Monza qualy: Hamilton on pole after a long time

Lewis Hamilton took pole position for the Italian Grand Prix with team-mate Nico Rosberg set to start alongside him at Monza.

Hamilton put down a strong marker on the first runs in Q3, pulling out a gap of 0.4s between himself and Rosberg – who was under pressure from Valtteri Bottas having only completed three laps in FP3 due to a gearbox issue. Williams had looked strong throughout qualifying, finishing closely behind the two Mercedes’ in the first two parts of the session, but Rosberg gave himself breathing space on his final run as he improved to within 0.3s of Hamilton, who didn’t improve.

Bottas held on to third ahead of team-mate Felipe Massa, with the two McLarens of Kevin Magnussen and Jenson Button locking out row three. Fernando Alonso will start from seventh place at Ferrari’s home race, alongside Sebastian Vettel, with Daniel Ricciardo and Sergio Perez rounding out the top ten.

The full results:

Pos No Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps
1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:25.363 1:24.560 1:24.109 20
2 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:25.493 1:24.600 1:24.383 19
3 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1:26.012 1:24.858 1:24.697 16
4 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1:25.528 1:25.046 1:24.865 17
5 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.337 1:25.973 1:25.314 18
6 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.328 1:25.630 1:25.379 18
7 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:26.514 1:25.525 1:25.430 17
8 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:26.631 1:25.769 1:25.436 18
9 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:26.721 1:25.946 1:25.709 17
10 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 1:26.569 1:25.863 1:25.944 23
11 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault 1:26.261 1:26.070 16
12 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:26.689 1:26.110 13
13 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault 1:26.140 1:26.157 15
14 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:26.371 1:26.279 18
15 99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 1:27.034 1:26.588 17
16 21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:26.999 1:26.692 17
17 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 1:27.520 8
18 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:27.632 5
19 10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 1:27.671 9
20 17 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 1:27.738
21 4 Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 1:28.247
22 9 Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 1:28.562
Q1 107% Time 1:31.338

Note – Kvyat qualified 11th, drops 10 grid places for an engine change.