Verstappen secures record 8th straight poles

Max Verstappen very hard secured the pole position for the Emilia-Romagna GP head of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, who continued to reveal McLaren’s resurgent tempo.

EIGHT IN A ROW! 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇

Max Verstappen equals Ayrton Senna’s all-time consecutive poles record #F1 #ImolaGP pic.twitter.com/TFZxmM6i2o

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The Dutch driver, who evened Ayrton Senna’s record of 8^th straight poles, had looked out of sorts yesterday and failed to finish in the 1^st place in any of the 3 practice sessions before the qualifications today, but his finish of 1:14.746s was enough to do it today.

But McLaren were very close, with Piastri and Norris both finishing within 1 enth of a second – Max’s lead ahead of Piastri was just 0.074s.

Max shared with the media after the qualification:

“It is a satisfying beginning of the season, but today’s achievement is also very special. It’s 30 years since he passed away at this track, and I’m honored to start from the 1^st place here. And in a way, it’s a nice memory for Senna; he was a phenomenal pilot, as he also dominated in the qualifications.”

Verstappen added that it was a great qualification for him and for Red Bull.