Oscar Piastri will start the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix from pole after in a chaotic 90m qualifying session that saw two big crashes.

By Alan Baldwin IMOLA, Italy (Reuters) -Formula One leader Oscar Piastri kept calm under pressure to put McLaren on pole position for the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix on Saturday with Red Bull's Max Verstappen joining the Australian on the front row.

Oscar Piastri fought his way through traffic to take pole position in the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix on Saturday as Ferrari had a terrible session, with neither car in the top 10. Piastri admitted he “thought it was going to unravel” when he came up to slower cars toward the end of his final qualifying lap but it still proved enough as Max Verstappen fell just .

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The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix will be broadcast live on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom - and ESPN in the United States. Sky’s coverage of Sunday’s race starts at 12:30pm (BST). Sky Sports subscribers can watch all the action in Imola on the Sky Go app.

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