Mercedes 'goal for this weekend is to lift the seventh consecutive constructors' title.

He only needs one of his cars to finish in the top four of the Emilia Romagna GP, although

Valtteri Bottas

and

Lewis Hamilton

have plenty of room at Imola, an old-school circuit where the Silver Arrows signed their 10th qualifying double for the season.

The Finn scored his fourth pole of the season (1: 13,609) ahead of the next world champion, 97 thousandths slower.

"I did a very bad lap," admitted Hamilton, mercilessly attacking the inner shoulders.

This time he lacked the necessary finesse.

"We are going to see a rather boring race. You can only overtake at turn 1 and from that point a little train is formed," developed the Briton, who will be very aggressive at the first stop.

Bottas, for his part, needs to regain lost confidence in Sochi and Portimao.

During the only contact, at 10 in the morning, Hamilton had already taken three tenths from

Max Verstappen

and half a second from Bottas.

The experiment of these weekends of only two days, with 60 fewer laps to test the material, opened the range a bit more.

In the narrow corners of Imola it was not clear how the tires were going to perform.

The most noteworthy was

Pierre Gasly's

fourth place

to celebrate his brand new renovation at Alpha Tauri.

His

Ayrton Senna

tribute helmet

, 26 years after his death at this track, seemed to inspire him.

"Further than I expected"

Daniel Ricciardo

was in too much trouble to set a valid time in Q1, one of the usual traumas for

Sebastian Vettel

, who also broke a piece of the aerodynamics of his Ferrari on the pianos.

Already in the next round, the German went long on the Rivazza, spreading a trail of dust and gravel on the track.

Even worse was the situation for Red Bull, who sent Verstappen to the garage to open the engine cover and change a spark plug, while

Alexander Albon

lost control of the car.

The time trial work was a great success for his team manager,

Christian Horner

, who was exulting after the Dutchman's third place.

Fernando Alonso

watched from the Renault box and shared confidences with

Alain Prost

.

The French cars had to rub shoulders with Alpha Tauri, because

Sergio Pérez

and

Lance Stroll

couldn't push Racing Point with the power of last week at Portimao.

The elimination of both in Q2 put

Otmar Szafnauer's

team in a bad place

.

Sainz kept improving Lando Norris's records, but without feeling entirely comfortable.

The three tenths lost to Gasly, fourth classified, caused the logical anger of the Spanish.

"I'm further than I expected," warned Carlos, who will start ninth on the grid, just ahead of his teammate.

Alpha Tauri was confirmed with the reference of the middle zone of the table, while Vettel was left out of the last improvement for the eighth consecutive race.

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