Max Verstappen and the Red Bull they took pole position in Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on the Imola trackobtaining the seventh consecutive pole position in the 2024 F1 season, the 39th of his career. The Dutch driver improved his time in the final phase of qualifying by overtaking the McLarens Oscar Piastri And Lando Norrisseparated by 74 and 91 thousandths. Charles Leclerc was Ferrari’s best, in fourth place, followed by Carlos Sainz in fifth place.
Qualifying results F1 Imola 2024 pole position STARTING GRID
POS | # | PILOT | STABLE | TIME |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Honda RBPT | 1:14.746 |
2 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren Mercedes | 1:14.820 |
3 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren Mercedes | 1:14.837 |
4 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:14.970 |
5 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:15.233 |
6 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:15.234 |
7 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB Honda RBPT | 1:15.465 |
8 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:15.504 |
9 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | RB Honda RBPT | 1:15.674 |
10 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas Ferrari | 1:15.980 |
11 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Honda RBPT | 1:15.706 |
12 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine Renault | 1:15.906 |
13 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin Mercedes | 1:15.992 |
14 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams Mercedes | 1:16.200 |
15 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine Renault | 1:16.381 |
16 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Kick Sauber Ferrari | 1:16.626 |
17 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Kick Sauber Ferrari | 1:16.834 |
18 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas Ferrari | 1:16.854 |
19 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin Mercedes | 1:16.917 |
NC | 2 | Logan Sargeant | Williams Mercedes | DNF |
Imola Formula 1 pole position qualifying
Despite the difficulties in free practice with the Red Bull RB20, Max Verstappen he conquered theeighth consecutive pole positionequaling Ayrton Senna, the seventh this season out of 7 races played. With a time of 1’14″746established a new record at the Enzo and Dino Ferrari.
Verstappen took advantage of a powerful trail in T1, overtaking the McLarens of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris by a few thousandths, 74 and 91 thousandths behind respectively
There Ferrari instead he disappointed in qualifying at Imola, his home track, despite the technical updates. Charles Leclerc, with a time of 1’14″970, finished fourth, two tenths behind Max Verstappen. Carlos Sainz is even further behind, almost leaving five tenths.
Cavallino fans expected more, especially after the improvements announced, taking into account that Ferrari also starts behind the two McLarenson a track where it is difficult to overtake.
F1 2023 IMOLA GP TIMETABLE SKY, NOW and TV8
Sunday 18 May 2024 (RACE)
3.00pm: Race (live on Sky, Now and TV8)
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