FACTS AND STATS: Verstappen’s Imola record and Hamilton’s best Ferrari result to date

An eventful Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix produced some thrilling racing, as Max Verstappen continued his winning ways at Imola, and Lewis Hamilton gave the Ferrari fans something to cheer about after the Scuderia’s disappointing Saturday.

• Verstappen’s win was his second of the season and the 65th of his career.

• It came on Red Bull’s 400th Grand Prix start.

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• Verstappen has now won four consecutive races at Imola, a circuit record.

• With McLaren’s Lando Norris in P2, the top two finishers were identical to the 2024 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix.

• It was Norris’ fourth consecutive podium finish at Imola without winning.

• Norris has finished on the podium as many times as McLaren team mate Oscar Piastri this season – six.

• Verstappen and Norris finish one-two in that order for the 11th different time.

• With Piastri in P3, the top three in the championship finished on the podium but in the reverse order (with all three separated by 22 points).

• Lewis Hamilton’s P4 was his best Grand Prix result to date for Ferrari, and moves him ahead of Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli and into sixth in Drivers’ Championship.

• Hamilton beat team mate Charles Lecerc in a Grand Prix for the first time at Ferrari.

• With P5 for Williams, Alex Albon finished fifth for the third time this season (the team did not score any top-six finishes between 2022-2024).

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• It was Williams’ best result at Imola since Juan-Pablo Montoya finished third in 2004.

• Leclerc, P6, has finished in the top 10 on the road at every race this season, but only has one podium finish (Saudi Arabia).

• Mercedes’ George Russell, who took P7, is the only driver other than Piastri, Norris and Verstappen to score in every Grand Prix in 2025.

• With Carlos Sainz in P8, both Williams scored points for the third consecutive Grand Prix.

• With Isack Hadjar in P9 for Racing Bulls, the Faenza team have scored points at their local Imola circuit every year since it returned to the calendar in 2020.

• It was Hadjar’s third points finish in the last five Grands Prix.

• In the second Red Bull, Yuki Tsunoda in P10 scored a point from a pit-lane start.

• Tsunoda finished 10th at Imola for the second year in a row.

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• Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso took P11 and has now finished 11th on three occasions this year without scoring a point.

• With P12, Nico Hulkenberg gave Kick Sauber their best finish since Australia in what was their 600th Grand Prix.

• Antonelli’s failure to finish meant his first Grand Prix retirement came at his home track.

• Esteban Ocon’s retirement was his first since joining the Haas team.