VIDEO Leclerc won the qualification for the Italian GP: Verstappen will have to fight his way again! – Športky.sk

Charles Leclerc celebrates his triumph in qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix Source: SITA/AP/Antonio Calanni MONZA – Monaco’s Charles Leclerc was the fastest in Saturday’s qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix of the F1 series. The Ferrari pilot achieved a time of 1:20.161 min and at his team’s home event he surprisingly overtook Max Verstappen at Red Bull, who was behind him by 145 hundredths of a second. However, he will start from the front row next to the fastest driver, George Russell (Mercedes), who took sixth place with a deficit of 1.381 seconds. Drivers in 2nd to 5th positions, including Verstappen and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz in third (+0.268), received penalties for changing various components in their cars. The fans enjoyed that! #ItalianGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/c9GRtcqALh — Formula 1 (@F1) September 10, 2022 Leclerc thus got the chance to emulate his 2019 success when he won in front of the “Tifosi” as the first Ferrari driver in almost a decade. The atmosphere at Monza is even more special this weekend as the event ties in with the circuit’s centenary celebrations. For this occasion, the team from Maranello prepared special paintwork and overalls. De Vries’ debut Qualifying debut was experienced on Saturday by Dutchman Nyck de Vries, who took thirteenth place with Williams and will start eighth. Last year’s Formula E champion jumped behind Alex Albon. He underwent an appendectomy. In his sharp debut, he beat regular team driver Nicolas Latifi by 117 thousandths of a second. The Canadian took sixteenth place and was eliminated in the initial stage of the qualification. On Sunday, he will take the tenth position at the start. QUALIFYING CLASSIFICATION @Charles_Leclerc takes his eighth pole of the season! #ItalianGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/xhIYae12fg — Formula 1 (@F1) September 10, 2022 Italian Grand Prix F1 – qualification: *
1. Charles Leclerc (Mon./Ferrari) 1:20.161 min, 2. George Russell (V. Brit./Mercedes) +1.381 s, 3. Lando Norris (V. Brit./McLaren) +1.423, 4. Daniel Ricciardo (Aus./McLaren) +1,764, 5. Pierre Gasly (Fr./AlphaTauri) +2,487, 6. Fernando Alonso** (Sp./Alpine) +1,700, 7. Max Verstappen*** (Hol./Red Bull ) +0.145, 8. Nyck de Vries** (Hol./Williams) +2.310, 9. Chou Kuan-yü** (China/Alfa Romeo) +2.416, 10. Nicholas Latifi** (Can./Williams) +2.426*The order corresponds to the real order on the starting grid of the Sunday race and does not correspond to the original qualifying results, which were changed due to penalties. **Alonso, De Vries, Kuan-jü and Latifi set a better time than the rivals in front of them, but did not make it to the third part of qualifying. ***Verstappen set a better time than the rivals in front of him, but was penalized five places for the engine change. Photo gallery for the article Number of photos: 7 Author: © Video list: Twitter/Formula 1 Source: TASR