F1 2025 Imola Grand Prix weather: Latest forecast today from Emilia Romagna

Max Verstappen, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri at the 2024 Emilia-Romagna GP — Photo: © IMAGO

Imola Grand Prix

F1 2025 Imola Grand Prix weather: Latest forecast today from Emilia Romagna

F1 returns to Italy for the Imola Grand Prix this weekend!

By Sheona Mountford.

Monday 12 May 2025 17:00

Formula 1 is back in Europe for the first time in the 2025 season, heading to the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Italy for the Imola Grand Prix.

The race, also known as the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix (and formerly the San Marino Grand Prix, despite not being in San Marino, go figure) has a long history and returned to the calendar in 2020.

Oscar Piastri enters Imola 16 points ahead of Lando Norris in the driver's standings, after enjoying three consecutive wins in Bahrain, Jeddah and Miami.

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Despite McLaren's dominance since the start of the season, several teams will hope to regain competitiveness at Imola with both Ferrari and Mercedes introducing upgrades to their car for the grand prix.

Will Ferrari's upgrades be enough to launch them back onto the podium in front of the Tifosi, or will Italian driver Kimi Antonelli impress his home crowd in Imola after securing his first ever pole position in Miami?

Here is the forecast from Friday to Sunday for the entirety of the Imola Grand Prix.

Imola Grand Prix weather forecast

Friday, May 16 - FP1 & FP2

The first practice session of the weekend will get underway at 1:30pm local time (CEST), where sunshine and a warm but manageable temperature of 66 degrees is forecast.

There is no chance of rain and a moderate breeze from the east and north east will do little to impact running, with wind speeds of 13mph expected.

FP2 will start at 5pm, where the temperature and conditions will largely remain the same in the evening, with no chance of rain forecast and the wind expected to lessen to a gentle breeze - ideal conditions for all 20 drivers to get to grips with the track and how the 2025 cars respond to the circuit.

Saturday, May 17 - FP3 & Qualifying

These pleasant conditions will continue on Saturday for the final practice session, which will start at 12:30pm local time (CEST) and will remain dry with zero per cent chance of rain.

Temperatures will rise ever so slightly to 68 degrees Celsius, and wind speeds will decrease to a light breeze at 6mph.

Therefore, rookie drivers at the Imola Circuit - such as Franco Colapinto, Kimi Antonelli, Gabriel Bortoleto, Isack Hadjar and Ollie Bearman - will have plenty of opportunity to learn the new track and feedback data to improve for their respective teams.

The all-important qualifying session at Imola will take place at 4pm, where the weather will remain the same with a small rise in temperature to 70 degrees.

Wind speeds remain low and there is no chance of rain, with Saturday's weather mirroring the conditions the drivers' ran their qualifying simulations in practice.

Sunday, May 18 - Race

After a weekend of perfect weather, race day will feature rain showers throughout the day. Lights out for the Imola Grand Prix is at 3pm local time (CEST), with the highest chance of rain forecast for the duration of the race.

There is 40 per cent chance of rain expected for the start of the race, with the likelihood remaining at 40 throughout the 63-lap race.

Thundery showers are expected to begin in the build-up to the grand prix at 1pm, but will not interrupt the running of support races from F2 and F3.

With both feature races taking place in the morning before rain is forecast, there will be no cars to clear the track of standing water if rain does hit the track before F1's race at 3pm.

Temperatures will hit highs of 73 degrees during the race, and a light breeze of 6mph is forecast for the Imola Grand Prix.

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