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Big Colapinto shunt clashes with a key Briatore demand
Flavio Briatore said this week he is only asking new Alpine Formula 1 driver Franco Colapinto three things: to be fast, not crash, and score points.Shunting heavily in Q1 at Imola immediately falls short of one of those demands, as well as making a point-scoring debut very difficult.Colapinto is fortunately OK after the incident, having had precautionary checks at the medical centre, and he will n...
Huge barrier-climbing Tsunoda crash interrupts Imola F1 qualifying
Formula 1 qualifying at Imola was interrupted early in Q1 by a red flag following a huge crash for Red Bull driver Yuki Tsunoda.On his first flying lap in Q1, Tsunoda lost the rear of his car quickly as he hit the left-hand apex kerb on the entry to the second chicane (Villeneuve).He spun backwards into the tyre barrier with such force the car was catapulted up and onto the barrier, rolling as it ...
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Emilia Romagna Grand Prix F1 practice results 2025
Free practice threeAnother McLaren 1-2 in final practice at Imola, with Lando Norris ahead of Oscar Piastri this time.1 Lando Norris (McLaren) 1m14.897s2 Oscar Piastri (McLaren) +0.100s3 Max Verstappen (Red Bull) +0.181s4 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) +0.502s5 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) +0.554s6 Carlos Sainz (Williams) +0.560s7 Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls) +0.611s8 George Russell (Mercedes) +0.765s9 Ale...
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Final practice tyre struggles hint at Imola qualifying curveball
Lando Norris set the pace in the final Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Formula 1 practice session at Imola, as much of the F1 field struggled badly with the new C6 tyre.It was the third successive McLaren 1-2 of the weekend, but the session was far from straightforward - and promised a sterner challenge against McLaren at least on the harder tyre.The C6 - the new softest tyre in Pirelli's range introduc...
Gary Anderson's verdict on Aston Martin's crucial upgrade
Aston Martin was the Formula 1 team that arrived at Imola with the biggest box of upgrades, which ran on Lance Stroll’s car in practice on Friday while Fernando Alonso continued with the old specification. On Saturday, both cars will have the new package. Imola is an old-school track. When you go off, it’s gravel or grass, which means car balance and driver confidence are critical for a fast lap. ...
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What next as F1's bid to shake up Imola race looks set to fail
Formula 1 has taken a step into the unknown at this weekend's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix with Pirelli bringing the softest tyres it can in a bid to spice up strategy options.The debut of the aggressive C6, originally designed for low energy street circuits, as Imola's soft tyre triggered plenty of intrigue over how it would fare and the impact it could have on increasing the number of stops.Some te...
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Why McLaren thinks its F1 rivals are looking in the wrong places
McLaren boss Andrea Stella says rivals are looking at the wrong things when it comes to their suspicions about why his team is so successful in Formula 1 this year. Off the back of its early-season dominance, there has been intrigue about the way in which McLaren’s MCL39 is so much better able to look after its rear tyres than anyone else.
This fuelled theories, triggered in part by thermal im...
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Video: Norris's driving style adaptability explained
McLaren Formula 1 driver Lando Norris is the subject of episode two of Edd Straw and Mark Hughes' Driving Style Secrets series.You can watch the full episode in The Race Members' Club on Patreon - and there's 75% off your first month if you join now.But here's a teaser clip in which Mark and Edd discuss the evolution of Norris's style and a key difference to Max Verstappen.
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Trackside view: What we learned at one of F1's most revealing corners
Acque Minerali is not only one of the greatest corner names in Formula 1, but also a picturesque and fascinating place to watch grand prix cars in action. During FP1 and FP2 at Imola today, it also revealed some interesting trends, as well as underlining just how small a difference there really is between the fastest and slowest cars.The first part of Acque Minerali is a straightforward right-hand...
What prompted Colapinto's practice defences that puzzled Verstappen
Franco Colapinto's first day on-track as an Alpine Formula 1 driver featured him trying to fend off both McLarens, George Russell, and a confused Max Verstappen in Imola practice.While Alpine team-mate Pierre Gasly was a surprise frontrunner on pure pace in Friday practice, ending FP2 third-fastest, Colapinto's status as an interloper among the big teams came in an unusual form.He found himself at...
