Lando Norris admitted he saved the best to last after he escaped from a mistake-fuelled qualifying session to take second and start Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix ahead of championship rival Oscar Piastri.

Max Verstappen sealed the 45th pole position of his career with the fastest lap ever recorded in Formula One – the four-time world champion blitzing Monza’s 11 corners at a spellbinding average speed of 164.465mph.

Norris momentarily topped the timesheets, only for Verstappen to knock the British driver off his perch in his sub-par Red Bull machinery. Verstappen’s team-mate Yuki Tsunoda could manage only 10th.

But Norris was clearly delighted to have joined Verstappen on the front row following a scruffy session at the sun-cooked Temple of Speed in which he risked being served anot

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