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Piastri stays ahead in second Emilia Romagna GP practice.
Oscar Piastri remained on top of the pack during second practice for Formula 1’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, once more narrowly beating McLaren team-mate Lando Norris.
17 May 2025
Phillip Horton
Speedcafe
Piastri, who leads the championship by 16 points, posted a time of 1:15.293s in warm and sunny conditions at Imola to best Norris by just 0.025s. Both McLaren drivers went for a second run on the softest tyre compound – which for this weekend is Pirelli’s new C6 – but neither unearthed gains.
Norris, having been on course to demote Piastri, made a mistake through the final corner and abandoned his effort, while Piastri was slower all-round. Alpine’s Pierre Gasly surprisingly emerged as the fastest non-McLaren driver, putting his A525 into third position, just over a quarter of a second behind Piastri.
George Russell was fourth overall for Mercedes, though team-mate Kimi Antonelli had a more subdued day on home soil, finishing only 18th after erring into the Gresini chicane and taking to the grassy run-off. Max Verstappen was again unhappy with the rear of Red Bull’s RB21 en route to fifth spot, four-tenths of a second behind Piastri at a venue where he has claimed victory on Formula 1’s last three visits.
‘Piastri stays ahead’;
https://speedcafe.com/piastri-stays-...a-gp-practice/
F1 2025 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix – FP2 Results
16 May 2025
Ryan Smart
Motorsport Week
Position Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:15.293 28
2 Lando Norris McLaren 1:15.318 0.025 25
3 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:15.569 0.276 29
4 George Russell Mercedes 1:15.693 0.400 23
5 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:15.735 0.442 26
6 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:15.768 0.475 28
7 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls 1:15.792 0.499 22
8 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull 1:15.827 0.534 29
9 Alex Albon Williams 1:15.916 0.623 29
10 Carlos Sainz Williams 1:15.934 0.641 29
‘FP2 Results’;
https://www.motorsportweek.com/2025/...x-fp2-results/
Oscar Piastri makes telling comment about Lando Norris as F1 title battle heats up at Emilia Romagna GP
Piastri leads the Drivers' Championship ahead of McLaren team-mate Norris after seven Grands Prix.
16 May 2025
Ryan Smart
SPORTbible
Ahead of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, which takes place at the Imola Circuit in Italy, Piastri aimed a subtle dig at his team-mate. "I think Lando and I both have a chance to win the world championship this year," Piastri said. "We want the world champion to be whoever deserves it the most.”
"Of course, if we have competition from outside McLaren then maybe we'll look to do some things later in the year. But I think for now, clearly the battle is Lando and I. And we want the best person to win every weekend. At the moment, that's what happening."
‘Telling comment’;
https://www.sportbible.com/f1/oscar-...47756-20250516
Emilia-Romagna GP: Piastri edges out Norris in FP2 as Hamilton slams ‘damn brakes’
16 May 2025
Oliver Harden
PlanetF1.com
Lewis Hamilton, racing in Italy for the first time as a Ferrari driver this weekend, caught a wayward moment at Tamburello on his first flying lap of the session. Hamilton’s struggles to control the Ferrari continued as he dipped a wheel into the gravel on the exit of the Variante Alta chicane. Hamilton’s adventures continued as he came across a slow-moving Sauber and Red Bull in quick succession in the middle sector, raising a hand in frustration, before once again coming close to the gravel on the exit of the final corner.
Meanwhile, Fernando Alonso was forced to take avoiding action on the entry to Tamburello where the Alpine of Franco Colapinto, making his first appearance since the 2024 season finale on Abu Dhabi, was moving slowly. “I nearly crashed,” Alonso told Aston Martin over team radio.
“These damn brakes, mate. These brakes are a problem,” Hamilton remarked as his woes continued, meanwhile, with the Mercedes of Andrea Kimi Antonelli cutting the track at Variante Alta. Hamilton has struggled to adapt to Brembo brakes since his move to Ferrari over the winter, having become accustomed to using Carbon Industrie braking materials during his 12 years with the Mercedes team.
“These damn brakes, mate. These brakes are a problem”;
https://www.planetf1.com/news/emilia...025-fp2-report
F1 Emilia Romagna GP 2025 – Free Practice 2 Results
Oscar Piastri was top of the timesheets in Imola once again as he went fastest in FP2
16 May 2025
John Smith
Total Motorsport
McLaren and Oscar Piastri did it again at Imola as the Australian was top of the Emilia Romagna GP 2025 Free Practice 2 results, just ahead of teammate Lando Norris with Pierre Gasly in the Alpine third fastest in the second practice session of the F1 weekend.
