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MONZA. Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes achieves pole position at the Monza Grand Prix. For the English driver this is the 94th pole of his career. His teammate Bottas will start next to him on the grid, second to just 96 thousandths of a second. Excellent third time for Sainz with McLaren. Then Pérez, Verstappen, Norris and Ricciardo. New disaster for Ferraris: Vettel eliminated in the first quarter to start from 17th place; Leclerc, eliminated in Q2, will start from 13th place. The worst performance ever recorded by the team at Monza.
«It was a fantastic performance, the satisfaction of the English Mercedes, interviewed by Formula One TV, everyone, we left the garage at the perfect time. It took me a clean lap to get pole and I did it. But Bottas is very close, he really pushed me to the limit.
Ferrari disaster
After Sebastian Vettel, Charles Leclerc in the other Ferrari was also eliminated in Q2 of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. The Monegasque did not go from the thirteenth time to more than 1 second and 3 tenths from the top.
“I’m not happy, the situation has been difficult for two races. We have tried many things but have not yet found the solution. Charles Leclerc has a long nose when in front of Sky’s microphones he has to comment on his 13th place in qualifying for the Monza Grand Prix: “I knew the importance of the slipstream, I had planned everything very well and the lap went well. For tomorrow? The free choice of tires can help us but if a train is formed with the drs it will be very difficult to pass ».
Worse still was Sebastien Vettel’s Ferrari, eliminated during Q1. The German driver, four times world champion, was caught in “traffic” and failed to set a minimum time to qualify for Q2. Such a situation has never happened to a Ferrari driver since this qualifying formula exists.
The two Ferraris of Leclerc and Vettel at the Monza circuit
“We came out of the garage at the wrong time, I couldn’t do anything different anymore.” Sebastian Vettel commented disconsolately about his 17th place on the grid at the Monza Grand Prix after a failed lap due to too much traffic. “There were too many cars in the same place – the analysis of the Ferrari driver in Sky – it was a disaster. Is the race compromised? Tomorrow we will see what we can do.
This is the starting grid for the F1 Italian Grand Prix, in Monza, on a 5.79 km circuit:
1. Lewis Hamilton, Gbr / Mercedes, 1: 18,887; 2. Valtteri Bottas, Fin / Mercedes, 1: 18,956; 3. Carlos Sainz Jr, Spa / McLaren Renault, 1: 19,695; 4. Sergio Pérez, Mex / Racing Point, 1: 19,720; 5. Max Verstappen, Wave / Red Bull Racing Honda, 1: 19.795; 6. Lando Norris, GNR / McLaren Renault, 1: 19,820; 7. Daniel Ricciardo, Aus / Renault, 1: 19,864; 8. Lance Stroll, Can / Racing Point BWT Mercedes, 1: 20.049; 9. Alexander Albon, Thai / Red Bull Racing Honda, 1: 20.090; 10. Pierre Gasly, Fra / Scuderia Toro Rosso Honda, 1: 20.177.
Eliminated in Q2: 11. Daniil Kvyat, Rus / Scuderia Toro Rosso Honda, 1: 20.169; 12. Esteban Ocon, Fra / Renault, 1: 20,234; 13. Charles Leclerc, Mon / Ferrari, 1: 20,273; 14. Kimi Raikkonen, Fin / Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari, 1: 20.926; 15. Kevin Magnussen, Dan / Haas Ferrari, 1: 21.573.
Eliminated in Q1: 16. Romain Grosjean, Fra / Haas Ferrari, 1: 21,139; 17. Sebastian Vettel, Ger / Ferrari, 1: 21,151; 18. Antonio Giovinazzi, Ita / Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari, 1: 21,206; 19. George Russell, GBR / Williams Mercedes, 1: 21,587; 20. Nicholas Latifi, Can / Williams Mercedes, 1: 21.717.