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September 7, 2019 An unusual pole, due to excess of slowness rather than speed, that of Charles Leclerc in Monza. The Monegasque takes advantage of the last round of 'collective madness' and will start in front of Hamilton, Bottas and Vettel in the Italian GP. In qualifications characterized by the pursuit of the wake, nobody wants to go out first. So in Q3, after a first attempt with Leclerc at the command in 1'19 "307 (with the Mercedes very close and Vettel close up), everyone is waiting for someone to act as a treader. Time passes, the drivers come out simultaneously at the very limit with Sainz to act as a tread, but the session expires before the group passes to the finish line, avoiding the checkered flag only Sainz, in fact, and Leclerc (who is already in the lead anyway) .All the others are mocked by the excess of strategy.

Ferrari can still celebrate and think serenely about the race. The Alfa Romeos are less good, with Giovinazzi not passing the Q2 for two thousandths and Raikkonen coming out of the parabolic during the first lap in Q3. An excellent test, however, for the Renault cars: on the ball since the first session, Ricciardo and Hulkenberg won a well-deserved third row.

In Q1 problems for Verstappen, who in any case would have left at the bottom of the grid to replace the power unit. The Dutchman cannot complete even one lap. Albon, still in 'breaking in' with Red Bull, arrives in Q3 but does not time: he will start eighth.