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Q1
Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer at Monza
This qualifying will be dominated by slipstreaming - from the very start, cars are in a queue trying to benefit from the hole in the air created by a car in front, while not being so close they are impeded.
Get it right, and a tow can be worth about 0.3 seconds a lap, so it is well worth doing at a track where, with only effectively six real corners, times tend to be tight.
Drivers have been warned by the race director that they risk penalties if they go too slowly on their out laps - with the safety car time of two minutes and five seconds the guide for stewards.
Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live
The two Renaults quicker than the two Ferraris.
Another punchy lap from the Renaults.
Vettel doesn't have a big margin, but on the medium tyres that will be slightly slower they have done all right to be on the cusp.
Q1
Vettel's going too quick to tow Charles... Ricciardo and Hulkenberg go top.
"Seb is going very, very quick."
Ooooh, Vettel not up for helping Leclerc with a slipstream, then.
"They're all going super slow."
AndiFa: with Monza long straight i think leclerc still going to be the pole position. Merc will following close and betting the cool temp tomorrow the battle will be decided like Spa
Matt Claypole: I'm gonna take a fairly wild guess and go with Alex Albon for pole position. I mean, it's early days but he appears to be pretty well matched to Verstappen. Monza does occasionally like to throw a surprise or two as well.
Kenneth Kipruto: It's a pity that many easily forget how talented Seb is, with four titles to his name. A pole position today, and a win tomorrow in front of the tifosi, may be just what he needs.
The commentary team are live at the top of the page, here we go for Q1!
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Monza 2007 was the year that Lewis Hamilton snuck past Kimi Raikkonen on the entry to the chicane at Turn One.
The battle continued in 2018 when Raikkonen was on pole for the first time since Monaco 2017. The Finn led the majority of the race and was set to collect his first win in 113 races, but Hamilton has a habit of catching the leaders with a few laps to go, just like in Spa last weekend with Charles Leclerc, and in Hungary the race before, with Max Verstappen.
Raikkonen's winless dry spell, ended the following weekend in Austin, US.
Formula 1 have helpfully put a video together of Hamilton and Raikkonen playing cat-and-mouse in 2018.
Raikkonen didn't race in 2010 and 2011 as he left F1 for a couple of years rallying.
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Not much change at the top since Hungary. Charles Leclerc, who is fifth in the standings with 157 points, took pole position and the race win in Spa, while Max Verstappen crashed out missing out on vital points, and Lewis Hamilton collected some on the podium in second and third.
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What's fascinating about Monza is its history. Take a stroll through the woods and you'll find the steep banking of the oval which formed part of the race circuit at one time. Lurk between the trees a little more and you may find some old tyres too.
Jack, Jolyon, and Claire will be back on air at the top of the page from 13:55 BST.
The 1980 Italian Grand Prix was the only race to be held at Imola since Monza was undergoing some improvements, and following that year’s race, Imola earned its place on the calendar as the San Marino Grand Prix every year after until 2006.
It was Nelson Piquet who won the race, by almost half a minute, while Gilles Villeneuve crashed heavily enough in his Ferrari to rename Turn Seven after him.
Italy haven't missed a year of hosting grands prix since F1's inception in 1950, though all but one have been at Monza.
Italy's Nino Farina won the first Italian Grand Prix, and the drivers' championship in the same year, which was only seven races back then. Although F1 non-championship races had begun two years earlier in 1948, the same time as Silverstone.
In the interest of stating the obvious, the Ascari chicane (Turn Nine) is named after two-time F1 champion Alberto Ascari from Milan. His peak years were in at Ferrari in 1952 and 1953, and he was the son of pre-war racing legend Antonio Ascari.
Ascari Jr raced motorbikes before making the switch to four wheels in 1940.
He raced for his father's friend's team Enzo Ferrari, once Formula 1 had become official in 1950, and he was popular amongst fans with his typical Italian charm and his driving skills.
But in horrific circumstances Ascari Jr died at Monza after testing the Ferrari for a few laps.
He died at age 36, the same age as his father, both having achieved the same number of grands prix wins by that stage.
On the day of the funeral, an estimated one million people mourned the loss of the driver with pure silence in Milan, while his blue helmet lay on top of the coffin.
With the hashtag #bbcf1. Will it be a red car, a silver car or a navy blue car with a bull on it?
Or for a wilder prediction, could it be Daniel Ricciardo?