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The top five from Q1:<\/p>\n
1 George Russell
2 Max Verstappen
3 Lando Norris
4 Yuki Tsunoda
5 Carlos Sainz<\/p>\n
Q2 has been delayed as the stewards clear gravel off the track.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n Hadjar fails to make it into Q2 for the first time in his career and it is fair to say he sounds disappointed on the team radio.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The bottom five from Q1:<\/p>\n 16 Isack Hadjar Share<\/a>Hadjar exits after Q1<\/p>\n After the high of a third-place finish at Zandvoort, Hadjar\u2019s final hot lap is not enough as he drops to 16th. Albon escapes the bottom five. Russell fastest.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.21 EDT<\/p>\n Antonelli and Ocon are out of the bottom five. Lawson, back in the pits, will start back of the grid.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n As everyone heads back out on track, Russell stays in, clearly thinking he\u2019s done enough.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Hadjar, Albon, Tsunoda and Bearman are safe for now but could find themselves in danger.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Gasly, Antonelli, Colapinto, Ocon and Lawson occupy the bottom five spots heading into the final five minutes of Q1.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n George Russell goes fastest on 1:19.414 as Gabriel Bortoleto and Sainz move up to more comfortable places in the leaderboard.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Fernando Alonso jumps up to second, 0.047s off Norris, as Albon lifts himself clear of the bottom five.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The Williams drivers are struggling. Carlos Sainz had his first time deleted after coming off the track entirely and Alex Albon also left the track after locking up.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Norris goes top on 1:19.611 and Piastri comes in one-tenth of a second behind.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Max Verstappen\u2019s first time is 0.011s off Leclerc\u2019s fastest lap.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Leclerc and Hamilton occupy the top spots so far, Leclerc on 1:19.801 and Hamilton 0.105s slower.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The tifosi bring the noise as Leclerc and Hamilton begin their first hot laps!<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Q1 gets under way<\/p>\n The Autodromo Nazionale pit lane fills up with cars, Lewis Hamilton\u2019s Ferrari among them.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.01 EDT<\/p>\n The championship leader, Oscar Piastri, is coming increasingly under the spotlight as his lead at the top extends. He\u2019s played down title talk this week:<\/p>\n I\u2019ve had a much bigger gap than this [in junior categories] and had it pretty much erased before the final round. It\u2019s still far too early to be kind of calculating and settling for positions that aren\u2019t first.<\/p>\n So for me, the approach is still exactly the same. And yeah, that won\u2019t change until the gap is pretty significantly bigger or the amount of races is significantly smaller.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s a reminder of how the top of the drivers\u2019 standings looks. <\/p>\n The cars will be heading out for Q1 in five minutes\u2019 time.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n If Hadjar gets on the podium again tomorrow, let\u2019s hope he takes better care of his trophy after what happened to his Dutch vase in Zandvoort \u2026<\/p>\n Isack Hadjar with the top half of the P3 trophy \u2026 and the bottom on the floor behind him. Photograph: Michael Potts\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Isack Hadjar, who earned his first podium finish last weekend, was investigated by the stewards after third practice after skipping the chicane at turn four and failing to take the required escape route.<\/p>\n Despite this being a repeat offence this weekend, the Racing Bulls driver avoided a penalty because of his low speed and the fact that no danger arose. He came away with just a warning.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Norris will be hoping to bounce back this weekend after the engine failure that left him pointless at Zandvoort. While that mechanical fault may prove costly in the title race, he\u2019s been keeping spirits up this week:<\/p>\n I can literally only look ahead to the next few races and try and do more than I\u2019ve ever done. But that\u2019s it, if I lose the championship by those points, then I just have to keep my chin up, my head held high and try and do it again next year.<\/p>\n The team have done an incredibly good job so it\u2019s unfortunate timing that it\u2019s on what is probably the most important year of my career.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Here\u2019s how third practice finished earlier on, Lando Norris leading the way:<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n As with any Italian Grand Prix, Ferrari are the star attraction. They have performed well so far in practice, with Charles Leclerc \u2013 who won here last year \u2013 second fastest in all three sessions. Lewis Hamilton was fastest in the first run yesterday. But as Giles Richards has been warning, they will find it tough to compete with McLaren this weekend:<\/p>\n All season Ferrari have been off the pace and Hamilton in particular is struggling as he adapts to a new team and car. It has been hard, at times volatile, as even he conceded this weekend in Monza, where he will take a five-place grid penalty from an infraction in Zandvoort but was at least honest about how both sides had perhaps been taken aback by the work their partnership required.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Gasly signs new Alpine deal<\/p>\n First, some news. Pierre Gasly has signed a contract extension with Alpine until the end of the 2028 season. The Renault-owned team stand last in the constructors\u2019 standings after 15 of 24 rounds and the French driver has scored all of their 20 points so far, with a highest placing of sixth at Silverstone. A race winner, with victory at the 2020 Italian Grand Prix with Red Bull-owned AlphaTauri, the former F2 champion joined Alpine in 2023.<\/p>\n All smiles for Pierre. Photograph: Jayce Illman\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a>Preamble<\/p>\n And so, to Monza. The Italian Grand Prix is the last race of the F1 season to be held on European soil before its final eight fixtures elsewhere across the globe.<\/p>\n The dynamic of the drivers\u2019 championship shifted quite dramatically<\/a> last weekend in the Netherlands as Oscar Piastri opened up a 34-point lead over Lando Norris at the top of the standings. The Australian, who won his seventh race of 2025 in Zandvoort, has played down the significance of such a gap, which is the biggest it has been all season.<\/p>\n McLaren may not have long to wait to be crowned constructors\u2019 champions \u2013 it is mathematically possible in Azerbaijan in two weeks \u2013 but a lot of the focus, of course, this weekend is on Ferrari.<\/p>\n Before qualifying gets under way in Monza in just under an hour\u2019s time, let\u2019s have your thoughts and predictions on this weekend and what the rest of the season might have in store. You can get in touch with me right here<\/a>. Andiamo!<\/p>\n
17 Lance Stroll
18 Franco Colapinto
19 Pierre Gasly
20 Liam Lawson<\/p>\n