Italian Grand Prix Qualifying Live
The Italian Grand Prix Qualifying session will begin at 1 this afternoon and here you’ll be able to see the latest developments as they happen.
NEWS – Romain Grosjean will be receiving a 5 place grid-penalty after the Haas team had to change gearbox after Practice 3 this morning.
NEWS – Sergio Perez has re-signed with Force India for the 2017 season.
Marchionne – “We are behind, we started well in Australia but failed after that. Unfortunately we don’t have long till the end of the season however it feels like here (Monza) we can see the changes we have made to the car, we are improving, we will finish this season and work for the 2017 season.“
Vettel getting ready for Qualifying ahead of the Italian Grand Prix this weekend.
Italian Grand Prix Qualifying Live – Qualifying 1
Drivers are in their cars and waiting to go on-track for the qualifying session.
Esteban Ocon off-track, he’s having a problem with the electronics on his car.
Drivers out of Q1
Kvyat
Nasr
Ericsson
Palmer
Magnussen
Ocon
Hamilton and Rosberg are the top two (as expected) closely followed by the Ferrari drivers and Red Bull drivers, let’s see what will happen during Q2.
Magnussen – “After P3, I knew it wouldn’t be like we were in Spa – whatever we are in Q1 it doesn’t matter, what matters is getting into Q2 but I went off and it could have been a better session.“
Italian Grand Prix Qualifying Live – Qualifying 2
Rosberg is the first driver on-track for Q2 followed by teammate, Lewis Hamilton who is just exiting the pit-lane.
Hamilton goes fastest with a time of 1:21.498 – both Mercedes drivers are now in the pits.
Ferrari and Red Bull are both to set times but for now Williams are behind the Merecedes drivers.
Vettel now goes third fastest with Bottas behind and Raikkonen in 5th, Verstappen down in 9th place.
Ricciardo now goes 9th fastest and pushes his team-mate to 10th place.
Alonso, Button, and Hulkenberg are in the knock-out zone, they’re in the pits but with 3 minutes to go till the end of the session, they’ll be back on-track shortly.
Both Red Bull’s are back on-track using supersoft tyres.
Hamilton and Rosberg are using the soft tyres.
Drivers out of Q2
Massa
Grosjean
Alonso
Wehrlein
Button
Sainz
Hamilton, Rosberg, Vettel, Bottas, Raikkonen, Ricciardo, Gutierrez, Verstappen, Perez and Hulkenberg are the cars through to Q3
Italian Grand Prix Qualifying Live – Qualifying 3
Drivers will be moving up one place due to Grosjean’s 5 place grid-penalty.
Qualifying 3 is now underway!
It’s a battle between the two Mercedes with the Ferrari’s behind – Raikkonen now goes faster than his team mate.
Hamilton sets the fastest lap time of 1:21.358
Bottas is behind Vettel – and faster than the Red Bull’s of Ricciardo and Verstappen, for now.
With 2 minutes of qualifying left – the Mercedes drivers are now back on-track.
Hamilton on pole setting a lap time of 1:21.135, Rosberg in second, Vettel in third, Raikkonen in fourth.
Here’s the top 10 for tomorrow.
Hamilton
Rosberg
Vettel
Raikkonen
Bottas
Ricciardo
Verstappen
Perez
Hulkenberg
Gutierrez
After Qualifying Reaction
Hamilton – “Obviously very happy today, I was only made aware of that record as we came to this weekend. I feel incredibly proud and honoured to be amongst these drivers and I’m very proud of that. Today I had a very strong feeling and that last lap was incredible. Race by race, I continue to praise the team and what they do.”
Rosberg – “I think best explanation is that he put in good laps, I had a good weekend too but wasn’t quick enough. That’s it.“
Vettel – “First of all, I wasn’t that happy with the first shot in Q3 and I lost the rhythm a little bit. I lost a bit of time on the last corner and I was losing time in the beginning and the end. I’m happy for us to lock out the second row as a team but not entirely happy with the gap from us to them – they’ve been in their own world. Every out lap you do, all the fans stand and wave, I love the support and a big thanks to everyone round the track and hopefully we can give something back tomorrow.“
Hamilton – “I didn’t damage the tyres, I just had a little lock-up but the flat spot is minimal, you can’t feel it so I don’t think it will be a problem for tomorrow.“
More reaction to come soon before the Italian Grand Prix tomorrow! 🙂
The Formula 1 Girl
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