Lando Norris was dominant within the early portion of the earlier week on the Dutch Grand Prix, topping the timing sheets in all three follow periods forward of qualifying. However when the mud settled on the finish of Q3 in Zandvoort, Norris had been nipped for pole place by teammate Oscar Piastri.
With Norris quickest once more in each FP2 and FP3 at this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix, would he undergo the identical destiny?
Certainly he did, as Max Verstappen thundered to pole place by simply 0.077 seconds in a battle all through the qualifying hour.
Norris certified second, with Piastri in third. The Ferrari pair of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton certified fourth and fifth, however with Hamilton going through a five-place grid penalty he’ll drop a bit additional down the order earlier than the beginning of the Italian Grand Prix.
Q2 delivered some drama for Norris and McLaren. The motive force slid off the racing line on his first push lap and was known as into the pits to reset and refuel. His first push lap within the session was solely ok for seventh, and because the occasions began to tumble, Norris was pushed down into the elimination zone.
However he had sufficient time and gasoline to stay on the monitor and begin a ultimate push lap simply earlier than the clock expired. The championship contender delivered the lap he wanted on the dying, leaping as much as P5 and shifting on to Q3.
Behind the grid, it was a tricky session for each Alpine and Visa Money App Racing Bulls. Each Franco Colapinto and teammate Pierre Gasly — who introduced a contract extension with Alpine earlier within the day — had been eradicated in Q1, with Colapinto down in P18 and Gasly in P19.
As for the VCARB drivers, Liam Lawson was down in P20 after having a lap time deleted for sliding off the monitor and into the gravel at Flip 6. Isack Hadjar, who delivered a dramatic podium end in final weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix, was knocked out in Q1 down in P16.
Italian Grand Prix provisional qualifying outcomes
Listed below are the provisional qualifying outcomes from qualifying on the Italian Grand Prix. Bear in mind, regardless of qualifying fifth Hamilton will drop to tenth as a consequence of a five-place penalty he was given on the Dutch Grand Prix:
