The team will be back later on with a review of qualifying, but you can still listen to the Italian Grand Prix preview with Jennie Gow, former F1 driver Jolyon Palmer and F1 correspondent Andrew Benson.

If you're an Oscar Piastri fan, Rick Edwards sat down for an in-depth chat with the Australian, which you can also hear on the podcast.

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Isack Hadjar was investigated after third practice for failing to follow the race directors' instructions when the Racing Bulls driver didn't use the escape road at the second chicane after missing Turn Four and leaving the track.

While this was Hadjar's second escape road offence this weekend, the stewards said they acknowledged the incident happened at low speed with no other cars around to cause any harm.

Final decision: just a warning for the rookie, your honour.

Harry Benjamin and Alice Powell have had a look at the main talking points for this weekend's Italian Grand Prix and have picked out five things we should keep an eye on at Monza.

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Lando Norris' DNF in Zandvoort last week has given Oscar Piastri a somewhat healthy 34-point buffer over the Briton with nine races remaining.

Piastri claimed pole position at the Dutch Grand Prix (and the victory) when it looked like Norris was set for his fifth front-row spot of the season. Instead, it was Piastri who edged past his team-mate to take his fifth of the campaign by the smallest of margins.

With the championship lead going from nine points after Hungary to 34 points following Zandvoort, who will come out on top in today's qualifying? And should the papaya pair be looking over their shoulder at the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc? His surprise pole at the Hungaroring last month caught everyone - including McLaren - off guard.

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Whatever Lewis Hamilton does on Saturday, he’ll be dropping down the order five places come Sunday.

The seven-time champion was given a penalty for not slowing down enough for yellow flags on the reconnaissance laps to the grid before last week’s Dutch Grand Prix.

Hamilton said on Thursday it was “pretty hardcore” that he was also issued with two penalty points on his superlicence.

He’s taken pole position seven times at Monza - the most of any driver - but if he manages to claim an eighth this weekend, the 40-year-old won’t be staying there.

Qualifying is going to be “challenging”, added Hamilton, but he said his penalty “gives me more to fight for, and I'm very motivated to make up those places regardless."

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Lando Norris' warm up for qualifying was a quickest time of 1:19.331 on soft tyres in a tight third practice at Monza.

Charles Leclerc, who was sitting in 11th spot, clocked the second-fastest time in the closing moments of the session to become piggy in the middle of the two McLarens. The Ferrari man's marker was 0.021 seconds away from Norris' time, while title leader Oscar Piastri was 0.165s slower than his team-mate in third.

The Red Bull of four-time world champion Max Verstappen was fourth and the Mercedes of George Russell was fifth. The other Ferrari of Lewis Hamilton was seventh on the timesheets, one place behind the Sauber of Gabriel Bortoleto, and 0.267s off the best time of Norris.

And in case you missed it, Pierre Gasly has extended his stay at Alpine to the end of the 2028 Formula 1 season.

Lorraine McKenna
BBC Sport Journalist

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Hello, folks. The sun is shinning brightly at the Temple of Speed and we’re only 30 minutes away from the green light for Q1.

Lando Norris was king of the track over one lap at Monza last year, leading team-mate Oscar Piastri to a McLaren one-two in the top 10 shootout.

Last week in Zandvoort, it was Aussie Piastri who pipped Norris to pole position on the Dutch grid by 0.012 seconds.

But most eyes inside the historic circuit will be fixed on Ferrari. What can Charles Leclerc, who saved two dicey moments in third practice, and first-timer in red Lewis Hamilton do today?

Hamilton said in the final practice hour he needed “some more juice” from his car. So, will he get his wish for a boost of pace in qualifying?

Andrew Benson
BBC F1 correspondent at Monza

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Charles Leclerc got his Ferrari in between the pace-setting McLarens of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri at the end of final practice at the Italian Grand Prix.

Leclerc ended up just 0.021 seconds behind Norris with his second attempt at a flying lap, after a wild oversteer moment at the second Lesmo on his first lap.

Championship leader Piastri, who leads Norris by 34 points in the championship with nine races to go, was 0.165secs slower than Norris in third.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took fourth place, 0.182secs off Norris, ahead of Mercedes’ George Russell.

Sauber’s Gabriel Bortoleto was fifth, ahead of Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari, Isack Hadjar’s Racing Bull, Kimi Antonelli’s Mercedes and Alex Albon’s Williams.

Less than a second covered the entire field, with Esteban Ocon’s Haas 0.973secs slower than Norris in 20th place.

The session was incident-free, although a number of drivers flirted with the gravel that lines the track at Monza, including Norris and Leclerc.

And several more cut the first chicane as they explored the limits of braking down from more than 330km/h for the slow right-left.

Verstappen had a bad-tempered incident with Ocon.

The four-time world champion used a disparaging term about the Frenchman after Ocon tried to come back at him after Verstappen dived down the inside into the corner.

Later on, Verstappen blocked Ocon when he tried to pass into the second chicane.

The two have history and do not get on out of the car.

McLaren look about as formidable as we might have expected, but Charles Leclerc showed that Ferrari could come out fighting at their home race.

Lando Norris edged out Leclerc to go fastest but who's going to seal pole for tomorrow's Italian Grand Prix?

Get some lunch and we'll be back for qualifying build-up from 14:30 BST.

Jennie Gow
F1 pit-lane reporter at Monza

It's so difficult around this track to get yourself a clean lap when it comes to qualifying. There are only 11 turns and it's fast, so who will have a plain sailing qualifying and who will get bitten? I'm so excited for this one.

11. Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber)

12. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)

13. Carlos Sainz (Williams)

14. Franco Colapinto (Alpine)

15. Yuki Tsunoda (Red Bull)

16. Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)

17. Ollie Bearman (Haas)

18. Pierre Gasly (Alpine)

19. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)

20. Esteban Ocon (Haas)

The top 10 are separated by less than four tenths.

1. Lando Norris (McLaren) 1:19.331

2. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) +0.021

3. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) +0.165

4. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) +0.167

5. George Russell (Mercedes) +0.184

6. Gabriel Bortoleto (Sauber) +0.227

7. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) +0.267

8. Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls) +0.272

9. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) +0.365

10. Alex Albon (Williams) +0.389

Alice Powell
British racing driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

Lando Norris tops practice once again and it's probably closer than he would have liked from Charles Leclerc at least.

Lewis Hamilton did set a lap time but he wasn't able to make his way further up the order. He actually lost all his time to Leclerc in that first sector, so if he matched Leclerc in that first sector he would have been top of the times.

Ferrari surprised some people with their one-two in FP1. But their pace is much different on Saturday.

"Need some more juice. Need some more speed somehow."

Lewis Hamilton goes sixth fastest while Charles Leclerc is ninth fastest with five minutes of the session remaining.

Leclerc pounds the kerb and almost gets trapped in the gravel at the second Lesmo.

The second time in this session he's rescued his car at speed.

Alice Powell
British racing driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

Charles Leclerc is looking on the edge, Lewis Hamilton is looking more settled.

Hamilton was up on Lando Norris in that first sector but he's lost a bit of time in the middle.

Kimi Antonelli needs an assured session having beached his Mercedes in FP2 yesterday.

He goes 10th fastest and two tenths off his team-mate George Russell.

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The two Ferraris are on an out lap.

As you might have guessed, they're on the soft tyre.