McLAREN’S Oscar Piastri claimed his third pole position of the season with a stunning lap at Imola, setting a 1:14.670 to edge out Red Bull’s Max Verstappen by just 0.034 seconds in a dramatic, incident-filled qualifying session at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, reports Damian Hall.

Oscar Piastri fought his way through traffic to take pole position in the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix on Saturday as Ferrari had a terrible session, with neither car in the top 10. Piastri admitted he “thought it was going to unravel” when he came up to slower cars toward the end of his final qualifying lap but it still proved enough as Max Verstappen fell just .

Championship leader Oscar Piastri narrowly beat reigning champion Max Verstappen to pole position for Sunday's Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix. Piastri's McLaren was 0.034 seconds faster than the Red Bull at Imola as the two drivers traded fastest sector times around the three-mile circuit.