What did you think of today’s race? Share your verdict on the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
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Rate the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix out of 10
- 10 (4%)
- 9 (7%)
- 8 (26%)
- 7 (36%)
- 6 (14%)
- 5 (5%)
- 4 (4%)
- 3 (3%)
- 2 (0%)
- 1 (2%)
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2025 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
- Antonelli was tiring from home race at Imola attention by Friday – Wolff
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- Verstappen told Red Bull to use Tsunoda before “hold him up” call
- ‘Saturdays have been mine for years but for some reason it’s drifted away’ – Norris
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Jere (@jerejj)
18th May 2025, 15:39
Overall, a decent race in the end thanks to the neutralizations, but otherwise, a lot of DRS train effect without big delta as expected.
BasCB (@bascb)
18th May 2025, 16:28
Yeah, without that it would have probably been a start to finish DRS train.
StefMeister (@stefmeister)
18th May 2025, 15:39
Giving that 8/10.
Some good battling, Some good overtaking including some great moves outside the DRS zone & a truly wonderful circuit which is simply a joy to watch cars driving around.
I really enjoyed that!
ferrox glideh (@ferrox-glideh)
18th May 2025, 20:31
8/10 I agree, and would add that I found the qualifying session quite entertaining too.
Alonslow
18th May 2025, 15:39
Fun last race for Imola, great move by Max, Oscar was a bit unlucky but props to Lando to keep his tyres alive.
Good race for Ferrari after that awful qualifying.
Nulla Pax (@nullapax)
18th May 2025, 15:43
Better than I was expecting but only because of the two safety incidents so I’ll go with a 7.
Ronald (@mosquito)
18th May 2025, 15:45
Of course the sc and VSC helped to make it a good race, but this race once again shows how an actual track helps to make racing so much fun.
Roger Ayles (@roger-ayles)
18th May 2025, 15:47
8/10 from me as I thoroughly enjoyed that.
It’s so much better watching the cars on a proper race track than one of the boring, flat, feature-less, character-less and soul-less modern car parks. An amazingly wonderful circuit like this which has history, character, soul and atmosphere makes the cars look so much more alive and so much more exciting to watch them lapping.
It’s just a crying shame that Liberty media would rather take us to the car parks than the genuinely beautiful real race circuits like this.
But money over soul I guess along with show over sport.
bosco moroz
18th May 2025, 19:51
Absolutely Agree.
But I look forward to Monaco every year too. Watching Lando take 3 laps setting up a pass, then finally making it; that is better than 100 drs passes. Today we saw drivers having to solve how and where to set up a pass, and if you go wide, oops, no run off. Just love this place, sad to see it go. I have had a love hate relationship with Imola since watching 1994 live on TV. That weekend still feels raw…31 years later.
Phil Norman (@phil-f1-21)
18th May 2025, 21:00
+ 1.
Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
18th May 2025, 15:59
6 A bit like the Tour de France. Nice to watch the scenery going by, but the strategy turned out to be irrelevant nonsense. Too many uncontested Didn’t Race Sadly moves into Tamburello. Well won, Max made the difference when it mattered.
David (@nvherman)
18th May 2025, 16:01
If you don’t like Imola, and would rather race on street circuits, then you don’t really like F1
Koklis
18th May 2025, 16:31
7. It started as an average racing in Imola, VSC almost ruined the party, SC saved it. For a last GP in Imola, it was nice, but this track proved not every cladsic track should be in the calendar. Portiamo would be better for F1 but we get Madring instead…
Fer no.65 (@fer-no65)
18th May 2025, 16:41
This was a good race IMO. Good send off. I didn’t think we’d ever see Imola back in the calendar after 2006, so I’m thankful for this last stint after the pandemic. Hopefully one day we can go back. Preferably with smaller cars.
I think circuits get a bad rep because of circumstance. Every GP can be dull if the starts align, just like every GP can be exciting for the same reason. See 2012 Valencia for example. Imola is narrow, it’s hard to pass, but it’s great to see the cars drive around there. I, for one, am going to miss it.
lynn-m
18th May 2025, 16:48
Great race, 8/10 and easily the most enjoyable of the season so far for me.
great circuit and some great racing with some really good genuine non drs overtakes which were a million times more exciting to watch than any drs overtake ever has been or ever will be.
its a travesty that a great track like this is been ditched in favour of all the utterly horrific car parks such as miami and las vegas. i’d rather watch a season of races on real race circuits like imola than have to suffer through half a season of the horrific modern car parks!!!
