Max Verstappen made magic with his Red Bull and achieved pole in the Italian GP

The tetracampeón did it again: when it seemed that the battle for the first place of departure of Monza would have it as a spectator, accelerated his RB21 and beat everyone. Lando Norris will move second and Oscar Piatri, third.

Wow. Rare start a text with an onomatopoeia. But there goes again: wow. When it seems that the threshold of the surprise is already reached with Max Verstappen, the tetra -champion always has a little more. It has that incredible capacity to raise the ribbon and appear when it is no longer expected. Eye, already in Friday’s training, from these lines it was warned that the Dutch can never be ruled out when they accelerate on a track. But all the roads pointed to a pole poleada by the McLaren pilots and with those of Ferrari giving battle. But Max took out the wand, he squeez The GP of Italy, 16th date of F1.

Verstappen sent a message when leading the Q2, but, of course, it is not that everything gets there, especially the strongest teams. Although Lando Norris if he had to fight to get into the last segment after making a mistake in his first attempt. Already in Q3, Max flew and went first into the initial lap. And in the last one, when everything was over, Norris beat him. In McLaren they hugged, applauded … but Max was on track. The champion flew, displaced Lando to second place and lowered the layout record. Complete

The Dutch won his fifth pole position of the year, the 45th of his career. He surprised again as he had done in Silverstone. In Great Britain he went with his very unloaded RB21 and the rain that fell for the race played against him. He could not resist the onslaught of the powerful McLaren. This Sunday will have the Navy Papaya behind, with Norris in second place and Piastri, from the third.

The Red Bull de Max was downloaded, like everyone in the fast outcast of Monza. Maybe, a little more than the rest. From Milton Keynes they arrived with four changes to Monza, all pointing to aerodynamic performance: front wing and the other three on the ground. “With the low aerodynamic load, it is always very difficult to nail the return; when braking it is very easy to make mistakes. Q3 was good and I am happy with the work. Being in pole here is also fantastic. The car has worked better throughout the weekend. We made some final changes that I think allowed me to squeeze a little more, and that is just what is needed in the classification. For us, it’s a great moment, “said Max. Already thinking about the race, the Dutch said: “This season is the moment that has always been a bit more complicated for us, but we are going to give everything.”

Nothing turns off Verstappen’s motivation. Neither the changes that were lived inside Red Bull, with the departure of Christian Horner as the last chapter, nor handle a car that is far from giving him the chance to battle in every weekend nor has he been left without the chance of fighting for the title. The 104 points that separate it from Piastri, with nine dates to be played, is an indested gap. But Max continues to show his magic.

The race will have several fronts, because Norris and Piastri will be there, Cerquita, in full battle for the title. “Max was fast all weekend and it never surprises me. It has been an intense session, with ups and downs and too many mistakes. But, after the last round, I am quite happy with second place. It is not a bad position to leave and I want to be ahead of everyone, including my candidates for the Championship and Oscar,” Lando said.

Piastri aims to continue with his advantage for the World Cup. Going ahead of Norris would be a great business, no matter how much the victory is from Verstappen: “I will try to recover some positions tomorrow because I would like to get some more victories if I can.”