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Verstappen set a new, all-time record of 10 consecutive F1 race victories.

Verstappen set a new, all-time record of 10 consecutive F1 race victories.

The Mexican got through Q1 in fifth place and was fourth in Q2 before earning fifth spot in the final session, having struggled throughout to match the pace of team-mate Max Verstappen.

Charles Leclerc starts in third for the Scuderia, but Lewis Hamilton qualifies for Sunday’s race in a lowly eighth spot

The session at Monza also formed the second 2023 qualifying session run to the Alternative Tyre Allocation rules that required the drivers to run the hards throughout Q1, mediums in Q2 and softs in Q3.

Saturday's FP3 was made more intriguing, and significant, due to the ATA or alternative tyre allocation in place for this weekend.

Sainz went quickest in Friday afternoon's one-hour FP2 session, his 1m21.355s just 0.019s quicker than McLaren's Lando Norris.

Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen shared the practice spoils across the opening two Formula 1 sessions at Monza, as Sergio Perez crashed but still hailed his “best Friday in a while”.

On his 29th birthday, Sainz topped second practice by 0.019s from McLaren’s Lando Norris in an eventful session stalled by two red flags; the first early on for Lance Stroll stopping with a suspected fuel system issue in his Aston Martin and the second late in the session for Sergio Perez…