The Australian clocked a best time of 1:15.293, edging out Lando Norris by just 0.025s as the pair proved untouchable in both sessions. It marked a statement of intent from the British team as Formula 1 returned to Europe for Round 7 of the 2025 season, with Pirelli’s debut of the ultra-soft C6 compound creating new grip opportunities during the qualifying simulations.
Pierre Gasly delivered another impressive showing for Alpine with third place, maintaining momentum after a promising FP1, while Russell ended fourth. Max Verstappen, having endured a scruffy morning session plagued by balance issues, looked more comfortable in FP2. Still, the Red Bull driver was four tenths down on the McLarens in fifth, as he trialled further setup changes.
‘Untouchable in both sessions’;
https://www.total-motorsport.com/f1-...ice-2-results/
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Red Bull are further off their 2024 pace than any team at Imola.
It’s typical for Red Bull to keep more of their pace in hand on Friday, so it’s little surprise to see they are further from their 2024 lap time than any team so far.
16th May 2025
Keith Collantine
RaceFans
Max Verstappen has averaged eight tenths of a second quicker than Yuki Tsunoda so far this year, so it’s hard to take the sub-one-tenth gap between them from second practice at face value. Last year Red Bull found half a second more than McLaren between second practice and qualifying. That sort of gain would put them right in the mix for pole position, which is exactly where they’ve been in recent races.
Verstappen, however, played down his chances of taking his fourth pole position this year. “We tried a lot of bits, some worked a bit better than others, but overall we’re not fast enough at the moment,” he said. “We definitely need a bit more work to just get better through-corner balance to go faster.”
The key question for qualifying will be whether any team thinks they can coax a better lap time out of the medium rubber. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner was among those who suggested it might appear in qualifying.
‘It’s typical for Red Bull’;
https://www.racefans.net/2025/05/16/...team-at-imola/
Verstappen “got overtaken by the McLarens” during his long run simulation
17 May 2025
Balazs Szabo
F1 Technical
The Dutchman ended the opening day seventh fastest before taking fifth in the second one-hour practice. His team-mate Yuki Tsunoda complained about traffic on his hot laps, but he got a clean lap in FP2 to end up eighth fastest only a tenth slower than Verstappen. Reflecting on his opening day in Imola, Verstappen said: “We tried a lot of things today. Some things worked a bit better than others but, ultimately, we weren’t fast enough today.”
“Qualifying will be important here and, at the moment, we aren’t quite where we want to be. We need to do a bit more work to have a better balance in the car and go faster. It is the same in the long runs, I got overtaken by the McLarens and we weren’t really where we wanted to be compared to other Teams. Overall, it was a bit tough today."
His team-mate Tsunoda sounded a positive note after the first day in Imola, but conceded that there is still a gap to the field-leading McLaren. “Overall it was a positive day of practice. We know our limitations and it was good to do our first long run today with the new upgrade package, but we need to nail it tomorrow. We still have lots of work to do as a Team and we will look to put it all together tomorrow."
“I got overtaken by the McLarens”;
https://www.f1technical.net/news/26825
Jos Verstappen sends clear message over Red Bull RB21 upgrades as moment of truth arrives
17 May 2025
Oliver Harden
PlanetF1.com
Jos Verstappen says it is “absolutely important” that Red Bull’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix upgrades prove effective for Max Verstappen to retain the World Championship in F1 2025. He told RaceXpress: “They’ll come up with updates anyway, because of course that’s what they called out adamantly at the beginning of the season.”
“In Imola it’s going to happen, so I’m curious. It is absolutely important that it goes in the right direction. Otherwise, the gap will just get too big. The next three races, the points difference really has to start narrowing, otherwise it won’t work at all this year.” He added: “Surely I’ll hear from Max how the feeling is and what the standings are. That’s important, plus however the race goes. That’s where we lose the most anyway.”
“In Imola it’s going to happen”;
https://www.planetf1.com/news/jos-ve...upgrades-imola
Max Verstappen issues worrying first impression of Red Bull RB21 upgrades
16 May 2025
Elizabeth Blackstock
PlanetF1.com
Speaking to media after Free Practice 2, Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen didn’t sound particularly enthusiastic about those upgrades. When asked if he felt any improvement with these upgrades, he responded, “We tried a lot of bits. Some worked a bit better than others. But overall, yeah, not fast enough at the moment.”
