fastest in Q1. According to Leclerc with yellow tires, the always fast Hulkenberg with Haas was third. Sainz 7th also on used medium tyres, he risked Hamilton being the last of the “promoted” in Q2. Eliminated: Bottas, Sargeant, Zhou, Magnussen, Alonso who, after the crash in fp3, took to the track with his Aston Martin but not at his best.
Q2 – Verstappen he was also the fastest in the second qualifying session. Once again better than Charles Leclerc, third was a surprising Tsunoda who completed a great qualifying for the VisaCash App with Ricciardo 9th and also in Q3. Then the two McLarens of Norris and Piastri and 6th the other red one Sainzalso inside the Mercedes of Russell and Hamilton. Red Bull twist with Perez eliminatedwith him Ocon, Stroll, Albon, Gasly.
Starting grid of the Imola GP
| 1st Row | 1. Max Verstappen | |
| Red Bull-Honda RBPT | ||
| 2. Oscar Piastri | ||
| McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| 2nd Row | 3. Lando Norris | |
| McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| 4. Charles Leclerc | ||
| Ferrari | ||
| 3rd Row | 5. Carlos Sainz | |
| Ferrari | ||
| 6. George Russell | ||
| Mercedes | ||
| 4th Row | 7. Yuki Tsunoda | |
| Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT | ||
| 8. Lewis Hamilton | ||
| Mercedes | ||
| 5th Row | 9. Daniel Ricciardo | |
| Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT | ||
| 10. Nico Hulkenberg | ||
| Haas-Ferrari | ||
| 6th Row | 11. Sergio Perez | |
| Red Bull-Honda RBPT | ||
| 12. Esteban Ocon | ||
| Alpine-Renault | ||
| 7th Row | 13. Lance Stroll | |
| Aston Martin-Mercedes | ||
| 14. Alexander Albon | ||
| Williams-Mercedes | ||
| 8th Row | 15. Pierre Gasly | |
| Alpine-Renault | ||
| 16. Valtteri Bottas | ||
| Sauber-Ferrari | ||
| 9th Row | 17. Zhou Guanyu | |
| Sauber-Ferrari | ||
| 18. Kevin Magnussen | ||
| Haas-Ferrari | ||
| 10th Row | 19. Fernando Alonso | |
| Aston Martin-Mercedes | ||
| 20. Logan Sargeant | ||
| Williams-Mercedes |
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