Australian ace Oscar Piastri qualified second at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola, but will not start in the front row after being given a three-place grid penalty for impeding.
Piastri’s fine last-gasp qualifying lap on Saturday was bettered only by the resurgent champion Max Verstappen, but the Melburnian could celebrate being on the front row of the grid on Sunday before the penalty was announced.
“I think we’ve definitely been on the pace all weekend. You can never count out Max and Red Bull of course, like we’ve just seen, but I think the confidence is high.” For Red Bull’s Verstappen, it was a dramatic return to form after problems in practice as he maintained his astonishing qualifying record, tying the late, great Ayrton Senna’s Formula 1 record of eight pole positions in a row at Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari.It was Verstappen’s 39th career pole in all as he seemed to, almost magically, find some extra pace after finishing fifth, sixth and seventh in the three Imola practice sessions.
“It’s a great start to the year and very special. It’s 30 years since Ayrton passed away, so very pleased to get pole and in a way it’s a nice memory to him. He was an incredible F1 driver,” Verstappen said.
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