Lewis Hamilton pips Valtteri Bottas to pole for Italian Grand Prix with fastest lap in F1...

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Compliant Valtteri Bottas shows us how much F1 misses the disruptive Nico Rosberg 'Humiliation': Why, ahead of their home Grand Prix in Monza, has it all gone wrong for Ferrari? Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap in Formula One history to seal a dominant pole position for Sunday's Italian Grand Prix. Hamilton flew around Monza's 3.54 miles of asphalt in 164.267mph on his way to a new track record at the so-called Temple of Speed. Valtteri Bottas joins his team-mate in yet another Mercedes front-row lockout, - the Finn just seven hundredths behind Hamilton - with McLaren driver Carlos Sainz a surprise third. On a torrid afternoon for Ferrari, Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel finished 13th and 17th. It marks the first time in 36 years that both scarlet cars will start Ferrari's home race outside the top 10. Max Verstappen finished a disappointing fifth, one spot behind Racing Point's Sergio Perez. While Ferrari are in the midst of their worst crisis in a generation, Hamilton continues his crushing stranglehold of the sport.

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