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Lewis Hamilton (2nd) and Valtteri Bottas (3rd) miss last chance•
Sebastian Vettel in fourth for F1 Italian Grand PrixCharles Leclerc claimed pole for the Italian
Grand Prix but his lap that secured the place for
Ferrari was put into the shade by the farce of all but two cars failing to cross the line in time to begin their final hot laps. Lewis Hamilton was in second, with his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas in third. Sebastian Vettel was in fourth for Ferrari in front of the Renaults of Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hülkenberg.
Leclerc’s lap for pole was well executed on his first hot run but surely would have been challenged had the rest of the field managed to put in second runs at the end of Q3. That they failed to so made the sport look foolish at one of the blue-riband events of its calendar.