Emilia Romagna GP: Fantastic qualifying for Williams Racing

Team Summary:
With the start of Q1 for the Emilia Romagna GP qualifying there would be a rush of drivers coming out with Stroll setting the first quick time with a 1m:16.082 with Raikkonen second and Schumacher third. But the session would be Red Flagged when Tsunoda was to crash seeing massive amount of damage to the rear of his car. His car had spun and gone into the barrier rear end first, seeing his qualifying come to an end. The track would empty with only five times set. Only one Williams car had set a time and it was now fourth. The period would restart with a rush of cars coming out including both Williams cars. Verstappen would set a 1m:15.109 to be quickest with Leclerc second followed by Ocon and Sainz. But Bottas would go quickest with a 1m:14.926 now followed by Norris and Verstappen.

Hamilton was in fourth followed by Perez, Leclerc, Sainz, Ocon, and Ricciardo. But Hamilton would move into second and Norris third. There were three minutes remaining so one further run was expected. After their final runs the Williams drivers would finish in 12th and 14th. At the front it was Bottas from Hamilton, Norris, Verstappen, Ocon, Perez, Sainz, Leclerc, Vettel and Stroll tenth.

Q2 and both Williams were running on the medium tyres for their first runs. With times being set Norris was quickest with a 1m:14.718 followed by Hamilton and Verstappen. Leclerc was fourth followed by Bottas, Perez, Stroll, Sainz, Gasly and the Williams of George. With the second runs completed the Williams pair would finish 12th and 14th with George leading Nicholas. The top ten would finish with Perez, Norris, Leclerc, Hamilton, Verstappen, Bottas, Gasly, Ricciardo, Ocon and Stroll tenth.

The final period of qualifying would see the first runs completed it would be Hamilton fastest with a 1m:14.411 from Verstappen, Perez, Norris, Leclerc, Bottas, Gasly, Ocon, Ricciardo and Stroll yet to set a time. The second runs would see Hamilton remain fastest with Perez second followed by Verstappen, Leclerc, Gasly, Ricciardo, Norris, Bottas, Ocon and Stroll. Norris had set a faster time than Hamilton but his time was deleted due to track limits. As for Williams they would finish qualifying in 12th and 14th which was such a fantastic result from the team to have both cars into the second period of qualifying as George was only 0.1s off Q3. But this result would put them in a great position for Sunday's race.

Nicholas Latifi:
Nicholas would have not taken to the track prior to the Red Flag. Nicholas would come out for his run and would set a 1m:16.483 to be ninth but would drop as his time was deleted. His next timed lap was a 1m:16.407 to be 17th. Nicholas would start his final lap setting a 1m:15.563 to be 11th dropping to 12th but through to Q2. Nicholas would tank the team for the result getting him through to Q2. With the start of Q2 Nicholas would be first out running on the medium tyre. His lap time was a 1m:16.181 to be sixth. Nicholas would pit after a short run dropping to 10th. This would become 14th as others went quicker. Nicholas would return on a new set of soft tyres. He would finish with a 1m:15.593 to be 11th dropping to 14th and out of qualifying. Despite this it was a great performance from Nicholas.

George Russell:
George would be first out for Williams in Q1 using the soft tyre. His first lap was a 1m:17.646 seeing him fourth. George would return on a used set of soft tyres but he would pit currently 16th. He would drop to 19th and was back out for another soft tyre run. He would return for a final run and was ion a better lap that would see him set a 1m:16.034 to be 14th. A 1m:15.826 would see him 14th and into Q2. George would follow his team-mate out also on the medium tyre. He would seta 1m:15.634 to be fifth. He would drop to seventh then eleventh. He would return on a new set of soft tyres. George would set a 1m:15.261 to finish 12th in a great result.