‘RB21 upgrades’;
https://www.planetf1.com/news/max-ve...-rb21-upgrades
‘Very good chance’: Marc Priestley tips Max Verstappen and 135-race F1 driver to ‘hold McLaren back’ at Imola on two conditions
16 May 2025
Kyle Archer
F1 Oversteer
Marc Priestley tips Max Verstappen and George Russell to ‘hold’ McLaren back at Imola. Priestley said on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra (16/05, 16:04): “Overtaking is not that easy around this race track. There’s not too many opportunities to make a big lunge on the brakes and get by.”
“So, if you can have a good qualifying session and we know how good Max is on a Saturday afternoon, if he can get the car in front on the grid and get a good start at the beginning of the Grand Prix, he might even be able to then control the pace.”
“If he can get to the front in qualifying and get away from the line well, then Verstappen has a very good chance, as by the way does the likes of George Russell and anyone else who can really perform in qualifying, they might be able to hold those McLarens back.”
‘Very good chance’;
https://www.f1oversteer.com/news/mar...wo-conditions/
Ferrari fined for sporting infringement after practice day in Imola
17 May 2025
Balazs Szabo
F1 Technical
Ferrari were found guilty after the practice day as the team failed to adhere to technical directive 003G, point 2 g.ii, which specifies that a tyre may be used more than once in a single session.
The directive also sets out the procedures that must be followed “if the team wishes to make adjustments to the tyres such as reducing tyre pressures. It requires that first, tyre temperatures must be obtained.”
The stewards have elected to hand out a fine of EUR5000 to Ferrari which has been the standard penalty in similar incidents.
‘Technical directive 003G, point 2 g.ii’;
https://www.f1technical.net/news/26832
Why Ferrari’s qualifying pace at F1 Imola GP will be a ‘lottery’
17 May 2025
Jack Oliver Smith
Motorsport Week
Lewis Hamilton: “FP1 was good, I was really really happy with the car,” he said. “Felt like we’d made a step forward and it’s feeling really positive. I literally changed the two tiniest things that shouldn’t have had barely any effect at all.”
“The smallest change we’ve probably done this year, and we had some brake issues that then made a massive difference, so that was a fight with that. That’s been a quite a big issue all year, actually. I’ve never experienced that before, so that’s a new thing for me this year.”
When asked what his feelings were for the car’s performance in qualifying, Hamilton joked that it would be a case of gambling and hoping for the best. “I mean, it’s a lottery, we’ll roll the dice. We’ll put one [change] on and it works, and we’ll put another on one and it doesn’t and we’ll see! So I hope tomorrow we figure something out, we’re working on it for sure.”
“I mean, it’s a lottery, we’ll roll the dice”;
https://www.motorsportweek.com/2025/...-be-a-lottery/
FIA confirm Williams punishment after Carlos Sainz Imola GP incident
16 May 2025
Oliver Harden
PlanetF1.com
Williams have been hit with a €1,000 fine after Carlos Sainz was caught speeding in the pit lane during practice at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix. Sainz was clocked moving at 93.7 kilometres per hour – 13.7 kph over the 80kph limit – in the closing minutes of Friday’s opening practice session at Imola.
The stewards’ verdict read: “Car 55 exceeded the pit lane speed limit which is set at 80 km/h for this event by 13.7km/h. Competitors are reminded that they have the right to appeal certain decisions of the Stewards, in accordance with Article 15 of the FIA International Sporting Code and Chapter 4 of the FIA Judicial and Disciplinary Rules, within the applicable time limits.
‘Article 15 of the FIA International Sporting Code’;
https://www.planetf1.com/news/carlos...fia-punishment
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Emilia Romagna GP: Norris pulls one back against Piastri as Verstappen enters the fray.
Lando Norris handed McLaren the practice hat-trick at Imola as he took over at the top from his team-mate Oscar Piastri in FP3 for the Emilia Romagna GP.
17 May 2025
Michelle Foster
PlanetF1.com
Midway through the hour-long session, Verstappen was P1 ahead of Norris and Hadjar while Russell, having clocked the eighth fastest time, reported “quite a lot of bouncing” in his W16.
The drivers, including the entire top ten who had been on the medium Pirellis, swapped to the softs for the final 15 minutes. Norris went purple in the final sector to overhaul Verstappen by 0.181s. Many of the drivers, though, weren’t able to improve their times from the medium tyres.
