Max Verstappen surprised in qualification after being McLaren dominated the second and third free training sessions – Lewis Hamilton in Ferrari, had been the fastest in the first.
Logueland Max Verstappen (Red Bull) won on Saturday the pole position for the Formula 1 Italy Grand Prix, 16th round of the World Cup, after ensuring the best return to the cloth.
The four -time world champion made his best return on 1,18,792 minutesbeating the Briton Lando Norris (McLaren) for 0.077 seconds, with the Australian Oscar Piostri (McLaren), leader of the championship, third, at 0.113.
“Here it is easy to make a mistake. I felt very well in Q3 [terceira fase da qualificação]. The car worked better than all weekend and being able to fight for ‘pole position’ is something that makes me very happy, “he began by referring to the Dutch.
Max Verstappen surprised in qualification after being McLaren dominated the second and third free training sessions – Lewis Hamilton in Ferrari, had been the fastest in the first.
The current title champion began to take the best time in the last phase of the qualification, but Lando Norris would eventually jump to the top of the Time Table When the session exhausted the last seconds.
However, the Red Bull driver risked a last attempt and improved his time in about a tenth of a second, enough to occupy the first place in the fifth time this season, 45th in his career.
Verstappen had already achieved ‘pole position’ Japan, Saudi Arabia, Miami and Silverstone.
“Historically, the race gets complicated a little more. Let’s see what happens tomorrow,” concluded Verstappen.
Monegasco Charles Leclerc was the best of Ferrari, who present themselves with special decoration for running at home, while securing fourth place, followed by Lewis Hamilton, who was Penalized in five positions on the starting grid and will start from the 10th place for breaking yellow flags in the return of the previous race, the Netherlands.
George Russell and Kimi Antonelli, in Mercedes, were sixth and seventh, respectively.
Pistri reaches this 16th of 24 rounds of the season in the lead of the championship, with 309 pointsagainst the 275 of Norris, which is second. Verstappen is the third, with 205.