MichaelN
18th May 2025, 16:56
I watched the first bit live. First race in a long time. It was interesting to see how the early stoppers had to go on the offense to make up for what seemed the wrong decision. Even if most of the overtakes were uncontested (boo!) you can sort of begrudgingly understand why that was, and in some cases it was still somewhat risky due to the drivers being in a hurry of sorts.
I was annoyed with the VSC which handed Red Bull a huge bonus, and then turned off when the full safety car came out. That just ruins the whole thing. If even these no-damage stops on the inside of the track after a slow corner require a full on safety car, there’s just no hope F1 will ever fix this. And when 60-somethings in amateur GT can handle localized slow zones, there’s just no excuse for this. Also, penalize the guys who park their cars in silly places. There are gaps in the barriers for a reason.
Tony Mansell (@tonymansell)
18th May 2025, 17:00
9. I don’t know what race some people were watching but giving it a 6 means you’ll
Never see a good race
Lorna (@motorsportlifer)
18th May 2025, 20:14
Glad you enjoyed the race but a 9 doesn’t mean good Tony. That’s on the verge of all time classic. According to the ratings on this site, only 11 races since 2008 (!!!!!) have an average rating of 9.00+
Tony Mansell (@tonymansell)
18th May 2025, 23:55
It’s my score . I don’t cross reference it with Keith’s scoring or other races throughout history. I thought it would be a stinker and it wasn’t and the track is stunning. It’s just a number, I might think it was an 8 tmrw but today it’s a 9
Lorna (@motorsportlifer)
18th May 2025, 17:05
Genuinely don’t know how people can rate this an 8+. Ferraris vs Albon was decent, but other than that there was next to nothing. Leisurely win for Max, McLarens league of their own behind, then a bit of squabbling here and there below that. As mediocre a race as they come. 5/10
Tony Mansell (@tonymansell)
18th May 2025, 17:34
Loads of good overtakes, beautiful track
Roger Ayles (@roger-ayles)
18th May 2025, 19:32
@motorsportlifer Because there was some nice fighting with drivers having to actually think about where to place there cars to look at creating overtakes rather than simply been guaranteed them as is the case on many of the modern car park circuits with boringly long straights.
Yes we also saw more of the easier DRS highway passes than i’d have liked to see but i’d say most of even the DRS passes saw drivers able to defend with the passing driver having to think a bit more in terms of setting up the final few turns and when to best pull out of the tow to look on the outside of Tamburello when plenty of moves having to then be completed under braking.
Not to mention again how it’s so much better watching the cars lapping around a proper circuit such as this which has character, soul and a proper atmosphere and that element on it’s own makes watching the race a billion times better than any race on any of the modern car parks.
Maybe it’s just that the modern netflix fans who only know of the ‘racing’ on the car parks just don’t appreciate what real racing on a real circuit actually is! I’d much rather more races like this, Proper racing on a proper circuit!
Lorna (@motorsportlifer)
18th May 2025, 20:12
If you’re implying I’m a ‘netflix fan’ then you’re sorely mistaken as I’ve been a fan for 30 years. I absolutely appreciate the classic circuits. However, I think you still have to admit when racing is bad (such as it mostly is at Monaco) or mediocre, as was the case today, no matter your appreciation for the circuits. Rating this an 8 implies, according the top 100 races on this site, that you think it’s around at least the 65th best race since 2008, a 9 that you think it’s in the mix for top 10!!!! Do you not think that’s absurd? Obviously you feel how you feel, but I think rating things as ‘great’ when they’re simply mediocre, or I would grant ‘good’ perhaps in the case of this race, dilutes history in that we end up with a bunch of stuff that’s decent just below the all time classics.
Phil Norman (@phil-f1-21)
18th May 2025, 20:58
It now seems to be behaving. 7 for me. Quite enjoyed it. Some good overtaking moves that were not DRS passes. Some moves where the drivers had to think about how they were getting by. It’s a very challenging circuit to pass. But some standard passes as well.
A few strategy decisions for the teams to negotiate. The safety car gave us an exciting finish with the different age of tyres. A good recovery from Ferrari as well for the Tifosi to enjoy.
Jim from US (@jimfromus)
18th May 2025, 21:04
Great race based on the replays and I watched the live feed. The production is getting worse. Saw a full 20 seconds of Danny Kvyat but missed LEC’s first pit stop, the super undercut. Commentators had no clue what was going on. Kept mixing up the Ferraris. Really poor TV production.
Also, McLaren need to get rid of the 2 pit crew on the front right.