Italian GP final practice and qualifying
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By: Geoff Creighton
Summary
Status: Stopped
Driver, Team
Raikkonen, Ferrari
Vettel, Ferrari
Hamilton, Mercedes
Bottas, Mercedes
Verstappen, Red Bull
Grosjean, Haas
Sainz, Renault
Ocon, Force India
Gasly, Toro Rosso
Stroll, Williams
Raikkonen, Ferrari
Vettel, Ferrari
Hamilton, Mercedes
Bottas, Mercedes
Verstappen, Red Bull
Grosjean, Haas
Sainz, Renault
Ocon, Force India
Gasly, Toro Rosso
Stroll, Williams
That's all from us at Monza for today. Read our comprehensive qualifying report here, and stay up to date with all the reaction to a thrilling session on Autosport and Motorsport.com this afternoon.
Thanks for joining us. We'll see you again tomorrow for live race coverage from 1:45pm UK time.
Thanks for joining us. We'll see you again tomorrow for live race coverage from 1:45pm UK time.
"[I'm] not happy, but it's the best we could do," says Verstappen, who ended up close to 1.5s slower than Raikkonen. "In Q3 on my final run I didn't have a tow, but even then it wouldn't have changed the position."
A few jeers for Hamilton, who congratulates Ferrari, as he's interview on the start/finish straight.
"It's unbelievable to see the support," says Vettel. "[I'm] not entirely happy with my last run, I think Kimi was just a bit faster."
"It's great for tomorrow," says Raikkonen, cool and calm as ever. "Hopefully tomorrow everything goes smoothly and we end up in the same position."
Final Q3 order: 1 Raikkonen; 2 Vettel; 3 Hamilton; 4 Bottas; 5 Verstappen; 6 Grosjean; 7 Sainz; 8 Ocon; 9 Gasly; 10 Stroll
Raikkonen's 1m19.119s is another new Monza lap record, and included a final sector that was more than a tenth of a second faster than anyone else.
Raikkonen and Vettel improve their first sector times, with Raikkonen marginally faster than Hamilton - who can't improve his time there.
Bottas heads out ahead of Hamilton, but Vettel remains in front of Raikkonen as the cars come out of the pits.
Q3 order so far: 1 Hamilton; 2 Raikkonen; 3 Vettel; 4 Bottas; 5 Verstappen; 6 Sainz; 7 Grosjean; 8 Ocon; 9 Gasly; 10 Stroll (no time)
Behind the top three, who are covered by a tenth, Bottas is fourth from Verstappen and Sainz is best of the rest in sixth.
Raikkonen goes faster than Vettel, but Hamilton beats the pair of them with a 1m19.390s to take provisional pole!
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