Formula 1 qualification: After accident shock in imola: Piatri fetches start place one

Formula 1 held the breath for a moment. A scary accident by Red Bull Pilot Yuki Tsunoda has chased drivers and fans in qualifying for the Grand Prix in Imola. On his second round, the Japanese lost control, his car lifted off in the gravel bed, turned in the air and crashed into the route limit.

Relief then when Tsunoda apparently got out of the wreck without major injuries. The 25-year-old went to the route hospital as a precaution. “Oh my god, I just saw the pictures of the crash, is he doing well?” Liam Lawson from the sister racing team Racing Bulls, but could be calmed down by his racing engineer.

After passing the accident site, other driver colleagues also asked immediately after the well -being of Tsunoda. It seems questionable whether the Red Bull mechanics until the race on Sunday (3:00 p.m./RTL and Sky) succeed in repairing the completely destroyed car.

Piatri continues the measure of things

As usual unimpressed by the events, World Cup leaders were shown by Oscar Piatri. The McLaren driver from Australia snapped the pole position with his last round world champion Max Verstappen in the second Red Bull. Third was George Russell in the Mercedes.

So Piatri remains the measure of things in Formula 1. Four of the six races, the 24-year-old won, most recently he came in a row. He leads the World Cup with a 16 -point lead over Team colleague Lando Norris, defending champion Verstappen is already 32 points ago.

When the cleanup necessary due to Tsunoda’s accident were done after a quarter of an hour, it did not take long to the next incident. Franco Colapinto, who had just taken over the luckless Jack Doohan cockpit at Alpine, rustled into the gang. Not a good debut for the Argentine, who probably only has five races to prove himself.

The day also ran very bitterly for weakening Ferrari. “It is a difficult phase, but we don’t give up,” said Lewis Hamilton superstar newcomer a few hours before the starting point hunt called the Tifosi from the stage in the fanzone of the Autodromo Enzo E Dino Ferrari. Already in training, Hamilton and teammate Charles Leclerc complained about braking problems, the new components on their company cars hardly any improvement.

The consequence: place for Leclerc, place twelve for Hamilton in his first Ferrari home game. “My God, my God, my God,” complained Leclerc on boxing radio.

And the many fans of Kimi Antonelli also had little reason to cheer. The Italian, which was only 18 years old, grew up in nearby Bologna and led his school class through the paddock. On Friday evening there was Lasagne for his Mercedes team according to the family recipe of the Antonellis. On the route so familiar to him, however, the newcomer struggled and did not get beyond 13th place.

Nico Hülkenberg, the only German in the field, was once again without a chance. The clean pilot left after a driving error than 17.