Piatri shines in Imola: World Cup lead and honorary citizenship!

Piatri shines in Imola: World Cup lead and honorary citizenship!

Licciana Nardi, Italien - On May 16, 2025, the Formula 1 weekend in Imola began with exciting results during the first training session. George Russell from Mercedes took the lead with a time of +0.054 seconds, followed by his team -mate Lewis Hamilton, who was only +0.096 seconds slower. Pierre Gasly from Alpine secured third place and was only slightly behind the two Mercedes pilots with +0.151 seconds. Max Verstappen, the reigning world champion of Red Bull, found himself seventh with a gap of 36 hundreds and was dissatisfied with the driving behavior of his vehicle.

Another Mercedes pilot, Kimi Antonelli, landed in 13th place behind Charles Leclerc from Ferrari. Antonelli's deficit was just more than half a second at the best time of the training. However, the session was overshadowed by an incident: it was broken off from Sauber shortly before the end after an accident by Gabriel Bortoletto. Fortunately, the driver was unharmed.

World Cup tour of Oscar Piatri

Oscar Piatri, who is currently leading the World Cup ranking, has already worked out a lead of 16 points on Lando Norris and 32 points on Verstappen during the season. Piatri has won impressive four races this season, including three in a row, which underlines his current dominance in competition. His success was recently recognized with the appointment as honorary citizen of Licciana Nardi, where he met Italian relatives at a award ceremony.

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The Imola weekend promises to become an exciting event for both drivers and fans, and the results so far already show that the competition in Formula 1 2025 is highly competitive. The upcoming races will be crucial for the championship and the positioning of the drivers in the classification.