As was entirely predictable, qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix turned out to be the closest of the season so far. The first six cars were covered by just 186 thousandths, beating the previous closest session of the season in Canada, when the gap was just 228 thousandths. Charles Leclerc will start from the second row in fourth place and his Scuderia Ferrari HP team-mate Carlos Sainz will line up fifth on row three. With the teams so evenly matched and on a Monza track where overtaking is relatively straightforward, there is still everything to play for and it will be very important to see at what pace the first few laps are run and how everyone's tyres will behave, as in free practice,...
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