00:01Ordinary middle part of the lap for Stroll, ordinary middle part of the lap for Piastri,
00:05who is really, really struggling, and we've got the checkered flag waving.
00:09Bottas up to 12, delivered when he needed to.
00:12What are we going to see across the line now?
00:14Sargent going very quickly.
00:16Joe Guanyu is right on the brink now.
00:18Oscar Piastri finds a time, under enormous pressure, to move up to 8th position,
00:24and could this be a great moment for Sargent?
00:26Yes, he's up to 5th place.
00:27It's Joe, Magnussen, Stroll, and what about the two Alpines?
00:31Lawson gets himself through into the next part of qualifying for the first time in his Formula 1 career
00:37that's only lasted two races.
00:39Now Yuki Tsunoda goes to 4th, and it's over to the Alpines.
00:42Ocon is out.
00:43He's in 17th position.
00:45No, he's not.
00:46Gasly's in 17th position.
00:47Both Alpines fall for the first time in manufacturer history.
00:52It's the first time for the Renault-owned team since 2016 that they have both fallen at the first hurdle,
00:58along with Joe, along with Magnussen, and Lance Stroll.
01:02It's a tough day for those who drive for the Enstone-based team.
01:07This isn't the lap that Logan Sargent would want.
01:11Down there in 14th place, his teammate is up in 4th at the moment.
01:16Can he find himself through there, and can he make the progress through?
01:22Albin is punching a hole in the air here.
01:24He's gone across the line.
01:25Sargent now cuts the beam.
01:27No improvement for Logan Sargent.
01:29As he goes across the line, it was an improvement for Yuki Tsunoda.
01:33Sargent falls at the second hurdle of qualifying.
01:35That will be disappointing for the young American driver.
01:39We're on board with Lewis Hamilton, seven times on pole position at the Italian Grand Prix.
01:44The chequered flag is waving.
01:46Who is able to make the improvement when it's all on the line?
01:50Russell goes up to 5th place.
01:51He will be in the final part of qualifying.
01:53Hamilton goes into 5th position now.
01:56It's Piastri, Hülkenberg, Lawson and Bottas who are trying to improve their positions and get through.
02:02The roar is because Charles Leclerc has gone to the top of the timing page.
02:06Lawson gets to P12, but is out in this segment of qualifying along with Hülkenberg.
02:12Piastri delivers the lap that demotes Yuki Tsunoda.
02:15So two Alpha Tauris out.
02:16Then Hülkenberg and Sargent.
02:18Verstappen goes fastest of anyone.
02:20And Bottas moves up to 14th position.
02:24He will exit qualifying as well.
02:26Lando Norris makes it through by 13 thousandths of a second.
02:31Fine margins.
02:33The Alpha Tauris are out along with Hülkenberg, Bottas and Sargent.
02:38Verstappen attacking for all he's worth out there to the very limit of the racetrack.
02:43Yeah, now Albon has opened up as well as the fastest person for sector.
02:48A full two tenths quicker than Verstappen.
02:51Middle part of the lap, we've got Perez a couple of tenths down on his teammate.
02:56Let's see with those Ferraris.
02:57And Leclerc has gone marginally quicker than Verstappen in the middle sector.
03:02Verstappen sets the time.
03:03There's more pace out there.
03:05It's a 1.20.6.
03:06Perez comes over the line.
03:08He's into second.
03:09Charles Leclerc is waiting to cut the beam.
03:11He's got the parabolica to go.
03:13Norris is third.
03:14Alonso is fourth.
03:15Here's the man who won the Grand Prix in 2019.
03:19Charles Leclerc on the soft tyres in the Scarlett Ferrari.
03:22Goes ahead of both Red Bull drivers.
03:26He delivers with seven minutes to go.
03:28Carlos Sainz takes it away from Charles Leclerc by three hundredths of a second.
03:34It's a Ferrari 1-2.
03:36A Red Bull 3-4.
03:37At least it was Alex Albon.
03:40He's matched his personal best in Formula One with that result.
03:45One run to go though.
03:46But it's Sainz who has one hand on pole position.
03:49Now Russell goes over the line in fourth place.
03:51But there was an enormous cheer.
03:54There's less than a tenth of a second between the top three.
03:57Sainz, Leclerc and then this man.
04:01Fantastic sound on the main straight as Charles Leclerc is gunning for pole position.
04:0621 in Formula One.
04:09He is trying to head the field for the Italian Grand Prix.
04:13Verstappen is the next car that will respond to Leclerc's time.
04:16And then it will be Carlos Sainz who is giving an unintentional toe to Lando Norris.
04:23Sainz, Leclerc and Verstappen separated by less than a tenth of a second.
04:27And Charles Leclerc is improving through the first sector of the racetrack.
04:31The visible body language of that race car as he mounted the kerb into the second chicane.
04:36He is hustling.
04:38He knows the importance of this.
04:39He's brilliant at qualifying.
04:41And the car is below him.
04:43Little snake of the rear as he comes out of the second Lesmo.
04:46Look at how close it is.
04:48Charles Leclerc is marginally up on Carlos Sainz through the first sector of the lap.
04:52Verstappen marginally down.
04:54And it's close once again between the two Ferrari drivers.
04:57But the second sector is Red Bull town.
05:00It's Max Verstappen town.
05:02It's got corners.
05:03Will we see Verstappen take a step forward in the middle part of the lap?
05:06We will.
05:07But it's only by half of the difference over Leclerc in the first sector.
05:12So Leclerc marginally up over Verstappen.
05:14All three drivers at the front of the field are improving.
05:17Charles Leclerc to the line.
05:19Charles Leclerc improves to pole position.
05:23Can Max Verstappen find an answer?
05:25He's out of the parabolica.
05:27The Red Bull driver going up through the gears.
05:29Flat to the floor.
05:30Looking for a ninth pole this season.
05:32Verstappen takes it away from Charles Leclerc.
05:35What a great lap.
05:36And it's over to you, Carlos Sainz.
05:39Carlos Sainz takes pole position to raise a roar from the crowd.
05:44And the Tifosi are jubilant because Carlos Sainz has a fourth career pole and a first one at the Italian
05:52Grand Prix.
05:54Russell is in fourth at the moment.
05:56No, he's not.
05:57Over the line goes Sergio Perez.
05:59Albon is P5 for Williams.
06:02Ferrari are celebrating.
06:04There are still laps to come.
06:05Let's sort out this order for the Italian Grand Prix.
06:08Then we'll get to the celebrations.
06:10Russell up to fourth position with a late lap.
06:13And it's over to the man who has the most pole positions in Formula 1 at this track.
06:17It won't be today.
06:18It will be eighth place for Lewis Hamilton.
06:21Send us back to Carlos Sainz, who has beaten Max Verstappen by 13 thousandths of a second.
06:29Around a 3.6 mile circuit.
06:31Sainz on pole.
06:33Sainz, we have it.
06:34Yeah, we have it.
06:36Sainz, we have it.
06:37Oh yes, we have it.
06:38Good job.
06:39Vamos.
06:42One of the great sessions of the season.
06:44All three drivers chasing pole position improved their time.
06:48They were separated by 99 thousandths of a second when we went into Q3 run two.
06:55At the end of that session, they're separated by 67 thousandths of a second.
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