Italian GP qualifying: How Lewis Hamilton took a record 69th career pole position

Summary

Hamilton takes record 69th pole
Stroll second and Ocon third after penalties for Red Bull drivers applied
Qualifying started at 13:00 BST before Grosjean crashed five mins in
Heavy rain meant qualifying did not restart until 15:40 BST
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Welcome backpublished at 12:30 British Summer Time 2 September 2017
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Juan Manuel Fangio, Alberto Ascari, Jim Clark, Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher.
No, not the start of a Norwegian commentator-style rant, just a quick breakdown of the five men who can claim to have held the outright record for pole positions in Formula 1.
It's about as stellar a line-up as you could wish to assemble, and today Lewis Hamilton could join them by claiming pole number 69 of his career.
But it's a long way from a given. Rain is falling at Monza and the qualifying hour could be very eventful, if it gets under way at all.
Thirty minutes to go.
Bye for nowpublished at 11:14 British Summer Time 2 September 2017
We're going to park this live page under a dripping canopy for a while.
We'll be back with you at 12:30 BST for qualifying, when, let's not forget, Lewis Hamilton will be gunning for a record 69th career pole position.
I'll leave you with one of the many fine poems you've sent in so far today. This is from David Semeria‏:
Lap after lap
Mile after mile
The crowd did await
For Kimi to smile.
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See you later.
Radio punditrypublished at 11:09 British Summer Time 2 September 2017
Jack Nicholls: "So, have we learned anything from that third free practice session?"
Allan McNish: "No."
Stay tuned for all the very best analysis from the crack BBC Sport team.
FP3 timespublished at 11:07 British Summer Time 2 September 2017
1 Massa (Wiliams) 1:40.6602 Stroll (Williams) 1:40.8883 Hulkenberg (Renault) 1:41.4914 Sainz (Toro Rosso) 1:41.5155 Palmer (Renault) 1:44.3696 Ericsson (Sauber) 1:44.7017 Kvyat (Toro Rosso) 1:45.033
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Allan McNish
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst
This circuit is still incredibly wet. If it got worse, qualifying will be delayed, potentially until tomorrow.
However, the weather is supposed to improve from here. I certainly hope we don't see a dry qualifying. This Italian Grand Prix will benefit from a wet or drying track.
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Interesting graphic showing how the top speeds of these cars are compromised in these conditions.
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The Ferraris come into the pits so there are no improvements at the end of the session.
Felipe Massa ends the session quickest for Williams, but with just seven drivers setting a time there is nothing to be read into that.
All eyes now switch to the qualifying hour, starting at 13:00 BST. Will the rain abate by then? If it doesn't, it could be a very interesting session.
Chequered flagpublished at 11:00 British Summer Time 2 September 2017
A drenched FP3 session comes to an end.
Two Ferraris on track...
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One minute to go.
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Felipe Massa puts his Williams at the top of the order, a 1:40.660. Team-mate Lance Stroll makes it a one-two for the Grove-based squad with a time a couple of tenths slower.
Still around 19 seconds off yesterday's dry pace.
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Allan McNish
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst
A lot can happen to a tyre in the wet - if you lock up and go off the track you can pick up all sorts of cuts and nicks from the gravel.
We don't see this full wet tyre a lot but everybody is running on it at the moment.
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Hulkenberg's Renault goes quickest on a 1:41.491.
The other cars to set a time are Sainz, Massa, Stroll, Ericsson and Kvyat.
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Allan McNish
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst
It's torrential rain again, it's coming back down.
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Lewis Hamilton has not been in a hurry to head out in these conditions (dashing off another ditty, perhaps?)
But he's strapped in and heading out there now.
All the drivers have now done at least an installation lap.
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Get Involved - F1 poemspublished at 10:51 British Summer Time 2 September 2017
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Mike Jones: My Max Verstappen Limerick.
There once was a man named Verstappen
Who got the orange fans clappin'
His Red Bull broke down
His smiled turned to a frown
And now he can't get a lap in
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