Monza - Qualifying
No one could have predicted the final result of the qualifying at the iconic Italian circuit. Although the afternoon started as many had expected it to, by the end of the exciting hour, a new polesitter emerged from the crowd. Kimi Antonelli, the championship leader, exchanged multiple parts of his engine for the Grand Prix and was thus set to start it from the very back of the grid regardless of his performance on Saturday. For once this season, he was therefore not the center of attention for fans and media alike. The top teams quickly soared to the top of the Q1 standings, but this time it wasn't a Red Bull, Ferrari, Mercedes, or McLaren that finished the session on top. Seemingly out of nowhere, Alpine has found incredible pace, with Pierre Gasly finishing with the best time out of all contenders. On the other end of the spectrum, Yuki Tsunoda, Alex Albon, Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez, Fernando Alonso, and Lance Stroll finished the day early. The two Red Bulls set very ...