00:02Oh, look at all this...
00:05What the f***? Unbelievable, man.
00:08What the f*** are they doing? All three of them, man.
00:12This is just crazy, isn't it? Yeah.
00:14We're gonna end up with some kind of aerial crash.
00:17Yeah, what the hell is that?
00:20What the hell?
00:22F***ing improving.
00:23That was a f***ing joke.
00:27Perez goes 7th fastest.
00:29Sebastian Vettel goes 8th fastest.
00:31And then Lance Stroll, just behind him, 9th fastest.
00:34Everyone got to the line in time before the chequered flag to start their final flying lap.
00:38Kubica can't improve to get out of the bottom five, but Ocon does.
00:42Pushes Alonso into the danger zone as Giovinazzi goes 5th fastest.
00:46He's finding pace at his home track here.
00:48Tsunoda pushes Alonso into the bottom five.
00:51Only 14th fastest and Alonso manages to get himself out.
00:54George Russell is out of qualifying in Q1.
00:56But Lando Norris goes 3rd fastest overall.
00:59Mick Schumacher puts himself ahead of Robert Kubica and ahead of his teammate Nikita Mazepin.
01:05The P16.
01:06Yeah, no worries.
01:07I think we've got a good car for tomorrow, so no drama.
01:10Tsunoda's had a lap time deleted.
01:12George Russell makes it through, ladies and gentlemen, to Q2.
01:16Because Yuki Tsunoda had a lap time deleted for exceeding track limits.
01:22There's Lewis Hamilton making his way down the pit lane.
01:25Max Verstappen behind him.
01:26And there is the Aston Martin of Sebastian Vettel that is pretty much released into the path of Hamilton's Mercedes.
01:37Unbelievable what they are doing here.
01:39Unbelievable.
01:41Bottas crosses the line.
01:43Can't improve on his overall best so far.
01:45Joe Bonazzi stays 7th.
01:47Perez only 8th though.
01:49He's in trouble here.
01:50Max Verstappen goes 3rd fastest.
01:53A little bit closer to the two Mercedes.
01:54Fernando Alonso is down in 10th at the moment.
01:57Esteban Ocon will be next to cross the line.
01:59And he's out of qualifying.
02:01Sebastian Vettel might just be through though.
02:03Goes 9th fastest.
02:04Pushes his teammate Lance Stroll.
02:06Now down into the bottom 5.
02:07Because Sainz has gone into the top 8.
02:09Crossing the line now.
02:11Stroll doesn't make it through to Q3.
02:14Where we have seen him on regular occurrences here at Monza in the past.
02:17We're on board with George Russell.
02:19As Charles Leclerc goes into Q3.
02:21Russell can't improve.
02:22Stroll stays 15th sadly for him.
02:24Lando Norris is setting a blistering pace at the moment.
02:27And goes ahead of Max Verstappen to take 3rd fastest overall.
02:31But the two Aston Martins in the end both find themselves out of qualifying.
02:36Along with Alonso, Ocon and Russell.
02:41The two McLarens, Ricciardo and Norris, matching each other.
02:45Hamilton might not need a slipstream from his teammate.
02:49Because he has got rapid pace.
02:51Verstappen matching Hamilton through the middle sector.
02:54And matching Hamilton through the first sector as well.
02:57So Bottas to cross the line.
02:59And his time is a 1.20.3.
03:01That is the provisional target for everyone to aim at.
03:04Hamilton will be next to cross the line as he comes out of the Parabolica.
03:07And once again he's into the 1.19s.
03:09Gasly goes third fastest.
03:11We're watching now for Verstappen and for the two McLarens.
03:15Verstappen crosses the line.
03:16He's in the 1.19s as well.
03:18And a lot closer to Lewis Hamilton than he's managed to get.
03:20In the first two sessions.
03:22Carlos Sainz goes fifth fastest.
03:25And then Charles Leclerc replaces him.
03:27So it's fifth and sixth for Ferrari.
03:28Ricciardo goes third fastest for McLaren.
03:31Lando Norris then goes just ahead of his teammate by 3.10s.
03:35But Verstappen has managed to put in a lap that's good enough for second quickest.
03:41Lewis Hamilton won qualifying on the Friday evening at Silverstone.
03:45The first weekend we had the sprint.
03:47And he is out there at the moment ahead of Max Verstappen, his championship rival.
03:52Let's watch Verstappen into the Redofilo chicane.
03:56The first corner here.
03:57Get on the power as soon as you can.
03:59Get good traction out of there.
04:00And you're benefiting all the way through the curva grande.
04:02Max is quite close to Perez in terms of he needs to be careful.
04:06He doesn't get any dirty air when he gets towards the end of the lap in Parabolica.
04:11And you must not break too late and wreck the lap.
04:14And he takes that little skip off the curb.
04:17But this time kept it within bounds.
04:19Lesmo won.
04:20Lean in early.
04:23Great feeling through there.
04:25And now take all the curve on the outside.
04:28Wow, really pushing it to the limits there.
04:31And, well, we're looking for sectors.
04:33Wasn't a great first sector for Verstappen, was it?
04:35Or Perez, or Sainz, or Gasly.
04:38Was for Bottas, 26.6.
04:40He's up on the lot of them.
04:41Gasly's done a really good middle set.
04:43Joe Valazzi at 26.8 was a good first sector.
04:45Hamilton at 26.7.
04:47Norris and Ricciardo matching that as well.
04:49And in mid-sector for Verstappen not that good.
04:51They are towing Gasly along nicely.
04:54So it's not been a great lap for Max Verstappen so far.
04:57Who wants to try and improve on his time so far.
04:59And he's not looking good to do that.
05:01Perez only eighth fastest.
05:03Verstappen crosses the line.
05:04Can't improve.
05:05So who can behind him?
05:06Gasly goes fifth fastest.
05:08Valtteri Bottas has gone purple and purple.
05:10And probably purple as well.
05:12As he comes towards the line.
05:14Sainz goes seventh fastest.
05:15Here comes Valtteri Bottas now.
05:17Joe Vernazzi has crossed the line.
05:19Only tenth fastest.
05:20Leclerc in eighth.
05:21And we've got Bottas, Hamilton and Norris to come.
05:24With Daniel Ricciardo going third fastest overall.
05:27He can't quite get past Max Verstappen.
05:29Bottas can though.
05:31He leads qualifying here at Monza on this Friday evening.
05:34Hamilton, has he got enough to try and beat him?
05:36Oh no.
05:36Bottas wins out in qualifying.
05:39Hamilton is alongside him on the front row for the sprint.
05:42Norris goes fourth fastest.
05:44And that will be relief to Max Verstappen.
05:47Who was only good enough for third on the track tonight.
05:49And that's pole position sir.
05:51Oh yes.
05:53Ha ha.
05:54Boom.
05:55Thanks.
05:56Bravo.
05:58Cracking lap.
05:59And he was the one towing Lewis Hamilton around wasn't he?
06:02So well done Valtteri.
06:03That was well deserved.
06:05We've got not one but two runs down the first chicane this weekend.
06:08I can't wait for that.
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