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F1 News Today: Lewis Hamilton endures Imola setback as FIA announce Ferrari punishment verdict
Lewis Hamilton’s first Italian race weekend as a Ferrari driver has not had the fairytale cadence he and the tifosi had dreamed of, coming into Saturday’s qualifying session.
The seven-time world champion could only put his car tenth fastest in the final practice session of the weekend, and was heard telling his team on the radio ‘I have floor damage, I ran wide’ after an excursion coming out of turn 18 at Rivazza.
QUALIFYING RESULTS: Chaos in Imola as Lewis Hamilton suffers in DOUBLE Ferrari exit
Teams appeared to struggle to set fast times on the soft compound tyre, often failing to improve on their times set on mediums – likely due to a combination of Pirelli reducing tyre pressures overnight and a drop in track temperature during the session.
McLaren dominated running on Friday and looked strong again in the final practice session before the afternoon’s qualifying session, with Lando Norris eking ahead of Oscar Piastri on this occasion on their qualifying runs.
There was no session-ending red flag on Saturday as there was in both Friday sessions, although Liam Lawson raised eyebrows when he spun at high speed through Tamburello, ruining his tyres but staying out of the wall.
Here are the results from FP3 at the Imola Grand Prix!
F1 FP3 Results: Imola Grand Prix 2025
Position Driver Team Time/Gap
1 Lando Norris McLaren 1:14.897
2 Oscar Piastri McLaren +0.100s
3 Max Verstappen Red Bull +0.181s
4 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes +0.502s
5 Charles Leclerc Ferrari +0.554s
6 Carlos Sainz Williams +0.560s
7 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls +0.611s
8 George Russell Mercedes +0.765s
9 Alex Albon Williams +0.835s
10 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari +0.890s
11 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin +0.922s
12 Ollie Bearman Haas +1.047s
13 Lance Stroll Aston Martin +1.078s
14 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls +1.080s
15 Pierre Gasly Alpine +1.093s
16 Gabriel Bortoleto Kick Sauber +1.149s
17 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull +1.213s
18 Franco Colapinto Alpine +1.313s
19 Nico Hulkenberg Kick Sauber +1.341s
20 Esteban Ocon Haas +1.490s
Who is the current F1 world champion?
Max Verstappen is the reigning F1 champion, won his fourth drivers’ championship last year.
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The Emilia-Romagna GP weekend continues on Saturday, May 17 with qualifying at 4pm (local time) and 3pm (BST). To read the complete breakdown of qualifying times and how to watch in your location click here.
