By Alan Baldwin IMOLA, Italy (Reuters) -Formula One leader Oscar Piastri kept calm under pressure to put McLaren on pole position for the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix on Saturday with Red Bull's Max Verstappen joining the Australian on the front row.

Oscar Piastri fought his way through traffic to take pole position in the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix on Saturday as Ferrari had a terrible session, with neither car in the top 10. Piastri admitted he “thought it was going to unravel” when he came up to slower cars toward the end of his final qualifying lap but it still proved enough as Max Verstappen fell just .

Oscar Piastri has taken pole for the Imola Grand Prix ahead of Max Verstappen. Much like his Dutch rival, the Australian saw the tyres were also tricky to handle in the qualifying session. Pirelli introduced the C6 compound for Imola,