Hamilton held on to take his 99th career pole despite not improving on his final flying lap, with his Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas qualifying down in eighth, on spot... read more »

Lewis Hamilton took pole position ahead of Red Bull's Sergio Perez in a thrilling qualifying session at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. read more »

Full qualifying results for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola, the second round of the 2021 F1 world championship season. read more »

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Times from today's qualifying session for the Pirelli Gran Premio dell Emilia Romagna. read more »

Following his impressive showing on debut in Bahrain three weeks ago, Tsunoda arrived at Imola hopeful of challenging for a second haul of points and a maiden Q3 appearance.But... read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes his storming qualifying performance at Imola last year has helped him to unlock pace from his Mercedes in the early phases of the Emilia Romagna Grand... read more »

After his problems during the second Friday practice, Red Bull's Max Verstappen bounced back in the third and final practice session to set the pace, beating... read more »

Max Verstappen will go into Qualifying for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix with confidence after topping final practice at Imola by more than four-tenths of a second. read more »

The final practice session took place in cold and slowly climbing temperatures, which meant many drivers set their best times on their second or even third qualifying... read more »

Indeed on Friday the quickest lap of the day, logged by Charles Leclerc in second practice, was deleted by the stewards. There's a reasonable chance that Saturday's... read more »

A strong start to the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix for Alfa Romeo, although Giovinazzi is aware of just how tight qualifying will be at his home race on Saturday. read more »

Davide Brivio was happy with Alpine's Friday running at Imola despite an incident involving Esteban Ocon during first practice costing them some track time. read more »

McLaren driver Daniel Ricciardo has vowed to put "all the focus" on qualifying for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix due to "old school" Imola's overtaking... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo says that McLaren need to make some changes overnight to ensure that they make it to Q3 in qualifying at Imola. read more »

It's pretty clear that there are some areas in which we have to improve before qualifying. read more »

It's looking positive so far this weekend - the performance over the shorter runs is there and we've now got to work with the data tonight to ensure that the pace is... read more »

Bottas topped both Friday practice sessions at Imola for Mercedes ahead of his team-mate Hamilton, as main Formula 1 world titles Red Bull struggled at the Italian circuit.In... read more »

Haas boss Guenther Steiner has defended Nikita Mazepin after the rookie driver endured another fraught day of Formula 1 running in Italy. Mazepin's Formula 1 debut in... read more »

Valtteri Bottas says Mercedes' W12 is "definitely feeling better" at Imola compared to how it performed at Formula 1's opening event in Bahrain. Mercedes... read more »

The second one-hour session of Friday day at Imola featured a number of unusual developments, as the Mercedes drivers did not find major gains using the soft tyres on their... read more »

Sergio Perez has backed Red Bull to keep making bold tyre choices in qualifying - even though he was caught out in Bahrain. read more »

Lewis Hamilton has praised the "inspiring" legacy of Prince Philip as Formula 1 prepares to pay tribute with a minute's silence before qualifying at Imola on... read more »

In recent seasons, Red Bull has selected contra-tyre strategy approaches in the middle phase of qualifying to try and gain an upper hand in race strategy versus Mercedes during... read more »

Hamilton was forced to miss last year's Sakhir Grand Prix after testing positive for COVID-19, prompting Mercedes to draft in junior driver Russell from Williams for the... read more »