Monza is this year 's second venue of the changed format of the racing weekend in which they are qualifications, which determine the order at the start sprint races, already on Friday, right after the first free practice, which means that the teams have relatively little time to find the right settings for Sunday's race.
He was by far the fastest in his first free practice Lewis Hamilton, as well as generally considered to be Mercedes in Monza, which is an extremely fast racetrack, the main favorite to win. Interestingly, on the first free practice "Silver" they did not use tires at all soft mixtures, which are mandatory for all three segments, although on Sunday the top ten can choose a tire of your choice.
Q1 - Lots of crowds and Tsunodin deleted circle
All racers therefore competed in the qualifications with soft-mixed tires, and the first part of the qualifications was opened at Ferrari, Leclerc in Sainz but He followed still Schumacher. Shortly afterwards, the "reds" were already dealing with a possible problem on Monačan's race car, and in the meantime he took care of the first fast time of the day. Valtteri Bottas, followed by his teammate with a time of 1: 20,5 Lewis Hamilton.
The big crowd provided an interesting conclusion to the first part of the qualifications, in which they briefly drew tsunoda, who deleted his fastest lap if his fate had not befallen Russell, Latifs, Schumacher, Kubica in mazepin.
Q2 - Chaos in the pits, Perez got rid of his hair
It is in the second part of the qualifications Mercedes once again proved his superiority on the Monza track. Bottas took 1: 19,9, Hamilton was a tenth slower, but in the end the latter returned the soap for dear, and both significantly ahead of the racers Red Bull Racing. What’s more, they both landed in third and fourth place McLaren.
Before the end of the second part of the qualifications, we witnessed concrete confusion in the boxes, as everyone wanted to be on the track practically at once, so there were almost collisions. In the end, they said goodbye to the sequel Vettel, Stroll, Alonso, Ocon in Russell, Perez got rid of the mouse hair in tenth place.
Q3 - Bottas surprised and took the first starting position
He is in the third part of the qualifications Verstappen with a time of 1: 19,9 he was only minimally behind Hamilton, with almost ideal wind assistance. Bottas made a mistake in the first attempt and scored only the fifth time. Norris in Ricciardo they also held the third and fourth positions in the third part after the first attempt.
It's at the end Bottas significantly improved his time and achieved the best qualifying time and secured his first starting position in tomorrow’s sprint race. Hamilton will start from second place and behind him Verstappen, Norris in Ricciardo. They lined up behind him gasly, Sainz, Leclerc, Perez in Giovinazzi, followed again by good qualifications.
Results - GP of Italy, qualifications
