A happy Saturday to you all and welcome to one of the most important days on the current F1 calendar — qualifying at Imola.
We are here with you for every session and press conference from Round 7 of the 2025 season and the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix in Italy.
All the signs fro yesterday’s two free-practice sessions pointed to another bumper weekend for McLaren, with Oscar Piastri pipping teammate Lando Norris in both FP1 and FP2.
But it’s not always been plain sailing for the papaya cars on a Saturday in 2025 and given the difficulties in overtaking around Imola, it may be tricky to recover the situation come tomorrow’s grand prix.
So in short, this is a big day — will someone, anyone, make McLaren’s life difficult?
Our correspondent Luke Smith is trackside for every session and media conference this weekend, as the rest of The Athletic’s F1 writers and editors watch on and get involved in our extensive coverage.
So don’t go anywhere, because we’ve got you covered from here.