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Charles Leclerc put his Ferrari on pole position for Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix to the delight of the Monza crowd.

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Leclerc pulled out all the stops with his final run at the Temple of Speed to send the Tifosi wild, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen having to settle for second.

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Verstappen ended up in seventh place, with the world champion among nine of 20 drivers punished for exceeding their number of allocated engine parts.

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Carlos Sainz, Sergio Perez and Lewis Hamilton qualified third, fourth and fifth respectively, but the trio also face grid sanctions.

Hamilton will start from 19th place after taking on his fourth engine of the season – one more than he is allowed.

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George Russell finished sixth but took advantage of those above being penalised to join Leclerc on the front row.

Lando Norris qualified seventh, but is set to start third in his McLaren once the grid penalties are applied.

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The race will start at 15:00 (SA time).

STARTING GRID FOR SUNDAY’S ITALIAN GRAND PRIX:

Front row

Charles Leclerc (MON/Ferrari)

George Russell (GBR/Mercedes)

2nd row

Lando Norris (GBR/McLaren-Mercedes)

Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/McLaren-Mercedes)

3rd row

Pierre Gasly (FRA/AlphaTauri-Red Bull)

Fernando Alonso (ESP/Alpine-Renault)

4th row

Max Verstappen (NED/Red Bull)

Nyck de Vries (NED/Williams-Mercedes)

5th row

Zhou Guanyu (CHN/Alfa Romeo)

Nicholas Latifi (CAN/Williams-Mercedes)

6th row

Sebastian Vettel (GER/Aston Martin-Mercedes)

Lance Stroll (CAN/Aston Martin-Mercedes)

7th row

Sergio Perez (MEX/Red Bull)

Esteban Ocon (FRA/Alpine-Renault)

8th row

Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Alfa Romeo)

Kevin Magnussen (DEN/Haas-Ferrari)

9th row

Mick Schumacher (GER/Haas-Ferrari)

Carlos Sainz (ESP/Ferrari)

10th row

Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes)

Yuki Tsunoda (JPN/AlphaTauri-Red Bull)