Overview

• Max Verstappen’s 1:18.792 secured pole with a Monza qualifying record and the highest recorded average speed there (264.682 km/h), marking his 45th career pole and moving past Sebastian Vettel.
• Lando Norris will start second with Oscar Piastri third, reinforcing McLaren’s position as Red Bull’s primary challenger for Sunday’s race.
• The official grid places Charles Leclerc fourth for Ferrari, George Russell fifth and local rookie Kimi Antonelli sixth for Mercedes.
• Lewis Hamilton qualified fifth but takes a five-place drop for a double‑yellow infringement at Zandvoort, leaving him P10 on the Monza grid.
• Rookie Gabriel Bortoleto reached Q3 and lines up seventh, with Fernando Alonso eighth and Yuki Tsunoda ninth as teams prepare for the 53‑lap race at the high‑speed Autodromo Nazionale Monza.