Pierre Gasly achieves pole position in the Italian Formula 1 Grand Prix

The French driver Pierre Gasly (Alpine) has taken pole position for Sunday's race at the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix, the thirteenth round of the World Championship, while the Spanish Carlos Sainz (Williams) and Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) will occupy the fourteenth and twentieth positions, respectively, on the starting grid.

At the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, this Saturday's action began with the early Free Practice 3 and hours later the warm-up was over, as soon as Q1 started. There Fernando Alonso was screened along with the Japanese Yuki Tsunoda (Racing Bulls), the Thai Alexander Albon (Williams), the Cadillacs, the Finnish Valtteri Bottas and the Mexican Sergio Pérez, and the Canadian Lance Stroll at the wheel of the other Aston Martin car.

In Q2, Australian Oscar Piastri (McLaren) ran in 1:22.017 and was just 0.050 ahead of Englishman Lando Norris (McLaren). Meanwhile, Carlos Sainz joined the team with the Brazilian Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi), the Englishman Oliver Bearman (Haas), the German Nico Hülkenberg (Audi), the New Zealander Liam Lawson (Red Bull), and the Frenchman Esteban Ocon (Haas).

And already in Q3, Englishman George Russell (Mercedes) took the lead with his 1:21.929, waiting for the McLaren cars to implement their strategy. However, Piastri failed to brake and Norris was left without his slipstream, a scene where Pierre Gasly slipped in to take pole with 1:21.786 and confirm the surprise of the Alpine team.

Piastri finished third and the Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) was fourth; Englishman Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) finished fifth and Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull) finished sixth; the Italian Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) got involved, but will be last due to a penalty; The Argentine Franco Colapinto (Alpine) will then start seventh, Norris will start eighth and the Englishman Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls) will start ninth.