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The Formula 1 engineer’s guide to the 2025 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix at Imola, Italy
by Raceteq
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Imola is next up on the 2025 Formula 1, Formula 2 and Formula 3 calendars as drivers prepare to tackle this historic circuit in Italy.
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Having first hosted the Italian Grand Prix in 1980, Imola then became the host of the San Marino Grand Prix from 1981 to 2006 - despite being situated outside of the microstate.
Imola returned to the F1 calendar in 2020 and ever since then it has hosted the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix.
This year, Pirelli has brought compounds that are one step softer than last year's tyres in order to promote pitstops and limit the chances of a one-stop race at a circuit on which overtaking is difficult, with just one DRS zone.
Aston Martin Aramco Formula 1 Team deputy performance engineer Tim Wright takes us through this storied Italian circuit.
Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy
Length: 4.909 kilometres
Number of laps: 63
Number of turns: 19
“Imola is quite different to the previous circuits on the 2025 F1 calendar.
Pirelli's preview of the 2025 Formula 1 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix
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“There’s a lot of different corner types to tackle at Imola but the majority are low- and medium-speed - with a couple of high-speed turns mixed in.
“You’d really say this is a medium-speed circuit on average, such as Melbourne and Bahrain.
“Imola puts a high demand on compliance - you’ve got to have a car that can ride the kerbs such as at the chicane of Turns 13-14 at the top of the hill.
Drivers ride the kerbs at Imola, which requires a compliant car
“It’s a bit like Suzuka where the circuit is quite narrow and there’s little in the way of runoff, and from a downforce point of view it’s not maximum downforce, so you’ve got to pitch your car at the right level in that regard.
“The crucial thing is therefore to have a car that doesn’t have too much rear wing on it, and one that can go over the kerbs without being disrupted.”
