Max Verstappen battles back to claim Emilia-Romagna F1 GP pole

World champion equals Senna record of eight straight polesMcLarens of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris second and thirdMax Verstappen had to pull off a comeback he believed was the best he had managed for more than five years to claim pole position for the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, ­delivering a suitably superb lap under immense pressure that raised him to stand alongside Ayrton Senna with a record eighth consecutive pole.In the year of the 30th anniversary of Senna’s death at Imola, Ve