The qualifying round of the 2024 F1 season in Imola will take place on May 19, 2024 Beijing time. Qualifying for Imola ended and Verstappen finished pole position in seven consecutive races this season, equalling the record of former professional driver Senna.
Although Verstappen has taken pole position at every race this season, he has not been able to secure the title at every race, having previously retired from the Australian Grand Prix due to a car failure and competing at the Miami Grand Prix in the previous race. Verstappen's tactical mistakes, combined with his own mistakes in handling the car, ultimately cost McLaren's Norris his first career podium topspot. In addition, it will not be easy for Verstappen to win at Ferrari's home stadium. The Scuderia Ferrari will certainly play a few tricks at home to prevent Verstappen from winning the final victory. In addition, McLaren's two cars finished second and third. In addition, McLaren's Piastri played well in this qualifying session, but because he was penalized for overtaking in the qualifying competition, he will retreat and not start. With that in this situation, Ferrari's Leclerc would move up from fourth to third on the grid, while Sainz also moved himself to the grid.
The Scuderia Ferrari went on a push before the start of the race and performed very well in both practice sessions, while Verstappen did not perform well in the practice session but finally failed in qualifying. Perhaps Verstappen also did not play well in the practice round, which can be described as his own smoke bomb, and he did not play at the level he should have in the practice match. In a real battle such as qualifying, Verstappen finally proved his ability once again, and Ferrari's two cars were also looking to finish on the podium at the same time, and the other driver of Red Bull Racing, Pérez, did not perform well and missed out on qualifying in the third quarter.
In addition, the Toro Rosso team played well in this race, two for the drivers, Tsunoda Yuyi and Ricardo, Mercedes-Benz two cars, also scored, the top ten in qualifying, and Zhou Guanyu in the practice session, did not play well, but in the qualifying race, despite his best efforts, he has already shown great focus and will, and finally started in 17th place when the speed reached the extreme. The goal of the Sobo team is clear: to score their first points of the season. In the first six races of the season, they did not perform as well as they could have done so, and they had zero points. Haas' Hulkenberg once again finished 10th in qualifying and has a chance to continue to score points for Haas.