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2025 Italian Grand Prix qualifying: Max Verstappen took pole

Max Verstappen took pole for Red Bull ahead of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri at Monza.

Explore the race weekend, results, standings, drivers, teams, and related Formula 1 history.

Race recap

Pole
Max Verstappen
Pole team
Red Bull
Front row
Max Verstappen and Lando Norris
Classified
Top 20
Round
16
Circuit
Monza
Qualifying date
September 6, 2025

The front of the grid

Max Verstappen qualified first for Red Bull. Lando Norris secured the other front-row place for McLaren, with Oscar Piastri third for McLaren.

How the classification lined up

The first three positions were Max Verstappen, Lando Norris, and Oscar Piastri. P4 through P20 were Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton, George Russell, Kimi Antonelli, Gabriel Bortoleto, Fernando Alonso, Yuki Tsunoda, Oliver Bearman, Nico Hülkenberg, Carlos Sainz Jr., Alexander Albon, Esteban Ocon, Isack Hadjar, Lance Stroll, Franco Colapinto, Pierre Gasly, and Liam Lawson.

Team representation

Alpine placed 2 cars, Aston Martin placed 2 cars, Ferrari placed 2 cars, Haas placed 2 cars, Kick Sauber placed 2 cars, McLaren placed 2 cars, Mercedes placed 2 cars, Racing Bulls placed 2 cars, Red Bull placed 2 cars, and Williams placed 2 cars in the published classification. This summary reports only the supplied order and driver identities.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Sep 21, 2025.

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