Oscar Piastri led a McLaren one-two for the second session in a row at Imola.

There was little to separate the two McLaren drivers. Piastri ended up just two hundredths of a second ahead of Norris, but appeared to lose time when he caught traffic at the end of his lap.

Pierre Gasly impressed by emerging on top of a tightly-knit pack to set the third-fastest time for Alpine. However Ferrari endured a tough session at their first home race of the year.

Charles Leclerc was sixth-fastest, almost half a second off the pace, while Lewis Hamilton was outside the top 10. Both drivers reported similar concerns on their radios.

“These brakes are a problem mate,” Hamilton told race engineer Riccardo Adami at one stage. Leclerc called his “horrendous” and indicated he was particularly unhappy with the SF-25’s turn-in at high-speed corners. “We need to work on the entry of five [Villeneuve], nine [Piratella], 11 [Acque Minerali],” he said. “It’s critical, I would say.”

Compounding Ferrari’s frustrating day, the team is under investigation for a procedural error when changing the front tyre pressures on Leclerc’s car during the first practice session.

George Russell put up the fourth-fastest time, narrowly ahead of Max Verstappen. Yuki Tsunoda was less than a tenth of a second slower than his team mate, but with the times so close, Leclerc and Isack Hadjar separated the two Red Bulls. The Williams pair completed the top 10.

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For the second session in a row, Fernando Alonso was held up by a rival, but the stewards deemed no investigation was necessary. This time it was the returning Franco Colapinto who held him up on the way into Tamburello. The second Alpine driver placed 13th.

Gabriel Bortoleto resumed practice following his crash at the end of the first session and set the 16th-fastest time. However he is under investigation for a potential yellow flag infringement.

For the second session in a row, the red flags flew in the final minutes after one of the rookies went off. This time it was Isack Hadjar, who hit a barrier at the exit of Tamburello, and though he was able to get moving again he became stuck in the gravel trap.

2025 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Grand Prix second practice result

P. # Driver Team Model Time Gap
1 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren-Mercedes MCL39 1’15.293
2 4 Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes MCL39 1’15.318 0.025
3 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine-Renault A525 1’15.569 0.276
4 63 George Russell Mercedes W16 1’15.693 0.400
5 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull-Honda RBPT RB21 1’15.735 0.442
6 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari SF-25 1’15.768 0.475
7 6 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT 02 1’15.792 0.499
8 22 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull-Honda RBPT RB21 1’15.827 0.534
9 23 Alexander Albon Williams-Mercedes FW47 1’15.916 0.623
10 55 Carlos Sainz Jnr Williams-Mercedes FW47 1’15.934 0.641
11 44 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari SF-25 1’15.943 0.650
12 87 Oliver Bearman Haas-Ferrari VF-25 1’16.009 0.716
13 43 Franco Colapinto Alpine-Renault A525 1’16.044 0.751
14 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin-Mercedes AMR25 1’16.220 0.927
15 30 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT 02 1’16.255 0.962
16 5 Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber-Ferrari C45 1’16.339 1.046
17 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin-Mercedes AMR25 1’16.341 1.048
18 12 Andrea Kimi Antonelli Mercedes W16 1’16.406 1.113
19 27 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari C45 1’16.419 1.126
20 31 Esteban Ocon Haas-Ferrari VF-25 1’16.420 1.127

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