F1 | 2025 Emilia-Romagna F1 Grand Prix Prix-View

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May 14, 2025

F1 heads back into Europe with all the drivers no doubt excited about the rush of classic races that await. Except for Jack Doohan presumably. Talking of dumping, our 2025 Emilia-Romagna F1 Grand Prix Prix-View has a fresh dumping of stats and opinion for the race weekend ahead.

The Gurgler’s 2025 Emilia-Romagna F1 Grand Prix Prix-View brings some thoughts on the track and race itself, a more than a few barely interesting stats.

Essentially a quick summary of what a casual F1 fan needs in the shortest possible time for your convenience.

And for F1 opinion, stand by for the F1 Donkey’s Bold Predictions and Opinion.

READ MORE: 2025 MIAMI GRAND PRIX RACE REPORT

2025 Emilia-Romagna F1 Grand Prix Prix-view – Race Potential Rating

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The Gurgler does like to use some obscure drivers in our Race previews and report, so who better to use than Teo Fabi to determine a race rating system.

So before each race we give a rating out of ten for four key category that are loosely based on each letter of Teo Fabi’s surname. Don’t know who Teo Fabi is, you should.

FAST? 7 / 10 – Not as fast as it was in the early days, but still plenty fast. The Acque Minerali corner section is great to watch and I hope Martin Brundle is trackside during Practice to show it. Brundle’s P1 and P2 hideout crosses are among the best parts of the F1 coverage. And undulating track also helps to make it look fast.

ACTION? 3 / 10 – It’s an old fashioned track with mid 1990’s safety changes, which means there’s usually not much overtaking and action without rain. But it is a hard, technical track to drive, so there’s room for mistakes and action there. Especially with new Alpine driver Crasho Colapinto.

BIG HISTORY? – 9 / 10 – Been around since 1980 in F1 and has hosted the Italian, San Marino and Emilia-Romagna Grands Prix. The 1980’s turbo era saw Imola as an economy run where running out of petrol was a 50-50. There’s also been some big historic F1 events here. Like 1982 when just 14 cars started due to an F1 Civil War and the Ferrari drivers squabbled over the win, leaving one to declare he’ll never speak to his team mate ever again. And he didn’t because he was killed at the next race weekend. This is also the track where the Prost-Senna feud really kicked off in 1989. And of course the sad weekend of 1994 where F1 lost two drivers in consecutive days – Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna. More joyfully there were the nail-biting battle between peak Alonso and Michael Schumacher of 2005 and 2006.

INCLEMENT WEATHER? – 5 /10 The Weather Channel says there’s a 40% chance of a PM Thunderstorm. And Imola has a decent history of wet races. Just ask George Russell.

RACE POTENTIAL RATING 60% – A classic old track that will need rain to make it exciting, but a home for team mate flashpoints, including one at McLaren. So they need to be aware.

2025 Emilia-Romagna F1 Grand Prix Prix-view – Stats Summary

Want to know if your favourite driver for this weekend is a master of the track or the track is a master of them? Here then are some barely interesting facts and stats.

This is a track where brothers have both won at, and father and son have each taken a pole position.
Since 2001, no driver has won the race from lower than third position.
Four times since 2001, that fourth place on the grid has finished fourth.

Driver Stats – Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix

Team Stats – Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix

History Stats – Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix

99 = a DNF. Grid position 20 is overstated as that was also used for cars starting in pitlane. Results from 2016.

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NRL | 2025 NRL Round 11 Ratings and Late Mail

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Max Layne

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May 14, 2025

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Been too distracted by someone offering you a lunch of mushrooms? Or whether Dom Young is the Roosters or Newcastle’s problem? So do you need some last-minute NRL tipping advice? Want something else to blame when the tips go wrong? Well then saddle up for The Gurgler’s NRL Round 11 Ratings and Late Mail.

In a new additional to our stable of NRL stats and tipping products, we have used all the stats we have, smashed them against each other like atoms, and come up with a H2H rating.

It includes this year’s form with a bias because it is this year, but we don’t forget historic stats of the H2H against this week’s opponents, and the ground and day the teams are playing on. Then slice up the scores out of 100% between the two sides. The bigger the percentage, the more likely to win.

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Here are the H2H ratings and winner for Magic Round of the NRL.

Our ratings picked a just half the winners last weekend but almost picked the Cowboys-Panthers draw. We’re one week closer to perfection. So don’t miss out.

2025 NRL Round 11 Late Mail

NEWCASTLE v PARRAMATTA

There was an upside to Parramatta’s loss last weekend, and they looked the better side for a lot of the game. Newcastle were only better for a half and that is debatable. Greg Marzhew is out for the Knights and Zac Lomax is in for the Eels tipping the ratings towards Parramatta. Moses will also want to be in Origin mode, so extra motivation coming.

BULLDOGS v ROOSTERS

Not sure if the best preparation for a game against the barnstorming competition leaders at a ground where your record isn’t great is to have a press conference bagging other clubs about a player you want to get rid of. Bulldogs are flying, not letting an ordinary first half stop them. A terrible recent H2H record v Roosters has the ratings swinging towards the Roosters in a classic form v history battle. Lindsay Collins looking for an Origin gig returning helps the Roosters.

DOLPHINS v WARRIORS

A home team classic so far with the away team losing all four matches. Outside of Magic Round, the Warriors have an ordinary record at Suncorp Stadium and away to Qld teams in general. Dolphins are W4 L1 at Suncorp on a Saturday, and welcome back Tom Gilbert and Jeremy Marshall-King. Even better, Ray Stone is named at lock. Warriors beware of the Tenderiser.

