The precise and digital Security Vehicles every made an look throughout the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, and as normal they created a mix of winners and losers.
Fernando Alonso and Charles Leclerc had been two of probably the most pained drivers after Sunday’s 63 laps, every feeling the timing of the interruptions had performed badly for his or her methods. However many different drivers might make comparable claims.
Most of them grew to become susceptible after they made early pit stops to discard the medium rubber they began the race on. Leclerc was one of many earliest to vary tyres, pitting on lap 10, whereas Alonso adopted two laps later.
Leclerc had simply arrived on the tail of Alonso’s staff mate Lance Stroll when Ferrari pulled him in. It’s straightforward to ‘Monday morning quarterback’ these choices, however Ferrari’s reasoning is understandable looking back.
Leclerc hadn’t gained any locations since forcing his well beyond Pierre Gasly on lap three. Furthermore, the sphere forward of him was compressing because of George Russell’s poor tempo in third. Half-a-dozen vehicles had been compressed into little greater than three-and-a-half seconds forward of Leclerc when he pitted. They had been ripe for an ‘undercut’.
Among the many different drivers who got here in early at this level was Carlos Sainz Jnr. Williams sacrificed a robust sixth place within the operating order although Sainz admitted coming in so early felt like a mistake.
Russell and the Aston Martin pair got here in too, although their state of affairs was barely completely different to their different rivals. As they’d exhausted their inventory of contemporary medium tyres by operating them in qualifying, their tempo on the rubber initially of the race tailed off extra rapidly.
One of many final drivers to pit amongst this preliminary group was Oscar Piastri. McLaren sacrificed a robust place – he was second, simply 2.7 seconds behind chief Max Verstappen – after they introduced him in on lap 14, in order that they will need to have had excessive confidence extra drivers behind them had been going to come back in on that lap. Solely Stroll did – and nobody else got here in for eight laps.
Afterwards Piastri mentioned the staff would evaluate whether or not it acquired the decision proper. However in his staff mate’s case, their luck was actually rotten. Norris went twice so far as Piastri on his first set of tyres, then got here in on lap 28. Seconds after he returned to the monitor Esteban Ocon got here to a cease on the climb to Piratella. The Digital Security Automobile was deployed.
VSC durations are sometimes transient and don’t all the time give the total area the chance to pit (as occurred at Interlagos final yr). Nevertheless this one lasted lengthy sufficient for the entire area to have the prospect to come back in, and lots of did, together with most of those that had already pitted as soon as. The Aston Martin drivers had been the notable exceptions, and so they proved straightforward prey for rivals on more energizing tyres after the restart, falling out of the factors positions.
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By the point the Security Automobile appeared when Andrea Kimi Antonelli retired on lap 46, some groups had been operating low on contemporary rubber. This was very true for Aston Martin, who selected to suit worn mediums to their vehicles at this level.
Many of the leaders nonetheless had a second set of hards to make use of, however not Piastri, as his early pit cease got here again to hang-out him. Leclerc, Russell and Sainz had been in the identical boat.
Nevertheless their misfortune was mitigated by one element: the Security Automobile interval dragged on for an inordinate period of time, on condition that the marshals solely needed to get well a single stationary automotive. The upshot was the race didn’t restart till lap 54, leaving much less time for these on more energizing rubber to take benefit. Even so Piastri, Leclerc and Russell all misplaced locations over the ultimate dash to the chequered flag.
The Security Automobile durations might not have performed into their arms, however their groups’ choices to make their first pit cease early had already compromised their races. That mentioned, within the instances of Russell and the Aston Martins, their qualifying ways left them susceptible on race day, and so they paid the value. All three completed no less than 4 locations decrease than they began.
2025 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix lap chart
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2025 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix race chart
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2025 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix lap instances
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2025 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix quickest laps
Every driver’s quickest lap:
2025 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix tyre methods
The tyre methods for every driver:
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2025 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix pit cease instances
How lengthy every driver’s pit stops took:
Rank
#
Driver
Group
Full cease time (s)
Hole to finest (s)
Cease no.
Lap no.
1
4
Lando Norris
McLaren
29.513
1
28
2
16
Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
29.634
0.121
1
10
3
1
Max Verstappen
Purple Bull
29.657
0.144
2
46
4
30
Liam Lawson
Racing Bulls
29.695
0.182
1
10
5
63
George Russell
Mercedes
29.784
0.271
1
11
6
23
Alexander Albon
Williams
29.786
0.273
2
47
7
22
Yuki Tsunoda
Purple Bull
29.807
0.294
1
29
8
5
Gabriel Bortoleto
Sauber
29.917
0.404
3
46
9
44
Lewis Hamilton
Ferrari
29.949
0.436
1
29
10
44
Lewis Hamilton
Ferrari
29.95
0.437
2
46
11
1
Max Verstappen
Purple Bull
29.991
0.478
1
29
12
12
Andrea Kimi Antonelli
Mercedes
30.051
0.538
1
29
13
55
Carlos Sainz Jnr
Williams
30.08
0.567
1
11
14
6
Isack Hadjar
Racing Bulls
30.096
0.583
2
46
15
6
Isack Hadjar
Racing Bulls
30.123
0.61
1
29
16
14
Fernando Alonso
Aston Martin
30.163
0.65
1
12
17
27
Nico Hulkenberg
Sauber
30.184
0.671
1
29
18
30
Liam Lawson
Racing Bulls
30.291
0.778
2
29
19
43
Franco Colapinto
Alpine
30.317
0.804
1
22
20
23
Alexander Albon
Williams
30.471
0.958
1
29
21
31
Esteban Ocon
Haas
30.506
0.993
1
1
22
5
Gabriel Bortoleto
Sauber
30.605
1.092
2
29
23
81
Oscar Piastri
McLaren
30.609
1.096
2
30
24
55
Carlos Sainz Jnr
Williams
30.635
1.122
2
29
25
63
George Russell
Mercedes
30.754
1.241
2
29
26
14
Fernando Alonso
Aston Martin
30.886
1.373
2
46
27
5
Gabriel Bortoleto
Sauber
30.906
1.393
1
12
28
81
Oscar Piastri
McLaren
30.973
1.46
1
13
29
43
Franco Colapinto
Alpine
31.107
1.594
2
46
30
18
Lance Stroll
Aston Martin
31.218
1.705
1
14
31
87
Oliver Bearman
Haas
31.414
1.901
1
29
32
10
Pierre Gasly
Alpine
31.488
1.975
1
9
33
4
Lando Norris
McLaren
31.675
2.162
2
46
34
16
Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
31.898
2.385
2
29
35
10
Pierre Gasly
Alpine
32.003
2.49
2
29
36
18
Lance Stroll
Aston Martin
34.496
4.983
2
46
37
87
Oliver Bearman
Haas
56.757
27.244
2
31
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