At Monza, Ferrari is king. Which means that in recent years Charles Leclerc has been king at Monza. And this Saturday was no exception: the Monegasque driver was fastest in qualifying and won eighth pole position of the season, looking to repeat the victory from 2019 in this Sunday’s race.
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travel on board with @Charles_Leclerc while dominating the Temple of Speed! ?????????#GPItalian @pirellisport pic.twitter.com/OTLBKzx1Qv
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In an Italian Grand Prix marked by a driver change at Williams due to appendicitis for Alexander Albon, who was replaced by Nyck de Vries, Charles Leclerc scored a double win in qualifying.. In addition to being the fastest, stamping the pole position on the last lap of Q3, the driver will see Max Verstappen drop five places on the starting grid. Along with his teammate Sergio Pérez, Lewis Hamilton, Carlos Sainz, Valtteri Bottas, Mick Schumacher and Yuki Tsunoda, the Dutch driver will suffer a penalty for changes to Red Bull’s engine components and will leave the lead, although in practice he was second faster. behind Leclerc and ahead of Sainz, Pérez and Hamilton.
That is, adjusting chess to penalties, George Russell will be second on the Monza starting grid, followed by Lando Norris, Daniel Ricciardo, Pierre Gasly and Fernando Alonso, with Verstappen only seventh. De Vries surprised and will start eighth, with Zhou and Latifi closing the top 10 of the Italian Grand Prix.
Feel the love between Charles and typhus????#GPItalian #F1 pic.twitter.com/gcQCWkjrdX
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“It was not an easy classification. He knew there was potential in the car and he knew he had to get it all out on this final lap in Q3. I am very happy with the lap and the performance. So far it’s been a good weekend, I feel good and the car is fine. Hopefully I can finish like I did in 2019. I took more risks. I knew that on the last lap I had to pick up the pace and it worked”, said the Ferrari Monegasque after qualifying.
QUALIFYING CLASSIFICATION @Charles_Leclerc makes his eighth pole of the season! #GPItalian #F1 pic.twitter.com/xhIYae12fg
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Source: Observadora
