Overview

• Verstappen’s 1:18.792 edged Lando Norris by 0.077s, with championship leader Oscar Piastri third to lock out row two for McLaren.
• The pole lap broke Monza’s benchmark and set an all-time F1 record for average speed over a qualifying lap.
• Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc qualified fourth, while Lewis Hamilton’s five-place penalty moves him from fifth to 10th and promotes George Russell to fifth and Kimi Antonelli to sixth.
• Isack Hadjar was eliminated in Q1 and will start from the pit lane after a power‑unit change.
• Verstappen’s first Q3 run gained from a tow by Yuki Tsunoda before he improved again, as Norris survived a Q2 scare in a session shaped by slipstream tactics and tiny margins.