Lewis Hamilton on Italian GP pole - reaction

Summary

Hamilton on pole, Raikkonen 2nd, Vettel 3rd
Rosberg 4th after changing back to older engine
Massa 5th, Bottas 6th, Perez 7th, Grosjean 8th
Hulkenberg 9th, Ericsson 10th
Verstappen's engine cover disintegrates
Both McLarens, Manors, Verstappen out in Q1

Live Reporting

Gary Rose

Red for danger?published at 15:00
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Lewis Hamilton on pole. Nothing unusual about that, but what is unusual is that for the first time in 27 races he hasn't got his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg in close company.
Instead, it will be a different face alongside Hamilton, one he hasn't seen so high up the grid since 2013 - Kimi Raikkonen. Sebastian Vettel, meanwhile, is primed to pounce from third.
The Tifosi will want to see a Ferrari fight tomorrow, will they oblige? Join us tomorrow 11:30 BST to find out.
Get involved #bbcf1published at 14:51 British Summer Time 5 September 2015
Red Bull's bad daypublished at 14:50
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Almost time for us to wrap up, but it is worth mentioning that Red Bull failed to get a car through to Q3 for the first time since Brazil 2008, David Coulthard's last race in F1.
Postpublished at 14:42
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The wait goes on for a non-Mercedes pole. Ferrari fans won't care though. They know they've got a great chance of seeing their team put up a fight tomorrow, and will be especially buoyed by Lewis Hamilton's pretty poor starts in some of the recent races.
Andrew Benson's qualifying report is up and you can have a read here.
Get involved #bbcf1published at 14:37 British Summer Time 5 September 2015
Postpublished at 14:34
Here's the top four's lap times from qualifying. Fourth is undoubtedly a big blow for Nico Rosberg, who heads into the race already 28 points behind his team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the championship.
Kimi Raikkonen, meanwhile, is on the front row for the first time since 2013. He qualified second at the Chinese Grand Prix that year, finishing in the same position in the race.
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Image caption,
2013 Chinese GP qualifying
Postpublished at 14:27
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I'm very happy. The guys have done a great job with the car and we have improved reliability really well.
Lewis Hamiton, first on the grid
Postpublished at 14:24 British Summer Time 5 September 2015
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We expected a strong weekend, knew this place is not our strongest and the car turned out to be pretty good. Nice to be here, its a home race for us. This was our best qualifying performance this year as a tam and will try and have another go tomorrow to get a good result tomorrow.
Kimi Raikkonen, second on the grid
Face says it allpublished at 14:23
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Yes Kimi, I know it is hard to believe, but you are on the front row tomorrow.
"We'll have to fight"published at 14:21
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We have finished second and third and we are close to Lewis and that will give us confidence for tomorrow. I hope we both finish ahead of him, that would be a dream come true. But the Mercedes have serious pace which we have found out many times this year and we will have to fight and do all we can.
Sebastian Vettel, third on grid
Postpublished at 14:18
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Kimi Raikkonen has qualified in the top six at Monza for the first time since 2009. That, incidentally, was also the last time he finished on the podium at the Italian GP, taking third.
Postpublished at 14:13
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Lewis Hamilton is speaking now in the post-qualifying news conference, flanked by Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel. It has been a while since he has experienced that.
Pole for Hamilton was his seventh in succession. He is now one short of Ayrton Senna's all-time record of eight.
Get involved #bbcf1published at 14:08 British Summer Time 5 September 2015
Closing in on a recordpublished at 14:07
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Mercedes have taken their 23rd pole position in succession, leaving them one short of Williams' all-time mark of 24, set over the 1992/93 seasons.
Can anyone not see them breaking that record?
Qualifying resultpublished at 14:06
11) Maldonado 12) Nasr 13) Sainz 14) Kvyat 15) Ricciardo 16) Button 17) Alonso 18) Stevens 19) Merhi 20) Verstappen
Penalties still to be applied
Postpublished at 14:05 British Summer Time 5 September 2015
David Coulthard
BBC F1 co-commentator
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That was a fantastic qualifying session with no drivers making big errors. Great battle lined up for tomorrow. Really strong comeback from Ferrari, didn't have pace in Spa, here they genuinely have the speed.
Qualifying top 10published at 14:04
1) Hamilton 2) Raikkonen 3) Vettel 4) Rosberg 5) Massa 6) Bottas 7) Perez 8) Grosjean 9) Hulkenberg 10) Ericsson
Chequered flagpublished at 14:02
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LEWIS HAMILTON SECURES POLE POSITION FOR THE ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
Postpublished at 14:02 British Summer Time 5 September 2015
Nico Rosberg can't better Kimi Raikkonen's effort! Raikkonen is on the front row at Monza!
Final qualifying endspublished at 14:01
The chequered flag is being waved and Sebastian Vettel briefly goes second fastest, but then Kimi Raikkonen goes faster! Raikkonen is set to be on the front row, but Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg are coming round...