Italian Grand Prix: Carlos Sainz beats Max Verstappen to pole position

Carlos Sainz has finished successful the apical 2 of each the sessions astatine Monza this weekend

Ferrari's Carlos Sainz pipped Red Bull's Max Verstappen to rod presumption successful a gripping qualifying league astatine the Italian Grand Prix.

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc took rod from Sainz, who was fastest connected the archetypal runs, earlier Red Bull's Max Verstappen went to the apical and past Sainz replaced him.

Sainz bushed Verstappen by 0.013 seconds to nonstop the location fans into ecstasy.

Leclerc was lone 0.054secs further adrift arsenic the apical 3 were separated by conscionable 0.067secs implicit 3.6 miles of the historical Monza circuit.

Mercedes operator George Russell bushed Red Bull's Sergio Perez to instrumentality 4th place, with different awesome show from Williams and Alex Albon giving them sixth.

Lewis Hamilton could negociate lone eighth, sandwiched betwixt the McLarens of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, with Fernando Alonso's Aston Martin completing the apical 10.

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