Overview

• Max Verstappen secured pole for the Italian Grand Prix with a 1:18.792, edging Lando Norris by 0.077 seconds and Oscar Piastri by 0.190.
• His pole-setting effort set a new Monza qualifying benchmark with an average speed of 264.682 km/h and marked his 45th pole for Red Bull.
• The official front order places Norris second and Piastri third, with Charles Leclerc fourth, while George Russell and Kimi Antonelli share the third row.
• Lewis Hamilton serves a five-place grid penalty from Zandvoort double-yellow infringements and will start tenth despite qualifying fifth.
• Rookie Gabriel Bortoleto starts seventh after reaching Q3, Fernando Alonso lines up eighth, and notable strugglers include Carlos Sainz in 13th and Pierre Gasly in 19th.