Overview
- Max Verstappen secured pole for the Italian Grand Prix by 0.077 seconds over Lando Norris, his fifth pole of the season.
- Oscar Piastri will start from the second row alongside Charles Leclerc after qualifying behind his McLaren teammate.
- Lewis Hamilton qualified fifth but drops to 10th on the grid due to a five-place penalty for speeding under yellow flags in the Dutch Grand Prix.
- Isack Hadjar, fresh off his first F1 podium at Zandvoort, was knocked out in Q1 and will start from the back row with teammate Liam Lawson.
- Oscar Piastri leads the drivers’ standings by 34 points over Norris with Verstappen 104 back, as Ferrari seeks a rebound at home following a double DNF in the Netherlands and a 12-point constructors gap to Mercedes.