Piastri pips Verstappen to pole at Imola Quali

McLaren’s Oscar Piastri beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen to pole position at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix in a qualifying session that featured an enormous accident for Red Bull’s Yuki Tsunoda. Piastri edged Verstappen by 0.034 seconds despite encountering traffic in the final two corners and failing to improve his time in the final sector. Both Verstappen and McLaren’s Lando Norris fell short on their final laps, and the Briton was demoted to fourth by Mercedes’ George Russell.

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Verstappen fends off McLaren duo for pole at Emilia Romagna Grand Prix

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen beat McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris in a tight battle for pole position at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Verstappen was just 0.074 seconds quicker than Piastri, who pipped Norris by 0.017secs with the final lap of the session. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was fourth, 0.224secs behind Verstappen, but 0.263secs quicker than team-mate Carlos Sainz who is right behind him.

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Verstappen fights off Leclerc to win Sprint at Imola

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen produced a stunning late pass on Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc to take victory in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Sprint and ensure a first-place start for Sunday’s race. His teammate Sergio Perez starts third ahead of Leclerc’s partner Carlos Sainz.

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Verstappen takes pole position ahead of Sprint at Imola

Max Verstappen claimed pole position in Emilia Romagna GP qualifying and will start at the front for Saturday’s Sprint after outpacing Charles Leclerc in a dramatic damp shootout that played host to five red flags. An incident-packed qualifying setting the grid for the returning Sprint race ran 40 minutes past its scheduled finish due to the many stoppages and crashes.

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Verstappen wins action packed Emilia Romagna Grand Prix

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won an exciting Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola beating Mercedes Lewis Hamilton and McLaren’s Lando Norris. The race started in wet conditions which led to several incidents but finished in the dry with the Dutchman on the top step.

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