Piastri was also on the move, up to third place, with Antonelli improving his time even when his team-mate Russell couldn’t, the Italian P4. Norris and Hamilton both had a moment with the gravel late in the session. The session ended with McLaren 1-2, Norris ahead of Piastri, while Verstappen was third.
‘Norris pulls one back against Piastri’;
https://www.planetf1.com/news/emilia...025-fp3-report
Imola GP: Free Practice 3 Results
Full results from Free Practice 3 for the Formula 1 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix from Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari where Lando Norris led a McLaren one-two.
17 May 2025
Speedcafe.com
Pos Num Driver Team Lap Diff Laps
1 4 Lando Norris McLaren 1:14.897 19
2 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:14.997 0.100 19
3 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:15.078 0.181 17
4 12 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 1:15.399 0.502 15
5 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:15.451 0.554 26
6 55 Carlos Sainz Williams 1:15.457 0.560 21
7 6 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls 1:15.508 0.611 20
8 63 George Russell Mercedes 1:15.662 0.765 14
9 23 Alex Albon Williams 1:15.732 0.835 20
10 44 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:15.787 0.890 25
‘Free Practice 3 Results’;
https://speedcafe.com/f1-news-2025-e...ice-3-results/
F1 – Norris claims top spot in final practice for Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix ahead of Piastri and Verstappen
17.05.25
FIA (Press Release)
McLaren’s Lando Norris went quickest in the final practice session for the 2025 FIA Formula 1 Rmilia Romagna Grand Prix, beating team-mate Oscar Piastri by a tenth of a second, while Red Bull’s Max Verstappen finished third. In an odd final 20 minutes, few drivers were able to find a comfort zone in the conditions with the C6 Pirelli tyres. Mercedes’ George Russell was the first to have a go, but he made a mistake in the Variante Alta and backed out.
Piastri also failed to stitch together an opening flyer on Softs and after the Australian backed out of his lap, Verstappen also slid wide on the Soft tyres to ruin his first flyer. He would try again late in the session but again to no avail. Norris was next to make an attempt, and he proved to be one of the few who made the C6 work. The Briton held it together through all three sectors and he claimed top spot with a lap of 1:14.897. He went for another push lap, but the rear snapped out into Tamburello and after a trip through the gravel he trundled back to the pits.
Piastri also had a second go, but although he managed to put together a lap on the C6 he couldn’t find enough pace to move ahead of his team-mate and settled for P2 ahead of Verstappen, whose Medium-tyre best kept him in P3. Behind them Kimi Antonelli also managed to deliver on the Soft tyres and he jumped from P13 to P4 with a lap of 1:15.399. Fifth place went to Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, while Carlos Sainz put Williams in sixth place ahead of Hadjar and Russell. Alex Albon was ninth in the second Williams and Hamilton rounded out the top 10.
‘Norris claims top spot’;
https://www.fia.com/news/f1-norris-c...and-verstappen
‘Not something you see very often’: Ted Kravitz saw ‘cheeky’ McLaren do something unusual on Lando Norris’ F1 car at Imola
17 May 2025
Kyle Archer
F1 Oversteer
Ted Kravitz spotted McLaren run a ‘cheeky’ rear wing test on Lando Norris’ car at Imola. Instead, Ted Kravitz thinks McLaren were ‘cheeky’ and took advantage of a quiet track at the start of FP3 to test a different rear wing on Norris’ car to prepare for the Monaco Grand Prix next week. Imola and Monaco are the first two parts of a triple-header with the Spanish GP.
Kravitz said on Sky Sports F1 (17/5, 17:40): “Eyeballing it, that’s a higher-downforce than he was running yesterday. And I’m just wondering if this is a set-up experiment on that harder tyre for Monaco because he’s put what looks like the wing they had yesterday back on. So, while everybody else is not going out for whatever reason, I think we have just seen McLaren do a little bit of a cheeky test there. And now they’re just finishing putting the Imola wing back on. It’s not something you see very often in a free practice three.”
‘Not something you see very often’;
https://www.f1oversteer.com/news/ted...-car-at-imola/
FP3 Highlights: 2025 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
17 May 2025
Formula One - Official Site (Video)
Watch highlights from third practice ahead of the 2025 Formula 1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola
‘FP3 Highlights’;
https://www.formula1.com/en/video/fp...72311526603282
Max third in final practice at Imola
17 May 202
Kees-Jan Koster
Verstappen.nl
Max Verstappen finished third in the third practice session for the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix. The Oracle Red Bull Racing driver ended the final practice in Imola with a deficit of just under two tenths of a second. Lando Norris was the fastest, just ahead of his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri.
