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The second weekend with sprint qualifying sessions left a succession of bizarre scenes at Monza.

Valtteri Bottas

, who will start from the back of the grid on Sunday due to a change of parts in his engine, confirmed the power of the Mercedes with the best time (1: 19.555), 96 thousandths faster than

Lewis Hamilton

and four tenths by in front of

Max Verstappen

. The great lap of the defenestrated Finn left the paddock stunned in a session marked by excessive traffic and the succession of incidents in the

pitlane

.

Carlos Sainz

completed a seventh place, while

Fernando Alonso

, thirteenth, could not even enter Q3.

As the sun set over the horizon, dazzling the drivers as they entered the home straight, Bottas left his own garage looking like a poker. He did not need any slipstream in that last attempt to overcome Hamilton, who from the first free session had been showing the verve of his engine. Rolling sometimes beyond his possibilities, the seven-time champion wanted to mark territory against Verstappen, in inferior conditions on this very fast track.

The aggressiveness when attacking the pianos, the continuous excursions through the gravel and the difficulty in tackling the track limits on the legendary Parabolica were some of the constants on Friday.

Also for Alonso, who threw away his first attempt in Q2 to the fright of

Sergio Pérez

and later found himself powerless to achieve improvement.

The void left by Alpine, where

Esteban Ocon

could not make it up, is now being filled by McLaren.

Finishing

behind

Lance Stroll

and

Sebastian Vettel is

not good news

, so the only hold for Saturday will be a reissue of last July's comeback at Silverstone, where Fernando gained four positions.

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