Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands steers his car during the qualifying session ahead of the Italian Grand Prix at the Monza racetrack in Monza, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands celebrates his pole position after the qualifying session ahead of the Italian Grand Prix at the Monza racetrack in Monza, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands, centre, celebrates his pole position with McLaren driver Lando Norris of Britain, left, and McLaren driver Oscar Piastri of Australia after the qualifying session ahead of the Italian Grand Prix at the Monza racetrack in Monza, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain steers his car during the third free practice ahead of the Italian Grand Prix at the Monza racetrack in Monza, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Verstappen targets first F1 win since May as he starts on pole for Italian Grand Prix
MONZA, Italy (AP) — Max Verstappen will be chasing a first win since May afer taking pole position for the Italian Grand Prix ahead of title contenders Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands steers his car during the qualifying session ahead of the Italian Grand Prix at the Monza racetrack in Monza, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
MONZA, Italy (AP) — Max Verstappen will be chasing a first win since May afer taking pole position for the Italian Grand Prix ahead of title contenders Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.
Verstappen produced for only his second pole position at Monza, where Red Bull has often struggled.
Norris joins him on the front row for Sunday’s race, ahead of McLaren teammate and standings leader Piastri after both were within two tenths of a second of Verstappen’s time.
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“To get pole here for us is big,” said four-time world champion Verstappen. “It’s not always been a good track for us, especially last year was quite a bit of a disaster.”
Piastri leads Norris by 34 points in the standings with both chasing a first F1 title.
Charles Leclerc — who won at Monza last year and in 2019 — qualified in fourth for Ferrari , just ahead of teammate Hamilton, who will start Sunday’s race in 10th as he serves a five-place grid penalty.
Hamilton said his first Italian Grand Prix in Ferrari red will be “tough” but is “going to open it up and try to make up some ground.”
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