Formula One leader Oscar Piastri kept calm under pressure to put McLaren on pole position for the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix on Saturday with Red Bull's Max Verstappen joining the Australian on the front row.

Oscar Piastri fought his way through traffic to take pole position in the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix on Saturday as Ferrari had a terrible session, with neither car in the top 10. Piastri admitted he “thought it was going to unravel” when he came up to slower cars toward the end of his final qualifying lap but it still proved enough as Max Verstappen fell just .

Championship leader Oscar Piastri narrowly beat reigning champion Max Verstappen to pole position for Sunday's Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix. Piastri's McLaren was 0.034 seconds faster than the Red Bull at Imola as the two drivers traded fastest sector times around the three-mile circuit.