“Lightning” Verstappen, took the pole in Imola and equaled Senna’s historical record!

And in the end… Max Verstappen takes the pole position!

In the most ambiguous qualifying of the season, the Dutch driver recovered from the RB20’s problems in testing to take the pole position for the Imola Grand Prixreaching them 8 in a row and equaling the record held by the late Ayrton Senna since 1989!

Although many thought, after yesterday’s (17/05) tests, that perhaps Verstappen’s streak would “break” in Emilia Romagnathe three-time series champion set a “mythical” time in Q3 (1:14.746) and withstood the pressure of her two drivers McLarenby Oscar Piastri to start from the second position of the grid and the Lando Norris from the third.

The top five was completed by the two Ferraris, which however could not compete at all Red Bull of Verstappen. Very good performance for Red Bull’s “subsidiary” team as well, Racing Bullby Yuki Tsunoda to start from 7th place in the Grand Prix and the Daniel Ricciardo from the 9th. Bad development for him Fernando Alonsowhich had an exit in Q1 and will start from 19th place of the grid.

QUALIFYING CLASSIFICATION

Piastri and Norris were a whisker away from P1 ??#F1 #ImolaGP pic.twitter.com/ZfIiBhuo2Y

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