There were two red flags and plenty of drama in an exhilarating qualifying session at the F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

Here ar𓄧e our biggest winners and losers from a disrupted and unpredictable🦋 qualifying at Imola…

Winner - Max Verstappen

It might seem harsh not to put 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Oscar Piastri here, but given how competitive McLaren have been all weekend,🐻 pole position for the Australian wasn’t exactly a 🔯shock.

However, given where 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen and Red Bull were just 24 hours ago, Saturday qualifying marked a huge turnarou💯nd in fortunes as the four-time world champion produced another sublime lap to maximise his result.

Verstappಞen only missed out on what would have been a fourth pole of the season by 0.034s, leaving him in a position to challenge for an unlikely win.

Loser - Ferrari

An absolute disaster on home soil for Ferrari, as 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton slumped to a woeful double Q2 elimination.

Lec🎀lerc and Hamilton will only start 11th and 12th on the grid at Imola in front of an expectant but ultimately disappointed Tifosi. Despite bringing upgrades, the SF25 has looked a real handful so far this weekend with both drivers struggling.

Huge pressure and scrutiny surrounded Ferrari heading into this weekend, and the t💦eam have just suffered their most embarrassing moment of th꧟e year.

Winner - Aston Martin

The surprise o🍷f qual🌠ifying was the performance of the Aston Martin team.

Aston Martin have brought a major upgrade to their AMR25 at Imola and it appears to be working well on the evidence of qualifying, with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fernando Alonso securing the team’s b💃est result of the season with fifth place.

Teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lance Stroll backed up Aston Martin’s gains by also making the top 10 in eighth place, giving the Silverstone-based squad a real opportunity to land a morale-boosting result and potent𓃲ially turn the page on a dismal start 💛to 2025.

Loser - Lando Norris

While F1 championship leader Piastri continued his purple patch of form by delivering when it mattered to grab another pole, the same could not be same for McLaren teammate168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lando Norris.

Norris had to settle for only fourth on the grid after being outpaced by Verstappen’s Red Bull and Mercedes’ 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell as he failed to nail both of his laps in Q3.

Staring at a 16-point deficit to Piastri, that one is going to hurt for Norris, who continues to make mistakes in high-pressure moments.&nbs𝔉p;

Winner - Williams

Another impressive performance in qualifying from Williams, with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz and A168澳洲5最新开奖结果:lex Albon taking sixth and seventh place on the Imola൲ grid respectively.

Williams translated their promising pace throughout practice into an excellent starting position the team will be looking to convert into what would be a third consecutive d💮ouble points finish.

Loser - Yuki Tsunoda

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Yuki Tsunoda walked away from a horror ⭕crash in qualifying du𝓰ring a chaotic and truncated Q1.

Tsunoda lost control of his Red Bull at the Villeneuve chicane before dramatically somersau🐼lting hiওs car into a roll and hitting the barriers and catch fencing in what was an enormous shunt.

Thankfully, Tsunoda was unharmed in th💎e terrifying accident, but the Japanese racer will be consigned to the very back for✅ Sunday’s grand prix.

Winner - Isack Hadjar

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Isack Hadjar continues to star for Racing Bulls as he reached Q3 and ✱set the ninth-fasteꦉst time.

The 20-year-old French rookie continues to lead the charge for Red Bull’s sister team, once again outperforming his more experienced teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Liam Lawson, who was eliminated in Q1 in a lowly 16th.

Hadjar’s performances will be making Red Bull take note, particularly with Tsunoda still struggling to get on top oꦉ♍f the RB21.

Loser - Kimi Antonelli

The Italian fans had very little to cheer about on Saturday, as Bologna native168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Kimi Antonelli suffered a hugely disappointing qual🍌ifying at his home track.

Antonelli hoped to be challenging for a ‘dream’ debut heading into the weekend but will line up for Sunday’s grand prix from a lowly 13th, while teammate Russell starts 10 places higher in third, underlining what the 🌊Mercedes was capable of. 

Winner - Pierre Gasly

In a season of turbulence for Alpine,168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Pierre Gasly represents a major pillar of consistency. He has been on🐟e of the standout performers this season as he leads Alpine’s charge 🌼while his teammates chop and change.

The Frenchman was thrilled to end FP2 P3 as he hailed Alpine’s “best Friday o꧂f the year”. He knew such a result would be near impossible to replicate come qualifying, but to round out the top-10 marked an excellent effort.

Gasly was narrowly pipped by Hadjar but otherwise extracted what was realistically the best possible result𝓀 for Alpine on this day.

Loser - Franco Colapinto

It was an Alpine qualifying debut to forget for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Franco Colapinto, who had a massive crash in his first competitive outing for the French squad since b♒eing parachuted in to r𓂃eplace Jack Doohan.

C♍olapinto was unhurt following a trip to the medical centre for precautionary checks but was unable to take part in Q2 after his big shunt right at the end of Q1.

To r♉ub salt into the wounds, Colapinto has been hit with a one-place grid penalty for being released into the pit lane before the session had officially restarted following an earlier red flag.

Penny for Doohan’s thoughts…