Circuit
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Imola, Italy
Imola is an old-school circuit that runs anticlockwise, flowing through fast sweeps and sharp chicanes with barriers kept close throughout. It is a proper drivers' track, one that leaves little margin and rewards commitment and precision over outright car performance, with several corners where confidence in the front end makes all the difference. The aggressive kerbs at the chicanes demand a car that can ride them cleanly.
Named after Enzo Ferrari and his son Dino, the circuit carries deep significance in the history of the sport and sits close to the heartland of Italian motor racing. Its narrow, flowing layout makes overtaking hard and qualifying vital, and gives every race here a distinctive, historic character.
The gap, in metres
2025 Qualifying here. Each driver’s time gap converted to the distance it actually puts them behind at racing speed.
| # | Driver | Gap | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oscar Piastri | reference | — |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | +0.034 | 2.8 m |
| 3 | George Russell | +0.137 | 11.4 m |
| 4 | Lando Norris | +0.292 | 24.3 m |
| 5 | Carlos Sainz | +0.528 | 44.0 m |
| 6 | Fernando Alonso | +0.761 | 63.4 m |
| 7 | Alexander Albon | +0.803 | 66.9 m |
| 8 | Lance Stroll | +0.827 | 68.9 m |
| 9 | Pierre Gasly | +0.835 | 69.6 m |
| 10 | Isack Hadjar | +0.840 | 70.0 m |
Across the full field, Oscar Piastri to Esteban Ocon covers 161.9 m.
See the full 2025 Qualifying drawn to scaleOn the radio here
707 messages recorded at this circuit, 2020 to 2025.
- “Grande, Max. Nice shot, mate. Nice shot. Wow, Max. 400 races and you've won it. Brilliant. Brilliant drive. Brilliant weekend. Well done, mate. You really, really dominated that race. Yeah, exactly that. Brilliant weekend. That was a fantastic execution all around. Thank you very much. And yeah, not bad on our 400th race. Well done, everyone. That was a very strong Saturday and Sunday. So well deserved that. Great job.”Max VERSTAPPEN · 2025 Race
- “you too mate yeah what a good race uh clearly just not the uh not the pace to win today so let's keep pushing guys i know it's been a lovely start but not quick enough to win today so let's uh let's keep it up let's keep working hard thank you very much my pleasure mate long long way way to go it's just have fun doing it all right”Lando NORRIS · 2025 Race
- “We need to stay out. We don't have a tyre that can do to the end. Soft will be better than that. It's 17 laps, Charles. 17 laps to the end. How many laps have my medium? Your medium has 11 laps.”Charles LECLERC · 2025 Race
- “Can we just do a full once-over of the car please? It just doesn't feel right especially in the rear, most likely it's the tyres. I suspect so but yeah we'll take a look.”George RUSSELL · 2025 Race