With just over fifteen minutes to go, the soft tyres were fitted to the cars. Piastri aborted his first lap on the softs, but Max went for it. After a purple first sector, the Red Bull driver was unable to improve over the whole lap. Alex Albon (Williams) and George Russell (Mercedes) faced the same issue. Norris, however, did manage to improve.
On the soft tyres, he recorded a 1:14.8, but overall it did not look certain there was more pace to be found on the softs. Nobody could beat Norris’s time, so he finished the session fastest. He had exactly a tenth of a second advantage over his McLaren teammate Piastri. Max ended the session third with just under two tenths behind first place, but his time was set on the mediums. A second run on the softs also did not result in an improvement.
‘A deficit of just under two tenths of a second’;
https://news.verstappen.com/en/article/5814/
Ferrari fans are displaying something in the Imola grandstands that shows how they really feel about Lewis Hamilton
17 May 2025
Tyler Rowlinson
F1 Oversteer
Ferrari fans fully support Lewis Hamilton with face cut-outs and ‘massive flags’ in the Imola grandstands. Hamilton will be desperate to find form at Imola. The seven-time world champion has not finished higher than fifth in the opening six Grands Prix.
Hamilton told Ferrari fans they deserve success ahead of the Emilia Romagna GP. They labelled the 40-year-old a ‘legend’ as they come to the circuit in their numbers to cheer on their famous red team. Davide Valsecchi says the Tifosi are ‘arguing’ over Hamilton, with some believing he is ‘not delivering’ the results they expected at the start of the year. The grandstands at Imola show how they really feel about their new signing.
In a report by The Mirror, journalist Daniel Moxon noted that ‘the Tifosi still very much have his back’. They have displayed ‘cut-outs of his face’ and ‘massive flags bearing his racing number 44’ in the grandstands, as well as personalised hats and T-shirts ‘everywhere you looked’. Speaking to a few Ferrari fans, Moxon says they still believe that the ‘marriage’ between the team and Hamilton ‘can be a happy one’.
‘Ferrari fans fully support Lewis Hamilton’;
https://www.f1oversteer.com/news/fer...ewis-hamilton/
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Emilia-Romagna GP: Oscar Piastri takes pole in qualifying.
Championship leader Oscar Piastri narrowly beat reigning champion Max Verstappen to pole position for Sunday's Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix.
May 17, 2025
ESPN.com
Piastri's McLaren was 0.034 seconds faster than the Red Bull at Imola as the two drivers traded fastest sector times around the three-mile circuit. Verstappen improved his lap time on his final attempt, and exited the final corner ever so slightly ahead of Piastri's time only for the McLaren to have the edge on the drag to the finish line.
Lando Norris, who is currently second in the championship and 16 points behind Piastri, had to settle for fourth on the grid after Mercedes' George Russell beat him to third in the final moments of the session.
The result sets up an intriguing battle for Sunday's race after Piastri and Verstappen last lined up alongside each other on the front row at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, at which the McLaren driver beat the Verstappen into the first corner despite starting second.
‘Oscar Piastri takes pole’;
https://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/4...ole-qualifying
Imola GP F1 qualifying results
May 17, 2025
The Race
Provisional starting grid
1 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
2 Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
3 George Russell (Mercedes)
4 Lando Norris (McLaren)
5 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
6 Carlos Sainz (Williams)
7 Alex Albon (Williams)
8 Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
9 Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls)
10 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
‘F1 qualifying results’;
https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/i...and-prix-2025/
BREAKING NEWSF1 qualifying is HALTED as driver suffers scary crash with his car flipping over ahead of Imola Grand Prix
• The star is still getting used to his new team after receiving a recent promotion
• He suffered a scary moment as his car flipped 360 degrees in a nasty crash
• After being checked by medics, he was confirmed to be OK ahead of the race
17 May 2025
JONATHAN MCEVOY and LEWIS BROWNING
MailOnline
Yuki Tsunoda walked away unscathed from a massive crash that brought qualifying at Imola to a dramatic halt on Saturday. The Red Bull man lost control on taking too much kerb at the Villeneuve chicane, his car hurtling across the run-off area, spinning backwards into the tyre barrier and catch fence, flipping upside down, before righting itself to finish stricken in the gravel.
