Kevin Magnussen can't hide delight after taking P4 in Imola qualifying

Kevin Magnussen joked that he could win from P4 after a stellar qualifying session in the Haas car ahead of the Sprint on Saturday afternoon.

The changeable weather conditions on Friday made for a fascinating qualifying session, and Magnussen was one of those to master things with him setting the fourth-fastest time in Q3, even if he did have a little trip off of the circuit at one point too.

Indeed, the Dane was in good form post-session in saying that he ran out of talent at that point, whilst also saying that P1 is now tantalisingly close, even if on dry-run pace the Haas might be a little short of being able to truly challenge.

“I want to start in a good position for the Sunday race. We’re in P4. In the dry, I don’t think we’re fast enough to be P4, but it’s a tricky track to overtake, so if I can get around the first lap in P4, that’s going to be super. If I lose a position or two after that, you know, we still get points and a great position for Sunday.

“Of course I always want to finish higher than fourth, but we’ve also got to be realistic and clever. I feel like I want to push, I’m so close to the top now… You can win from P4! But we’re not fast enough to do that. We’re in a different battle, we’ve got to remember what we’re trying to do and benefit from this great result today in a clever way.”