McLaren’s Lando Norris went quickest in the final practice session for the 2025 FIA Formula 1 Rmilia Romagna Grand Prix, beating team-mate Oscar Piastri by a tenth of a second, while Red Bull’s Max Verstappen finished third. 

In high temperatures, the session got off to a leisurely start and it wasn’t until seven minutes had elapsed that the bulk of drivers headed out on track. Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton then made the early running with the seven-time champion posted a Medium tyre lap of 1:16.983 to top the timesheet. Alpine’s Pierre Gasly slipped past that marked but Hamilton, continuing his run, then posted a 1:15:866 to return to top spot.

Verstappen then moved ahead with a lap of 1m15.579s on Mediums as Piastri posted a time 0.254s down on him. Norris on the same compound then splits the top pair, just 0.077s off Verstappen.

Racing Bulls’ Isack Hadjar made a brief appearance at the top of the timesheet as a purple first sector helped him to 1:15.508, but Verstappen, on a different, used set of Mediums vaulted back to the top of the order with a lap of 1:15.130, which he then lowered to 1:15.078. 

That stood as the best time on Medium tyres, with Norris slotting in behind the Dutchman, and as the final third of the session arrived remaining the field began to make the switch to Soft tyres and qualifying simulations.

However, in an odd final 20 minutes, few drivers were able to find a comfort zone in the conditions with the C6 Pirelli tyres. Mercedes’ George Russell was the first to have a go, but he made a mistake in the Variante Alta and backed out. 

Piastri also failed to stitch together an opening flyer on Softs and after the Australian backed out of his lap, Verstappen also slid wide on the Soft tyres to ruin his first flyer. He would try again late in the session but again to no avail. 

Norris was next to make an attempt, and he proved to be one of the few who made the C6 work. The Briton held it together through all three sectors and he claimed top spot with a lap of 1:14.897. He went for another push lap, but the rear snapped out into Tamburello and after a trip through the gravel he trundled back to the pits. 

Piastri also had a second go, but although he managed to put together a lap on the C6 he couldn’t find enough pace to move ahead of his team-mate and settled for P2 ahead of Verstappen, whose Medium-tyre best kept him in P3.

Behind them Kimi Antonelli also managed to deliver on the Soft tyres and he jumped from P13 to P4 with a lap of 1:15.399. Fifth place went to Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, while Carlos Sainz put Williams in sixth place ahead of Hadjar and Russell. Alex Albon was ninth in the second Williams and Hamilton rounded out the top 10.

2025 FIA Formula 1 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix – Qualifying 
1  Lando Norris McLaren/Mercedes 1:14.897  19 235.956
2  Oscar Piastri McLaren/Mercedes 1:14.997 0.100 19 235.641
3  Max Verstappen Red Bull/Honda RBPT 1:15.078 0.181 17 235.387
4  Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 1:15.399 0.502 15 234.385
5  Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:15.451 0.554 26 234.223
6  Carlos Sainz Williams/Mercedes 1:15.457 0.560 21 234.204
7  Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls/Honda RBPT 1:15.508 0.611 20 234.046
8  George Russell Mercedes 1:15.662 0.765 14 233.570
9  Alexander Albon Williams/Mercedes 1:15.732 0.835 20 233.354
10  Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:15.787 0.890 25 233.185
11  Fernando Alonso Aston Martin/Mercedes 1:15.819 0.922 18 233.086
12  Oliver Bearman Haas/Ferrari 1:15.944 1.047 14 232.703
13  Lance Stroll Aston Martin/Mercedes 1:15.975 1.078 22 232.608
14  Liam Lawson Racing Bulls/Honda RBPT 1:15.977 1.080 21 232.601
15  Pierre Gasly Alpine/Renault 1:15.990 1.093 14 232.562
16  Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber/Ferrari 1:16.046 1.149 17 232.390
17  Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull/Honda RBPT 1:16.110 1.213 14 232.195
18  Franco Colapinto Alpine/Renault 1:16.210 1.313 14 231.890
19  Nico Hülkenberg Sauber/Ferrari 1:16.238 1.341 16 231.805
20  Esteban Ocon Haas/Ferrari 1:16.387 1.490 15 231.353