The 2025 Formula One season arrives on the shores of Italy for its next instalment, as the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix takes centre stage this weekend.
Taking place at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, the seventh round of the Championship has it all to play for.
McLaren are asserting their dominance this year, with Oscar Piastri beginning to display his huge potential by winning the last three races.
The Australian topped the podium in Bahrain, Jeddah, and Miami to follow his opening victory in round two at the Chinese GP.
Piastri and his team-mate Lando Norris lead the way at the top of the F1 standings, with 16 points currently separating the pair.
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who won the last four titles from 2021 to 2024, is back in third on 99 points.
Mercedes’ George Russell completed the top three in Miami, but found himself 37.644 seconds behind the McLarens.
Now McLaren are looking to put the pedal to the floor and hammer home their hefty advantage, as they seek a first drivers’ title since Lewis Hamilton back in 2008.
In the Constructors’ Standings, the British team -defending champions – are sat on 246 points, way clear of Mercedes on 141.
When is the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix?
The 2025 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix takes place on Sunday, May 18 at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy.
Emilia Romagna Grand Prix start time and schedule
The race weekend kicked off with the first practice session, which took place on Friday afternoon.
FP2 was also on Friday afternoon, with a third practice session from 11:30am to 12:30pm BST on Saturday. Qualifying takes place between 3pm and 4pm on Saturday.
The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix itself starts at 2pm BST on Sunday, which is 3pm local time.
How to watch the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
TV channel: In the UK, every session from the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix is being shown live on Sky Sports F1.
Live stream: Sky Sports subscribers can also watch the entire race weekend live online via the Sky Go app.
Free highlights: Channel 4 will be airing free-to-air highlights of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix from 6.30pm BST on Sunday evening.
Emilia Romagna Grand Prix weather forecast
After hot and humid races out in Bahrain, Jeddah and Miami, there looks to be a bit more of a mixed forecast ahead of this weekend’s action.
Sun is expected on Sunday morning, before it clouds over, with a slight chance of some rain falling on the track in spells as the race takes place.
The predicted temperature as the action gets underway is expected to be around 22 °C , with lows of 12 °C .
