Hamilton will start ahead of Red Bull's Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.

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Emilia Romagna Grand Prix qualifying results: Hamilton on pole from Perez

Cla	Driver	Chassis	Time	Gap
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1'14.411
2	Red Bull	1'14.446	0.035
3	Red Bull	1'14.498	0.087
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1'14.740	0.329
5	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1'14.790	0.379
6	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1'14.826	0.415
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	1'14.875	0.464
8	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1'14.898	0.487
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1'15.210	0.799
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
11	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1'15.199	0.788
12	George Russell	Williams	1'15.261	0.850
13	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1'15.394	0.983
14	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1'15.593	1.182
15	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1'15.593	1.182
16	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo	1'15.974	1.563
17	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1'16.122	1.711
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1'16.279	1.868
19	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1'16.797	2.386
20	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri
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What happened in Q1? 

In the first session, when all cars were on track together, Lance Stroll set the early pace for Aston Martin at 1m16.082s but an early red flag was required for Yuki Tsunoda, who piled his AlphaTauri backwards into the tyrewall at Variante Alta.

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The session restarted with 12 minutes remaining on the clock, with 15 cars yet to set a time. Verstappen took over at the top with 1m15.109s but Bottas dipped into the 1m14s bracket with 1m14.926s and then 1m14.672s on his second push lap, with Hamilton making it a Merc 1-2.

Falling at the first hurdle were the Alfa Romeos of Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi, and the Haas duo of Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin (who caused an angry Giovinazzi to abort his final run), along with the sidelined Tsuonda.

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Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Q1 results: Bottas fastest from Hamilton

Cla	Driver		Laps	Time	Gap
1	Valtteri Bottas	9	1'14.672
2	Lewis Hamilton	10	1'14.823	0.151
3	Lando Norris	6	1'15.009	0.337
4	6	1'15.109	0.437
5	Esteban Ocon	8	1'15.385	0.713
6	6	1'15.395	0.723
7	Carlos Sainz Jr.	10	1'15.406	0.734
8	Charles Leclerc	7	1'15.413	0.741
9	Sebastian Vettel	8	1'15.459	0.787
10	Lance Stroll	8	1'15.522	0.850
11	Pierre Gasly	7	1'15.548	0.876
12	Nicholas Latifi	8	1'15.653	0.981
13	Daniel Ricciardo	9	1'15.669	0.997
14	George Russell	10	1'15.826	1.154
15	Fernando Alonso	8	1'15.832	1.160
16	Kimi Raikkonen	10	1'15.974	1.302
17	Antonio Giovinazzi	9	1'16.122	1.450
18	Mick Schumacher	12	1'16.279	1.607
19	Nikita Mazepin	12	1'16.797	2.125
20	Yuki Tsunoda	2
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What happened in Q2?

In Q2, the pole position-hunting protagonists ran on the medium tyre – as each car will start on the rubber used in this session. On the first runs, Hamilton set the benchmark at 1m14.817s, 0.067s quicker than Verstappen.

McLaren’s Lando Norris went straight for the softs, zooming straight to the top on 1m14.718s.  Red Bull’s Sergio Perez ran on a second set of softs, producing 1m14.716s to end the session in P1.

Knocked out at this point were Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, whose scruffy final lap cost him a place in Q3, George Russell (Williams), Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin), Nicholas Latifi (Williams) and Fernando Alonso (Alpine).

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Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Q2 results: Perez fastest from Norris

Cla	Driver		Laps	Time	Gap
1	12	1'14.716
2	Lando Norris	9	1'14.718	0.002
3	Charles Leclerc	13	1'14.808	0.092
4	Lewis Hamilton	17	1'14.817	0.101
5	14	1'14.884	0.168
6	Valtteri Bottas	16	1'14.905	0.189
7	Pierre Gasly	15	1'14.927	0.211
8	Daniel Ricciardo	15	1'15.033	0.317
9	Esteban Ocon	14	1'15.117	0.401
10	Lance Stroll	14	1'15.138	0.422
11	Carlos Sainz Jr.	16	1'15.199	0.483
12	George Russell	16	1'15.261	0.545
13	Sebastian Vettel	14	1'15.394	0.678
14	Nicholas Latifi	14	1'15.593	0.877
15	Fernando Alonso	14	1'15.593	0.877
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What happened in Q3?

In the top-10 shootout, Hamilton set the bar at 1m14.411s, 0.091s ahead of Verstappen – who had a poor first sector but was fastest in the other two. Perez was third after his first run, a quarter of a second off the pace, with Bottas down in sixth – behind Norris and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc – after a big slide at the Tamburello chicane.

On the final runs, Hamilton just failed to improve, while Norris lit up the timing screens with a fantastic lap that put him second to Hamilton by 0.043s – but lost the time due to exceeding track limits.

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Perez then went P2, 0.035s off pole, with Verstappen only third – 0.087s slower than the fastest time after he ran onto the grass exiting Tamburello. Leclerc took fourth, ahead of Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri), Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren), the unlucky Norris, the surprisingly tardy Bottas (who was on pole here last year but said he couldn't trust the rear end of his car this time), Esteban Ocon (Alpine) and Stroll.

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Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Q3 results: Hamilton fastest from Perez

Cla	Driver	Chassis	Laps	Time	Gap
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	6	1'14.411
2	Red Bull	6	1'14.446	0.035
3	Red Bull	6	1'14.498	0.087
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	6	1'14.740	0.329
5	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	6	1'14.790	0.379
6	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	6	1'14.826	0.415
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	6	1'14.875	0.464
8	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	6	1'14.898	0.487
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	6	1'15.210	0.799
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	6
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