The British driver’s McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri will line up second on the grid for Sunday’s race
McLaren's Lando Norris celebrates his pole position after the qualifying session for the Italian GP at Monza. Photograph: Andrej Isakovic/AFP via GettyLando Norris continued his bid for world championship glory by taking a brilliant pole position at the Italian Grand Prix – as his rival Max Verstappen could manage only seventh.
George Russell qualified third for Mercedes with Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz fourth and fifth respectively for Ferrari. Lewis Hamilton, fastest in two of the three practice sessions, was only sixth.Women’s Irish Open: Players to watch, TV details, tickets, transport and weather forecastNorris is 70 points behind Verstappen with nine rounds and 254 points still to play for. Following his statement triumph in Zandvoort, Norris said it was “stupid” to start dreaming about the title.
“It hurts me to say it but my lap was not a great lap. However, it was still good enough for pole, so I was surprised, but happy. Verstappen appeared set to race to his fourth world title on the bounce after he won five of the opening seven rounds. He finished 0.109sec clear of Piastri, while Russell delivered with his final lap to haul his Mercedes up to third.
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