Africa-Press – Botswana. Racing at home, Ferrari starts today on pole position of the 16th stage of the Formula-1 World Championship, on the 100th anniversary of the Italian Grand Prix, in Monza, and Leclerc has the opportunity to add the biggest victory of tifosi in recent times. .
It is the 17th pole of the Monegasque’s career, the eighth of the year, the second on the mythical Italian circuit.
Russell, from Mercedes, starts in second and has only the sixth best time. The second row will have Norris and Ricciardo. Gasly and Alonso form the next line. Verstappen, who set the second fastest time in the standings, starts on the fourth row, in seventh position on the grid. This is the annoying thing about the current regulation.
The grid rating asked for a calculator on the side. In all, nine drivers received penalties for changing elements of the power unit and gearbox.
Among the participants, a novelty: De Vries was chosen by Williams to replace Albon, with appendicitis. The Dutchman, F2 champion in 2019 and Formula E in 2021, was having coffee in the Mercedes motorhome when the call came.
In Q1, Verstappen was the fastest, 1min20s922, 0s358 ahead of Leclerc. Sainz, Pérez and Russell followed.
Those cut were Latifi, Vettel, Stroll, Magnussen and Schumacher. The Williams Canadian took time from De Vries, who had never participated in F1 qualifying.
In Q2, Ferrari returned to breathe hope. Sainz was the fastest with 1min20s878, 0s330 better than Leclerc, the second. Rounding out the top-10 are Verstappen, Pérez, Hamilton, Russell, Norris, Ricciardo, Alonso and Gasly. Ocon, Bottas, De Vries, Zhou and Tsunoda formed the group of eliminated.
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