NORTH QUEENSLAND v MANLY

Manly have a great record in Townsville v North Queensland and throw in seven wins in a row v Qld sides on a Saturday. Although a lot of them were v North Qld. Halfbacks are a concern for both sides……the exciting Jaxon Purdue has replaced the luckless Jake Clifford. While it sounds like a lot people at Manly would like to see DCE replaced. Word on the street is he’s heading to the Roosters this season.

CRONULLA v MELBOURNE

Harry Grant looks set to return which is a huge boost for Melbourne. Not that they need too many boosts after their 64-0 thrashing of the Wests Tigers last weekend. Cronulla’s record v Melbourne isn’t great, they have won two of their last nine v Melbourne. It gets worse on a Saturday with just one win in 11 Saturday games v Melbourne. But Cronulla have won their last three at Shark Park v Storm. And Siosifa Talakai returning should be fun.

BRONCOS v ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA

Both these teams have terrible records on a Sunday. Throw in the Broncos have lost six in a row for day games. But the Broncos do welcome back Ezra Mam at the expense of a conveniently injured Ben Hunt. The hard working Jack de Belin returns for the Dragons and while he has less razzle dazzle than Ezra Mam, he’s a vital cog for the Dragons. Who do have the H2H recently with seven wins in the last nine games.

CANBERRA v GOLD COAST

No one expected the Gold Coast to win last weekend at Newcastle. No one expected the Raiders to lose at half time last weekend. One wonders if the energy and events of those two games will feed into this week’s game and the Gold Coast can enjoy a rare success v Canberra. Canberra have won ten of their last 11 v Gold Coast. Gold Coast have lost nine games in a row away on a Sunday in games outside of Qld and won just one of their last 17.

WESTS TIGERS v SOUTH SYDNEY

Souths have a great recent record v Wests Tigers – they have won eight of their last ten games v Wests Tigers and have won six in a row v Wests Tigers on a Sunday. But the Tigers got the win last season. Wests Tigers have a bad record at Campbelltown, and on a Sunday and against Sydney teams there, so this game is a bad one per stats. Alex Johnston also returns for Souths on the wing, and will be hoping for last weekend’s Latrell Mitchell to turn up, and with Origin within reach you can’t see why not.

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NRL | The NRL Donkey’s 2025 NRL Round 11 Expert Tips and Opinion

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Gurgler Donkey

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May 12, 2025

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Angrier than a room full of Fox League writers and NRL 360 hosts, slower than a Bunker decision, wetter than a rugby league ball in Townsville and spending more time in the Sin Bin than his contract allows, it’s time for the weekly Rugby League rant of The Gurgler’s NRL Donkey, who provides his NRL Donkey’s 2025 NRL Round 11 Expert Tips as well as offers an alternative, slightly unhinged view full of sass of the world of rugby league and beyond for another week.

The NRL Donkey’s 2025 NRL Round 11 Weekly Rant

Another weekend of NRL and another mountain out of a molehill with a bit of water sprayed on a rugby league ball. Last time I checked the games was at night and there would have been dew on it anyway. And water on the ball doesn’t explain the hopeless attempts to convert field goals.

I must say, I do prefer Golden Try to Golden Point. And I prefer both to a golden shower. I have heard other former rugby league stars beg to differ, but they are a strange bunch.

Golden Try means teams actually play rugby league for ten minutes, not turn it into the most European Football game of cat and mouse. Minus the falling over trying to get a penalty. Actually….hang on….Or the continual field goal attempts remind me of rugby union, so why would the NRL want to stoop as low as looking like rugby union. That game is only for private school educated gentlemen with their collars up and labels out for their beer, and non participation in wearing RM Williams shoes severely frowned upon. Golden Try also reduces the scope where The Bunker and/or referees can ruin an NRL game. Which is always a good thing.

Although you do have to wonder about the pointless exercise of having golden point if they settle for a draw anyway. Like Wayne Bennett I’m high on draws and low on golden point. And stereos.

Draws can be a magnificent result, this website has a whole article weekly devoted to Football draws. When the lazy football writing can be bothered. And especially when you follow a dud Premier League team like Ipswich Town who have only won four of 36 games this season. Or look at Southampton’s fantastic draw v Premier League juggernaut Manchester City. Not only did they not lose to one of Europe’s richest clubs, the one point also meant they are no longer the worst Premier League team in history. Their 12 points is now one higher than Derby County. So you can’t tell me a draw is not a result. Or indeed a great result.

Only glass half empty people don’t like draws. But I guess rugby league is full of those types. In fact, Fox League devote an hour of TV three nights a week to these type of people on NRL360. With the glass having a decreasing volume for people like Buzz. He probably doesn’t have any liquid in his glass. And he can shove the glass.

Back to the water on the ball. It would be much funnier if the trainers put other things on the ball. Like a healthy dose of Ghost Chilli rubbed on the ball. Vaseline would also be funny. Nutella would be funny as it would not only be sticky and difficult to deal with, but the obvious look of shit stain makes for hilarious TV. Perhaps instead of the game just being called a draw after 90 minutes the NRL could use some of these tactics to spice up Golden Point.

So if there is still a draw after 90 minutes the game is halted to give the players a break, but in the meantime trainers, coaches, doctors, players are allowed to put whatever cheating device they have in their kit bag on the ball. With no upper limit on amount or rankness of the additive. As long as the sponsors logos are still visible. And teams are allowed to continue doing so in every break of play until someone wins the game.

And for something as equal as a draw, here are the NRL Round 11 Expert Tips.