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Sainz moves up to third. Currently in the drop zone: Pierre Gasly, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Franco Colapinto, Esteban Ocon and Liam Lawson.
Russell goes fastest, 1’19.414.
A great lap by Fernando Alonso puts him second.
Albon goes ninth while Sainz begins a lap.
Verstappen told Red Bull to “check the floor” after he went wide at the exit of Lesmo 2. Carlos Sainz Jnr did the same and lost his lap time. He and team mate Alexander Albon are at the bottom of the times.
Norris goes to the top with a 1’19.611. Oscar Piastri is exactly a tenth of a second slower, he goes second.
Max Verstappen goes second, just a hundredth off Leclerc, but Lando Norris has just set the fastest time in the middle sector.
Charles Leclerc puts Ferrari on top with a 1’19.901. Hamilton slots in behind him, a tenth of a second slower.
Nico Hulkenberg does a 1’19.950 to go quickest on softs. Russell almost matches that on mediums and goes second.
Ferrari have been quick in practice but pole position will almost certainly not go to Lewis Hamilton today as he has a five-place grid penalty from the previous round.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli is first out of the pits on a set of the medium compound tyres. His team mate George Russell is also on mediums while the Ferrari, Sauber, Alpine, Aston Martin and Haas drivers have all taken softs.
Qualifying is go at Monza.
The track temperature has risen to 44C with just under 10 minutes until the start of qualifying.
There is also a strong chance the all-time record for the fastest lap ever seen in F1 will be broken today. Norris’s 1’19.331 in final practice was 0.444s off the record set by Lewis Hamilton five years ago – an average speed of 264.362kph.
Lando Norris was fastest for McLaren in the final practice session at Monza earlier today. However it looks like being an incredibly close qualifying session – less than a second covered the entire field.
Qualifying for the 2025 Italian Grand Prix is coming up next.