Mark Hughes: How Imola win could be snatched from McLaren
A one-stop race with the McLarens looking favourite? Well, yes - but read on. There were some interesting things happening around Imola on Friday. The worry for the teams before going into Friday running was whether the debuting Pirelli C6 compound would be too soft to be quicker than the C5 around Imola. Well, they can now relax - as the C6 held up over the lap well enough to be faster than the m...
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Emilia Romagna Grand Prix F1 practice results 2025
Free practice twoMcLaren scored another 1-2 - in the same order - in the second session, with Oscar Piastri a quarter of a tenth up on Lando Norris and the rest of the field a quarter of a second or more back.1 Oscar Piastri (McLaren) 1m15.293s2 Lando Norris (McLaren) +0.025s3 Pierre Gasly (Alpine) +0.276s4 George Russell (Mercedes) +0.400s5 Max Verstappen (Red Bull) +0.442s6 Charles Leclerc (Ferr...
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McLaren pulls away in second Imola F1 practice
McLaren repeated its earlier 1-2 in second practice for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola, with Formula 1 world championship leader Oscar Piastri again ahead of Lando Norris.Just 0.025 seconds split the title rivals, and this time they had a more comfortable margin over the competition than had been the case in first practice.Their closest rival was a surprise - Alpine had already looked prom...
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What happened in tight first practice at Imola
Oscar Piastri led a McLaren 1-2 in the opening Emilia Romagna Grand Prix practice, yet the team's Formula 1 rivals were close in pursuit.The session marked the debut of Pirelli's new C6 tyre, the softest compound in the manufacturer's 2025 tyre range, which was extensively used by teams already in these opening, shortened 58 minutes.🚩 RED FLAG 🚩Bortoleto into the barriers. He's okay 👍#F1 #ImolaGP ...
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Emilia Romagna Grand Prix F1 practice results 2025
Free practice onePoints leader Oscar Piastri headed team-mate Lando Norris in the opening session, ended early by a crash for Gabriel Bortoleto.1 Oscar Piastri (McLaren) 1m16.545s2 Lando Norris (McLaren) +0.032s3 Carlos Sainz (Williams) +0.052s4 George Russell (Mercedes) +0.054s5 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) +0.096s6 Pierre Gasly (Alpine) +0.151s7 Max Verstappen (Red Bull) +0.360s8 Alexander Albon (Wi...
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Why Ferrari's committing to a '25 revamp despite looming reset
Formula 1 teams may be winding down development of their current cars ahead of the rules reset for 2026, but Ferrari is pushing on with a rear suspension revamp.Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc have been hampered this year by compromises Ferrari is having to make with its ride height.Ferrari is unable to run it SF-25 as low to the ground as it would like for peak performance because the car risk...
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The big off-track sign of Haas's F1 transformation
Formula 1 motorhomes may at best seem tangential to the serious business of racing on track, or at worst a manifestation of paddock excess.In reality, they are an essential asset during the European season and, ever since first joining the grand prix grid in 2016, Haas's hospitality facility has been totemic of its limitations. But not anymore.The new Haas motorhome is making its first appearance ...
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Mercedes' Imola package after lacking 'enormous or sexy' upgrades
Mercedes has a raft of car changes at Formula 1's Imola round after going without "particularly enormous or sexy" upgrades for the first quarter of the season.Technical director James Allison had noted after the previous race in Miami that smaller developments had been "coming in a steady trickle" over the opening grands prix but revealed there would be "some that will be more obvious to the outsi...
What leading F1 drivers make of potential Sainz FIA presidency bid
The current Formula 1 grid faces the bizarre scenario where the father of one of the drivers could be running to be the new FIA president later this year.It emerged after the Miami Grand Prix that Carlos Sainz Sr is currently weighing up whether to challenge Mohammed Ben Sulayem for the FIA presidency.On media day at Imola many of the leading drivers were asked what they thought of Sainz's potenti...
Why Alpine has clarified Briatore really is 'fully in charge'
The Alpine Formula 1 team has sought to clarify Flavio Briatore is "fully in charge of the team" despite not officially being registered as its team representative in the wake of Oliver Oakes' exit.Briatore controversially rejoined the Enstone team he led to world titles in the 1990s and 2000s last summer on a consultancy basis, as Renault boss Luca de Meo's executive advisor in F1.But as he is no...
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