Qualifying · Italian Grand Prix

Gasly on pole for the Italian Grand Prix

Pierre Gasly topped qualifying by 0.060s from Russell.

F1 Pit Wall · 5 September 2026

Pierre Gasly (Alpine F1 Team) took pole position for the Italian Grand Prix with a 1:21.786, 0.060s ahead of George Russell. Oscar Piastri starts third.

It's Gasly's first pole of 2026.

Knocked out in Q2: Bortoleto, Bearman, Hülkenberg, Lawson, Sainz and Ocon.

Out in Q1: Tsunoda, Albon, Bottas, Pérez, Alonso and Stroll.

At RB F1 Team, Lindblad out-qualified Tsunoda by 1.028s. At Williams, Sainz out-qualified Albon by 0.740s.

Championship leader Andrea Kimi Antonelli will start 7th.

PosDriverTeamBestGap
1Pierre GaslyAlpine F1 Team1:21.786
2George RussellMercedes1:21.846+0.060s
3Oscar PiastriMcLaren1:21.966+0.180s
4Charles LeclercFerrari1:22.004+0.218s
5Lewis HamiltonFerrari1:22.011+0.225s
6Max VerstappenRed Bull1:22.070+0.284s
7Andrea Kimi AntonelliMercedes1:22.093+0.307s
8Franco ColapintoAlpine F1 Team1:22.220+0.434s
9Lando NorrisMcLaren1:22.256+0.470s
10Arvid LindbladRB F1 Team1:22.286+0.500s

Written automatically from the official timing. Results can change after stewards' decisions.

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