[OFFICIAL] 2025 Formula 1 Season

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GAS sets our first time in the 1m16s in this session, a 1m16.978s. HAD then does a 1m16.764s in the Racing Bulls. LAW splits the pair, while SAI goes fourth early on with a set of used mediums

 

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And here come the McLarens - PIA does a 1m16.526s, before NOR finds a 1m16.074s - both on mediums. VER splits the two with a 1m16.419s

 

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RUS finds a 1m16.366s to go up to second, although the timings continue to change; PIA draws closer to NOR, but both Williams drivers move into the top two positions; SAI does a 1m15.992s on the mediums, with ALB 0.06s behind his team-mate. the Williams has a fair bit of speed so far this weekend

ALO gets heavily baulked into Tamburello by COL; Aston driver is the only driver to do a lap on softs. NOR then finds more time, doing a 1m15.952s

 

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After that opening flurry of laps, there's a bit of a lull - we've just got a replay of HAM encountering a Sauber and a Red Bull for traffic. the world's most expensive traffic jam

 

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COL explores the extremities of the Imola circuit and moves up to 10th, while GAS goes fifth - 0.326s between them. everyone's in the pitlane now, save for TSU and RUS

 

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RUS has the track to himself - and he's come out with the all-new C6 tyres. he goes for a lap on the open road, and goes fastest with a 1m15.693s

 

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VER's now on the road with softs, as Red Bull is celebrating its 400th GP start this weekend. the Dutchman is faster in sector two over RUS, but loses a tenth in the final sector and is 0.042s behind the Briton

 

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TSU puts his lap in, and he's just 0.09s behind VER - although both Red Bulls get slightly scruffy final sectors. HAD splits them to go third, although LEC beats the Frenchman by 0.02s. NOR then cruises around Rivazza to set a 1m15.318s to go quickest - 0.375s faster than RUS. PIA's up in the first two sectors, and buzzes across the line 0.025s ahead of his team-mate

 

[Jurong640]

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SAI looks a bit all over the place and only gets up to ninth. ANT aborts his own lap after jumping over the grass at Variante Alta, while VER felt the rear dive towards the ground through Acque Minerali. GAS's found some pace, and he's got into third - 0.276s off the PIA pace

 

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Max is +0.442 to Oscar. Super fast McLaren

 

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NOR backed out of a lap after setting a purple middle sector, with a slide out of Rivazza 2. meanwhile, the Williams drivers are ninth and 10th at the moment, and seemingly struggling to maintain tyre life on the softs towards the end of the lap

 

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It looks like we’re now in the long-run phase after many laps on soft tyres. the field are switching back to medium tyres to test how long the C5 (last year’s soft tyre) can last with race fuel

"We need to work on the entry of Turns 5, 9, and 11 - it's critical I think," LEC says

So that's for Villeneuve, Piratella, and Acque Minerali stage 1

 

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Race pace for now has started in the 1m20s on these mediums. the McLarens are at the sharp end of that in the 1m20.0s/.1s, with many of the front runners a little further behind on the 1m20.2s. ANT gets baulked a little bit by TSU, as the Japanese driver becomes the traffic he's been annoyed by for most of the day. meanwhile, NOR has a little race with COL through the opening sector - a nice way to check where overtaking is possible...

 

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"Something keeps touching my foot under braking in Turn 2," VER reports, finding an unidentified object in the footwell

He too has a battle with COL, who's about to be raced by RUS...the Argentine is certainly getting his race simulations in!

 

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RUS shapes up for a move on COL into Tamburello but, since Alpine's new charger has DRS on the straights, he's had to back out of it

"What is this guy doing, man? Using his DRS!" VER complained when he was stuck behind

 

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Issack in the walls. Yellow flag.

Beached

Red Flag

 

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HAD's come to a stop at the side of the road at Tamburello, and he's now waiting to get back on the road with clear track. thing is, there's quite a bit of traffic to wait for. he waits for BOR to pass - but he's ended up beaching his VCARB 02 as he attempts to rejoin! Session paused

HAD lost the car on the exit, went on the exit kerb, and pirouetted across the gravel to hit the wall side on. it wasn't a huge hit and he'd been able to get going, but the car's rear wheels were simply stuck in the gravel