Tsunoda was driven to the medical centre for checks – the halo having saved him from possible serious harm as he was bounced headfirst towards the ground. A 15-minute delay to the first qualifying session ensued as the track was cleared. Tsunoda… …suffered potentially the worst moment of his Red Bull career so far on Saturday afternoon when his car flipped in the brutal crash. Commentator and former Red Bull driver David Coulthard said: 'Big, big crash there. It looks to me as if he got aggressive, more aggressive than we have seen from any card on that left-hand part turn five on the kerb.'
He went onto credit the barriers and catch fence for contributing to there seemingly being no injury. Former mechanic Marc Priestley, meanwhile, said on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra: 'Tsunoda's car did a complete 360. It landed upside down before the car then righted itself coming off the barriers.”
‘Yuki Tsunoda walked away unscathed from a massive crash’;
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...ing-crash.html
Yuki Tsonda's Terrifying Crash During Emilia Romagna GP Qualifying
17 May 2025
Nick Sutherland
Give Me Sport
F1 journalist Andrew Benson, who was covering qualifying for BBC Sport, admitted that the crash was the biggest he'd seen in the sport for an extended period.
"I've not seen an accident that big for quite some time. Landing upside down is an illustration of how important the halo head protection is in F1. Yuki Tsunoda is very lucky and seems okay walking off the track there."
‘The biggest he'd seen in the sport for an extended period’;
https://www.givemesport.com/yuki-tso...gp-qualifying/
Colapinto crash triggers second Imola qualifying red flag
17 May 2025
Mat Coch
PlanetF1.com
Franco Colapinto has triggered the second red flag of qualifying for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The Alpine driver crashed out in the final seconds of Qualifying 1 at Imola, nosing into the barrier at Tamburello.
Alpine subsequently confirmed Colapinto had been cleared of injuries following a visit to the circuit’s medical centre. “Following the incident at the end of Q1, Franco was taken to the medical centre for precautionary checks as per the procedure,” the team said. “He is ok, has been checked and cleared to leave.”
“He is ok”;
https://www.planetf1.com/news/franco...fying-red-flag
Emilia Romagna GP: Piastri on pole after marathon qualy as Ferrari falters in triple Italian Q2 exit
17 May 2025
Michelle Foster
PlanetF1.com
Oscar Piastri clinched pole position for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix ahead of Max Verstappen, but the big stories were all found in the back half of the grid. Yuki Tsunoda and Franco Colapinto brought out red flags as they suffered huge crashes in Q1, while Italian hopes were wiped out in Q2 when both Ferrari drivers and Kimi Antonelli were eliminated.
‘Big stories were all found in the back half of the grid’;
https://www.planetf1.com/news/emilia...lifying-report
'My God... my God!' | Ferrari 'devastated' with double Q2 knockout
17 May 2025
Sky Sports
Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc shared their disappointment in qualifying 11th and 12th for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
'My God... my God!';
https://www.skysports.com/watch/vide...le-q2-knockout
Hamilton has hands on helmet and wallows in car as Ferrari suffer homecoming humiliation
17 May 2025
Joe Brophy
talkSPORT
Lewis Hamilton's first qualifying session in front of Ferrari's home fans ended in major disappointment after a heartbreaking early exit. Leclerc was aghast as both Ferraris failed to make Q3.
Ferrari were under pressure to bounce back on home soil in Italy after their two drivers finished P8 and P7 respectively in Miami. It continued a hugely difficult season for the Prancing Horse, with just one podium and a solitary Sprint win across six race weekends.
Despite the promise of upgrades, F1's most successful and famous team will now have both drivers starting at Imola outside the top ten. Hamilton put his hands on his helmet as his fate became sealed, and then spent several minutes in the cockpit before exiting the car.
‘Major disappointment’;
https://talksport.com/motorsport/321...f1-qualifying/
Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc suffer home humiliation in Ferrari qualifying disaster
Ferrari's F1 woes continue as the Italian squad endured a difficult qualifying outing at the Imola circuit.
17 May 2025
Fergal Walsh
RacingNews365
Ferrari's qualifying effort at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix ended early as both Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc exited the session early. The Italian squad has endured a difficult start to the campaign, with just one podium in six races.
Its chances of adding to that tally at its home event from Imola took a major hit as both drivers are set to start the session outside the top 10. Leclerc could only manage 11th at the end of Q2, while Hamilton's best effort was one and a half tenths behind - leaving him in 12th.
Sunday will mark Hamilton's lowest starting position on the grid since joining the Italian squad at the start of the year.
‘Ferrari's F1 woes continue’;
https://racingnews365.com/lewis-hami...fying-disaster
