F1: Leclerc Storms To Pole At Monza, As Sainz & Verstappen Take Grid Penalties
- Leclerc desperately needs a win to have any chance of winning the world title
- He needs to pull a gap from Perez too if he wants P2 in the title
- Leclerc has won before at Monza from Pole in 2019
Charles Leclerc delighted the Ferrari faithful at its home race at Monza by scoring a commanding pole position ahead of Max Verstappen’s Red Bull who managed just P2 and is set for 5 place grid penalty tomorrow. The reigning world champion will start the race from P7 but he is not alone as Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz Jr who managed P3 will start from the back of the grid due to engine penalties. Sergio Perez in the other Red Bull managed P4 in the session which means he will start in P14 thanks to a 10-place grid penalty. Overall a staggering 10 cars are taking grid penalties tomorrow including the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton who starts alongside Sainz.
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This means George Russell who qualified in P6 will start next to Leclerc in P2 tomorrow and will be the lead Mercedes. He will be followed by McLaren’s Lando Norris who qualified in P7. His outgoing teammate Daniel Ricciardo managed P8 for McLaren. Pierre Gasly managed P9 for AlphaTauri ahead of Alpine’s Fernando Alonso who managed P10.
Esteban Ocon in the other Alpine managed P11. Valtteri Bottas managed P12 for Alfa Romeo. Nyck De Vries who makes his F1 debut was the lead Williams in P13 but had a chance to make it to Q3 had he not blown his last Q2 lap. Guanyu Zhou in the Alfa Romeo managed P14. Yuki Tsunoda again struggled to P15 in the AlphaTauri.
Nicholas Latifi managed P16 in the other Williams. The Aston Martin duo of Vettel and Stroll managed just P17 and P18 ahead of the Haas duo of Magnussen and Schumacher who managed P19 and P20 respectively.
2022 Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix: Qualifying Results
Pos. | Car No. | Driver | Team | Lap Time |
1 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:20.161 |
2 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:20.306 |
3 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:20.429 |
4 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | 1:21.206 |
5 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:21.524 |
6 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:21.542 |
7 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:21.584 |
8 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:21.925 |
9 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:22.648 |
10 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 1:21.861 |
11 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 1:22.130 |
12 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:22.235 |
13 | 45 | Nyck De Vries | Williams | 1:22.471 |
14 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo | 1:22.577 |
15 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:22.020 |
16 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:22.587 |
17 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:22.636 |
18 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:22.748 |
19 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:22.908 |
20 | 47 | Mick Schumacher | Haas | 1:23.005 |
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