The Dutchman completed a round of 1: 18.792 minutes in qualifying in the Red Bull and was thus in front of the favorite McLaren by Lando Norris and Oscar Piatri. “This is unbelievable,” wondered Verstappen himself. Behind the top three, the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton landed in a double pack on Saturday.
The Ferrari team’s hopes of being able to ride the home Grand Prix to win was thus given a sensitive dampers. Last year’s winner Leclerc had previously been second in all three training runs. Hamilton dragged a punishment to Italy and has to go back five places in the starting line -up. The red cars can play their strengths on routes with longer straights – one is Monza. The 16th World Cup race is increasing on Sunday afternoon (3 p.m./Live Servustv and Sky).
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Meanwhile, Verstappen was delighted with the 45th pole position in his career, the fifth of the season and the first since Silverstone in July. His advantage over Norris was at the end of 77 millions of thousandths. “I think it is always difficult with the low downforce to drive the round perfectly. But Q3 felt good,” said the Dutchman. “We made some last changes that made it possible for me to push a little more. For us this is a great moment.” Verstappen also ever drove the fastest round on the course.
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