OSCAR PIASSTRI grabbed the MAX Verstapen Pole site at an exciting Emilia Romagna Grand Prix that witnessed the elimination of both Ferraris before Q3 and two huge accidents.
PiaSSTRI championship organized only 0.034 years in the last runs and will look forward to extending his 16 -point interest on his teammate McLaren Lando Norris, who will start fourth behind George Russell.
Norris was unable to improve his last bosom and face a major challenge to return to the ways of winning when The lights come out in IMola on Sunday at 2 pm, live on Sky SPORTS F1.
The home crowd was silenced when Charles Licerk and Luis Hamilton came out in the second quarter on the eleventh and twelfth – which gave Ferrari the worst qualified performance in Emola.
Yuki Tsunouda suffered a scary accident in the first quarter when he turned Red Bull at a high speed, but he managed to walk away, and Franco Colabinto was shattered from the Alps in his first picnic for the team.
Fernando Alonso got his best site in 2025 in Aston Martin, who was promoted in fifth place, ahead of Williams, the husband of Carlos Sinz and Alex Alex, with Lance on the eighth.
ISCK Hadjar continued from Racing Bull the influence in the ninth place, with Pierre Gasly in the tenth place of Bilbin.
PiaSSTri proves to be a winning driver
McLaren dominated the practice with Twos in the three sessions, but, as was the case throughout the season, Verstapen was there to challenge when it was more important.
Verstapn went faster by half a tenth of PiaSSTRI after the first Q3, but the McLaren driver returned to a wonderful roll of 1: 14.670.
Although Verstapen improved, it was not enough because it was less than 0.034 of the pole, but he continued the wonderful direction of the pole margin less than the tenth of this season in each race regardless of Bahrain.
“We were trying some different things this week and we got a nice place to qualify,” said Pasri.
“The roll was good. I had about four cars in the last corner, which did not help, but it was enough. So, very happy with the job I did and was enthusiastic about tomorrow.
“I was not pleased to be the first car on the right track, but I got a big gap in running in any case, so it wasn’t different for me.
Norris had a great pace until the third quarter when he failed to achieve the same jump in performance as his competitors at the time of the crisis. Andrea Stella, director of the McLaren team, revealed his loss in “a few corners”.
Mercedes gambled using medium tires for the last run of a messenger where the new C6 Soft Tyre was, which was first used at the end of the weekend, was struggling to get her performance.
She paid another blow to Norris, who will have the Spanish husband from Alonso and Sainz to confront them in the long run to Chekan I.
Yassunoda walks away from the frightening face
The big moment of the qualifiers came in the first quarter when Tsunoda crashed at a high speed in the 5th floor, and the barrier hit the power and the heart of Red Bull.
Tsunoda managed to stay away from what is one of the largest incidents in the last F1 history and the Grand Emilia Romania race will start at the back.
Sky Sports F1’s Emilia Romagna GP
Sunday, May 18
7.25 in the morning: F3 Features
8.55 in the morning: F2 Features
12:30 pm: Grand Prix Sunday: Emilia Romagna GP Buildup
2 pm: The Great Emilia Romania race
4 pm: Flag Flag: Emilia Romania’s reaction GP
5 pm: Ted Book
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