Summary

  • Hamilton wins after passing Raikkonen with nine laps to go

  • Bottas third, Vettel fourth, Verstappen fifth

  • Hamilton extends championship lead to 30 points

  • Hamilton passed Vettel on lap one - Ferrari spun after contact with Briton

  • Verstappen given five-second penalty for pushing Bottas off track

  • Retired: Ricciardo, Alonso, Hartley

Live Reporting

Michael Emons

  1. Raikkonen takes pole with fastest F1 lap

    Andrew Benson
    BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer at Monza

    Kimi Raikkonen celebrates Italian GP pole positionReuters

    Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen set the fastest lap in Formula 1 history as he stole pole position from the title contenders at the Italian Grand Prix. The veteran Finn triumphed in a thrilling fight with team-mate Sebastian Vettel and Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton, taking pole with the last lap of the session.

    Hamilton was fastest after the first runs and improved on his second lap, but Vettel beat him before Raikkonen pipped both. Raikkonen's lap of one minute 19.119 seconds meant he averaged 163.8mph. The previous record - 1:19.525 - was set by Juan Pablo Montoya in a Williams in 2004.

    Vettel was not happy, saying "we speak after" as his engineer told him the result. The German declined to elaborate when asked to say what he meant.

    In one of the most exciting qualifying sessions for some time, Hamilton fought to overcome what appears to be a slight Ferrari pace advantage and appeared at one stage to have done it.

  2. So, in case you missed it, let's have a quick look at what happened in qualifying yesterday.

  3. Thanks for joining us

    Hello and welcome along to BBC Sport's live text commentary for the Italian Grand Prix.

    I'm Michael Emons and thanks for joining us.

    Can Ferrari take the win after their front-row lockout in qualifying? Will Kimi Raikkonen have to move aside for Sebastian Vettel? Can Lewis Hamilton extend his title lead?

    So much to talk about, not forgetting Daniel Ricciardo set to carve up the field from the back row and an incredible row brewing between Fernando Alonso and Kevin Magnussen.

    Let's get going.

  4. Time to celebrate?

    The passionate Ferrari fans have not had too much to cheer about in recent years. No Ferrari driver world champion since 2007, no constructors' title since 2008 and not even a Ferrari win at their home race since 2010.

    Ferrari FansGetty Images

    But today could well be a different story.

    The Ferraris have been fastest for most of the weekend and we also have a Ferrari front-row lockout to delight the Tifosi.

    Can Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes deny Ferrari a home win or will it be party time in Monza?