Oscar Piastri fought through traffic to get pole on Saturday for Emilia-Romaña Grand Prixwhile Ferrari He had a terrible session and none of his cars will leave from the first 10 places.
Piastri admitted that “He thought he was going to crumble” When he met slower cars towards the end of his last classification, but it was enough, since Max Verstappen He was only 0.034 seconds from the Australian time. That gives Piastri a great advantage in Sunday’s race in a circuit to advance is remarkably difficult.
“The return was good. I had about four cars in the last curve, which did not help, but it was enough”Said Piastri. “Very, very happy with a job well done and excited tomorrow now”.
George Russell It was placed third for Mercedespushing to Lando Norrispiastri teammate in McLaren And rival for the title, to fourth place.
It was a difficult day for local fans, since Ferrari’s pilots Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamiltontogether with the only Italian pilot of Formula One, Kimi Antonelli, qualified outside the Top Ten. The three were surpassed by rivals that improved their times at the end of the second part of the classification. Leclerc will leave from the 11th place, Hamilton in 12 and Antonelli in 13.
The Strait and Retail Circuit of Imola He hardly punishes even small mistakes, as demonstrated in the strong accidents of Yuki Tsunoda and Franco Colapinttwo pilots under pressure to perform.
Tsunoda’s car overturned after hitting the barriers, which caused concern among other pilots. The Red Bull team said Tsunoda went to the medical center.
Tsunoda had not marked a while, so the Japanese pilot qualified last for his fifth race with Red Bull since he replaced Liam
Lawson in March. He has had difficulty staying at the Verstappen level.
Collapint’s return to the F1 with Alpine He had a bad start when he crashed into the wall, causing serious damage to his car. The Argentine pilot said it was not injured and qualified 15th.
That accident also left Oliver Bearman out after a review showed that the Haas pilot completed his return for a moment after the red flag for the collapint incident. I would have placed it 12th in the first session, but instead it was eliminated in 19th.
