Italian F1 Grand Prix 2016 Qualifying: Saturday’s Results, Times, Final Grid

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Published: September 3, 2016

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Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton took pole position in Saturday qualifying at the Italian Grand Prix, comfortably beating his team-mate Nico Rosberg.

After coasting to top spot in final practice in the morning, Hamilton excelled in the afternoon, too, posting a mark of one minute, 21.135 seconds in the final part of qualifying. Rosberg will start alongside his team-mate on the front row, while Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel will begin in third.

Here’s how the grid will shape up on Sunday at Monza and a look back at another absorbing day on the Formula One calendar.

   

Qualifying RecapHere is a look at the standings after Saturday's qualifying and how the drivers will line up for the upcoming race, per the Formula One Twitter feed:



Hamilton put down an early marker in Q1, as he was more than six-tenths of a second ahead of Rosberg. Elsewhere, Esteban Ocon lost power and was eliminated, while the Toro Rosso of Daniil Kvyat was the most eye-catching elimination first up. Per ThePitCrewOnline, he was far from pleased:



In second qualifying session, there were some intriguing tyre changes from the drivers, with Mercedes using the slower soft compound so they can start the race on them. Despite this seeming disadvantage, both Hamilton and Rosberg easily made their way into Q3, with the former again a little quicker.



Williams' Felipe Massa was the biggest name to miss out on the top 10 shootout, while Esteban Gutierrez did superbly to push his Haas up into seventh at the end of Q7.

Meanwhile, Manor's Pascal Wehrlein did a wonderful job to post the 14th-fastest time, per the team's official Twitter feed:



In Q3, it was a familiar story, as Hamilton again eked out time around this pulsating lap, moving around three-tenths ahead of his team-mate after the first runs. On the second runs, the Brit extended hi...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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