McLaren's Oscar Piastri has grabbed pole for Formula 1's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix after pipping Max Verstappen's Red Bull in Imola qualifying. After the first salvo of Q3 runs Verstappen led the way with a 1m14.772s, half a tenth up on Piastri and two tenths ahead of Norris.

There was a major incident when Red Bull’s Yuki Tsunoda crashed heavily in the first phase. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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.