Charles Leclerc put his Ferrari on pole place for Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix to the delight of the Monza crowd.
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Leclerc pulled out all of the stops together with his last run at the Temple of Speed to ship the Tifosi wild, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen having to settle for second.
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Verstappen ended up in seventh place, with the world champion amongst 9 of 20 drivers punished for exceeding their variety of allotted engine components.
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Carlos Sainz, Sergio Perez and Lewis Hamilton certified third, fourth and fifth respectively, however the trio additionally face grid sanctions.
Hamilton will begin from nineteenth place after taking up his fourth engine of the season – another than he’s allowed.
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George Russell completed sixth however took benefit of these above being penalised to affix Leclerc on the entrance row.
Lando Norris certified seventh, however is about to start out third in his McLaren as soon as the grid penalties are utilized.
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The race will begin at 15:00 (SA time).
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STARTING GRID FOR SUNDAY’S ITALIAN GRAND PRIX:
Front row
Charles Leclerc (MON/Ferrari)
George Russell (GBR/Mercedes)
2nd row
Lando Norris (GBR/McLaren-Mercedes)
Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/McLaren-Mercedes)
third row
Pierre Gasly (FRA/AlphaTauri-Red Bull)
Fernando Alonso (ESP/Alpine-Renault)
4th row
Max Verstappen (NED/Red Bull)
Nyck de Vries (NED/Williams-Mercedes)
fifth row
Zhou Guanyu (CHN/Alfa Romeo)
Nicholas Latifi (CAN/Williams-Mercedes)
sixth row
Sebastian Vettel (GER/Aston Martin-Mercedes)
Lance Stroll (CAN/Aston Martin-Mercedes)
seventh row
Sergio Perez (MEX/Red Bull)
Esteban Ocon (FRA/Alpine-Renault)
eighth row
Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Alfa Romeo)
Kevin Magnussen (DEN/Haas-Ferrari)
ninth row
Mick Schumacher (GER/Haas-Ferrari)
Carlos Sainz (ESP/Ferrari)
tenth row
Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes)
Yuki Tsunoda (JPN/AlphaTauri-Red Bull)
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