- Updates from Monza, race starts at 2.10pm BST
- Charles Leclerc on pole for Ferrari after Mercedes error
- Jackie Stewart’s glorious 1969: ‘I had fantastic team’
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Pre-race reading:
What with it being the 50th anniversary of Jackie Stewart’s famous win at the Italian grand prix, our man in Monza, Giles Richards, had a chinwag with the great driver the other day. Read what he said here:
Related: Jackie Stewart’s glorious 1969: ‘I had a fantastic team around me’
Related: Charles Leclerc on Monza pole for Ferrari as qualifying ends in farce
Afternoon everyone. So, with the destination of both the drivers’ and constructors’ titles seemingly a foregone conclusion, we may have to absorb ourselves in subplots and controversies and little individual battles as the season enters the home straight. And we’re getting a few. Take yesterday’s qualifying, when a game of “no, after you, I insist” among slipstream-keen drivers led to go-slows and accusations of blocking.
Nonetheless, the upshot of it all was a Ferrari driver in pole for the 90th edition of the Italian grand prix. Monaco’s Charles Leclerc will carry the Scuderia’s hopes of a first success at Monza since 2010 as he looks to consolidate an impressive first campaign for the team and build on his win in Belgium last time out. The pace of the track and the backing of the crowd should stand him in good stead too.
Written by Tom Davies
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2019/sep/08/formula-one-italian-grand-prix-live under the title “F1: Italian Grand Prix – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
