2025 F1 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix as it happened

1. Verstappen
2. Norris
3. Albon
4. Piastri
5. Hadjar
6. Hamilton
7. Antonelli
8. Leclerc
9. Alonso
10. Stroll
11. Russell
12. Hulkenberg
13. Sainz
14. Tsunoda
15. Colapinto
16. Gasly
17. Lawson
18. Bortoleto
19. Bearman

Ocon is out

Esteban Ocon is out of the race, Oliver Bearman is down to 19th.

Piastri pits, and re-emerges in fourth. He's 10s behind Norris who is third.

Multiple cars pitted during the Virtual Safety Car.

"Unbelievable," Leclerc moans.

A Virtual Safety Car appears on Lap 30.

Verstappen pits from the lead.

Leclerc is eighth, Hamilton sixth, on Lap 30 of 63.

Racing Bull's Isack Hadjar is fourth, and is doing a decent job of holding up the midfield, which currently includes Piastri.

Verstappen, at sister team Red Bull, will be very grateful.

We're on Lap 27 of 63.

Oscar Piastri gets past Lewis Hamilton into sixth.

Hamilton's Ferrari didn't have the pace to cope with the McLaren. That's just not his fight today.

Russell complains via team radio that his Mercedes is having problems.

Piastri has battled up to seventh. He's now two seconds behind Hamilton.

Ferrari tell Lewis Hamilton there's no space for an undercut strategy.

Presumably they've decided after looking at Piastri.

Hamilton is sixth on Lap 22.

First Colapinto, then Bearman...

Piastri is up to eighth, on Lap 20.

Oscar Piastri makes short work on Yuki Tsunoda, overtaking him into 10th, on Lap 18.

But has his attempt at an undercut worked?

Piastri is 11th, behind Red Bull's Yuki Tsunoda.

Could Red Bull opt to hold up the McLaren, to benefit Max Verstappen?

Verstappen leads, 9.6s ahead of Lando Norris, on Lap 18.

Piastri has dropped to 12th after a slow pit stop for hard tyres.

He'll soon make up some places, but how many, and how quickly?

Leclerc seeking an undercut of the McLarens.

Russell and Alonso also pitted.

A few flames from Alonso's Aston Martin but on he goes...

McLaren's Norris overtakes George Russell into third, on Lap 11.

Norris is seven seconds behind teammate Piastri now.

Norris has a go at Russell, for third place, on Lap 10. 

The wheels of Norris' McLaren touched the grass and he backed out of the move.

Fair and hard racing.

Piastri trails Verstappen by +1.771 on Lap 10.

Lewis Hamilton battling away in 12th, behind Kimi Antonelli.

1. Verstappen
2. Piastri
3. Russell
4. Norris
5. Alonso
6. Sainz
7. Albon
8. Stroll
9. Leclerc
10. Hadjar

"Piastri, what are you doing?"

That was Russell's reaction to Piastri losing the race lead to Verstappen at Turn 1 on Lap 1.

Lando Norris is fourth, one second behind George Russell, who is third.

Pierre Gasly into the gravel. He's found out the hard way that there isn't so much overtaking space.

Gasly down to 14th.

Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Antonelli in an early mini-battle.

Antonelli is ahead, for now.

Incredible early manouevre from Max Verstappen to swiftly take the lead.

Inch perfect to keep his wheels on the correct side of the line, giving Piastri enough room, but nipping around the outside.

1. Verstappen
2. Piastri
3. Russell
4. Norris
5. Alonso