{"id":761318,"date":"2026-09-05T23:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T23:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/761318\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T23:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T23:50:13","slug":"f1-italian-gp-gasly-takes-stunning-maiden-pole-for-alpine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/761318\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 Italian GP: Gasly takes stunning maiden pole for Alpine"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the scene of his maiden grand prix win, Alpine<\/a> driver Pierre Gasly<\/a> has written another chapter in his Formula 1 career by claiming his first-ever pole position for the Italian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

In a thrilling Q3 shootout, Gasly trumped pre-session favourite George Russell<\/a> by a mere 0.060s to deny the Mercedes<\/a> driver a fifth pole of the year and take Alpine to the top of the timesheets.<\/p>\n

Russell had drawn first blood in the final shootout with a 1m21.929s lap, ahead of Oscar Piastri<\/a>, Gasly and Charles Leclerc<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With the entire top 10 covered by less than two tenths, getting optimal track position to benefit from a slipstream proved crucial, with Russell having an ace up his sleeve in the shape of team-mate Kimi Antonelli<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Antonelli is set to start on the last row due to an engine penalty, so the Italian was asked to tow Russell around the 5.8km track.<\/p>\n

But Gasly also played his cards to perfection by grabbing a slipstream from Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton<\/a>, and delivered an outstanding lap to leapfrog Russell.<\/p>\n

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Watch: Pierre on Pole, Ferrari Flounders – F1 Italian GP<\/p>\n

Piastri and Leclerc were third and fourth, followed by Hamilton and Max Verstappen<\/a>. Antonelli was seventh but will lose that position on the grid, elevating Franco Colapinto<\/a> to seventh.<\/p>\n

Norris was a disappointed ninth after not being able to grab a slipstream from team-mate Piastri, who went off in Turn 1. In doing so, the Australian ruined his own lap and left Norris punching a hole in the air by himself. Piastri and Norris had both struggled under brakes in Turn 1, and Piastri is also expected to be investigated for blocking Liam Lawson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Arvid\u00a0Lindblad<\/a> qualified 10th and will move up to ninth as a result of Antonelli’s penalty.<\/p>\n

The first barrage of Q2 runs left Ferrari’s Hamilton in the drop zone, appearing to catch traffic at the wrong time on his run, which left the seven-time world champion with a lot of work to do on his final run.<\/p>\n

With\u00a0Leclerc also under pressure in ninth, neither team-mate was in a position to help the other red car. Leclerc was unable to improve his lap, but Hamilton did manage to wrangle half a tenth out of the SF-26, demoting Audi’s Gabriel Bortoleto<\/a> by a minuscule 0.001s margin and sparing the Scuderia’s blushes.<\/p>\n

Bortoleto was followed out by Haas’ Oliver Bearman<\/a>, who used an upgraded car and power unit to take 12th. An unhappy Lawson was eliminated in 13th, denying Red Bull a chance to give Verstappen a tow in Q3.<\/p>\n

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Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari, Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing<\/p>\n

Photo by: Steven Tee \/ LAT Images via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Lawson, who replaces the injured Isack Hadjar<\/a> for the second consecutive weekend, will join\u00a0Antonelli at the back of the grid with an engine penalty.<\/p>\n

Nico Hulkenberg<\/a>, Carlos Sainz<\/a> and Esteban Ocon<\/a> also exited the session at the end of Q2.<\/p>\n

In Q1, which was also headed by Gasly ahead of\u00a0Verstappen and Norris, proved the final station for Racing Bull’s replacement driver Yuki Tsunoda<\/a>, who stood in for Lawson at the New Zealander’s regular team.<\/p>\n

Tsunoda was on the wrong end of the cut-off in 17th after failing to deliver a clean lap, allowing Williams<\/a> driver Sainz to escape to Q2 by 0.139s.<\/p>\n

Sainz’s team-mate Alex\u00a0Albon<\/a> also played a role by handing the Spaniard a crucial tow on the straight while the Anglo-Thai driver was down in 18th.<\/p>\n

Cadillac defeated Aston Martin at the bottom of the order, with Valtteri\u00a0Bottas<\/a> and Sergio Perez<\/a> comfortably ahead of a struggling Fernando Alonso<\/a> and Lance Stroll<\/a>. Alonso didn’t complete a final run due to a Honda power unit problem.<\/p>\n

F1 Italian GP – Qualifying results<\/p>\n

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