[GuidoK]

F1 2025: Italian GP - Imola (May 18)

Schedule:
https://www.formula1.com/en/racing/2025/emiliaromagna
(Start times adjusts automatically to your local time/date depending on your browsers/internet settings)

Circuit:
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari (Imola)




Circuit stats:
First Grand Prix: 1980
Number of Laps: 63
Circuit Length: 4.909 km
Race Distance: 309.049 km
Lap Record: 1:15.484 (Lewis Hamilton 2020)

Tires:

https://press.pirelli.com/the-c6-to-...ebut-in-imola/

Onboard Lap:
(2024 Max Verstappen pole lap)
HERE

2024 thread:
https://www.zpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2103516

2024 race highlights:
HERE

2024 Lollipopman Comics:

[GuidoK]

So what are your predictions?
McLaren seems to be unbeatable this season and Oscar Piastri is on a roll.
I believe Ferrari has announced some updates, but will that be enough?
And what will ferrari strategy think of next......

My prediction:
1. PIA
2. NOR
3. VER
4. RUS
5. LEC
6. ANT
7. HAM
8. SAI
9. TSU
10. ALB

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by GuidoK

F1 2025: Italian GP - Imola (May 18)

Thanks for posting . Great job (as usual)!

[M5Rick]

For this one I'll skip the prediction The spirit of Enzo and Dino won't be too enthusiastic also.

[Killed by Death]

[dfox]

Pia
Nor
Lec
Ver
Ant
Ham
Rus
Alb
Sai
Gas

I think McLaren will keep with the 1-2. Max will probably finish out the podium simply because he'll probably have gotten pole and eventually the McLaren cars pass but nobody else can manage it.

I think we see Kimi beat Russel. I think we see Leclerc beat Ham again. Torn on the order of the Ferrari/Merc.

Albon will outperform Sainz again, but just barely.

Yuki remains out of the picture.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Thanks for posting . Great job (as usual)!

Ford on track as Rushbrook explains, so not all doom and gloom
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/ex...gine/10722175/

[wizardofOz]

I will go with:

Oscar
Lando
Max
Georgina
Kimi
Charles
Alex
Carlos

and Stroll to finish the race Killed by Death

[G30M]

taken on a highway towards Imola by some FB person ... thing is, no security? nobody robs these trucks it seems!

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by G30M

taken on a highway towards Imola by some FB person ... thing is, no security? nobody robs these trucks it seems!

Security for teams is taken out of budget money it seems, well for RB anyway. Team was fined by Fia when Rao was there apparently for providing for extra catering laid on for sponsors and the team.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by G30M

taken on a highway towards Imola by some FB person ... thing is, no security? nobody robs these trucks it seems!

Mate . Think you're living in a Mad MAX scenario . Imola is Italy , and Italy is the Mafia.
But the Italian Mafia has respect for the F1 teams and the drivers , because the Scuderia is Italian.
Under the the Prancing Horse you can see the letters S and F .
The means Scuderia Ferrari .

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Mate . Think you're living in a Mad MAX scenario . Imola is Italy , and Italy is the Mafia.
But the Italian Mafia has respect for the F1 teams and the drivers , because the Scuderia is Italian.
Under the the Prancing Horse you can see the letters S and F .
The means Scuderia Ferrari .

True. Like the Kray twins who ruled in London at the time, only gave the welcome treatment to those who really deserved it.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Killed by Death

Ferrari Absolute Cinema => https://www.reddit.com/r/formuladank...solute_cinema/

[GuidoK]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Mate . Think you're living in a Mad MAX scenario . Imola is Italy , and Italy is the Mafia.

Besides only Max is that good to be able to drive the RB21 and get a decent result.
Any other driver when driving the RB21 seems to be convicted to end up in the lower midfield....
So these cars are virtually worthless unless you have a Max Verstappen somewhere tucked away

[M5Rick]

Just in and 'top secret' in the major upgrade for the RB21 is that the Milton Keynes team are onto the McKaren sorry McLaren brake drum cooling trick with a new brake disc layout.

[M5Rick]

Untested as yet but confident the set up should cool the brake drums and inner side wall tyres to be more competitive with the papayas.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by GuidoK

Besides only Max is that good to be able to drive the RB21 and get a decent result.
Any other driver when driving the RB21 seems to be convicted to end up in the lower midfield....
So these cars are virtually worthless unless you have a Max Verstappen somewhere tucked away

Yeah . And from all that I can read in the last 2 weeks, the huge RB21 Imola upgrade will be like : "All or nothing"
And that for the rest of this season ...

I think it's never seen before , how long the McLaren tyres last .
At Miami : MAX was P1 and his tyres were overheating . Piastri ran 14 laps right behind MAX in the dirty air and that was just fine for the papaya tyres .
The result was a 37 sec. gap (!) So far ,the McLaren brake and tyre advantage is unbeatable.
Useless to say , McLaren don't needs the fastest car to win a race . As I said , the McLaren tyres win the race .

BTW : I meant the wild chase scenes in the MAD MAX movies as they attack trucks

[AmuroRay]

I think we see Lewis beat Charles - and see him on the Podium during the triple header. He's been getting faster ever race.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Untested as yet but confident the set up should cool the brake drums and inner side wall tyres to be more competitive with the papayas.

Well...I just read the F1 drivers are allowed to swear again.
At least in the cars we'll hear things like f@ck and f@cking 5H1t again...

Awesome . Thank you MAX

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by AmuroRay

I think we see Lewis beat Charles - and see him on the Podium during the triple header. He's been getting faster ever race.

Man , honestly I love your posts (!)

[AmuroRay]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Man , honestly I love your posts (!)

Max is going to be gargling GR's and McLaren's balls this entire season.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by AmuroRay

Max is going to be gargling GR's and McLaren's balls this entire season.

Thank you . That's just what MAX would love to hear , that makes him faster . As we know , MAX loves a great fight and he will fight for it (as usual)!
Even in his RB Frankenstein car ...

GR ? Do you mean Georgina the Russell boy ?

Hopefully LEW is aware that Imola is in Italy . aka Ferrari-land (!)
LEW comes with bodyguards , otherwise the Italians will eat him alive....