Piatri on Pole: Drama at the GP Emilia-Romagna in Imola!

Piatri on Pole: Drama at the GP Emilia-Romagna in Imola!

Imola, Italien - On May 18, 2025, the qualifying for the Grand Prize of the Emilia-Romagna in Imola took place, in which Oscar Piatri from McLaren secured the pole position. With a best time of 1: 14.670 minutes, Piatri prevailed almost 34 thousandths of Max Verstappen seconds before the Red Bull driver, which had to deal with problems with the softest tire mix. Immitters of critical situations in the course of the qualification were also able to conquer Mercedes in third place.

The qualifying round was shaped by two dramatic accidents. Yuki Tsunoda overturned with his Red Bull, but was able to leave the vehicle without serious injuries and was brought to the Medical Center. Franco Colapinto also collided with his alpine and ensured a new interruption of the session with red flags. vienna.at reports of these events and the overall result of the qualification.

The starting line -up

The final starting line -up for the race looks as follows:

driver management and team strategies

piatri characterized his qualifying as a "great but hard session", in which he had difficulty with the tires. However, the McLaren team collection is optimistic because both Piatri and Lando Norris are positioned in the first starting places. Verstappen mentioned that the softest tire mix was problematic and did not bring the desired performance.

A disappointed Lewis Hamilton stated that he was "definitely destroyed" after he only took the twelfth place. Charles Leclerc from Ferrari, who started in the eleventh position, also criticized that the car did not have enough performance. The two Ferrari pilots failed due to the qualification and were already thrown out of the competition in the second phase of the qualification. Auto Motor and Sport Both Aston Martin pilots Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll successfully switched off the Ferrari drivers and can go into the race.

The race will start at 3:00 p.m. and developments during the qualification promise an exciting duel on the track. Piatri is currently leading the World Cup classification with a 16-point lead over Norris and 32 points on Verstappen. Wikipedia delivers comprehensive statistics on the drivers and the previous season.