MONZA, Italy — Formula One world champion
Max Verstappen was
fastest in Saturday’s final practice session for the Italian Grand Prix,
holding off Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc at Monza with a best time of one minute
and 21.252 seconds.
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Championship
leader Verstappen finished the session 0.347sec in front of Leclerc who is
aiming to claim the honors on home turf for Ferrari who celebrate their 75th
birthday this weekend.
Verstappen is
109 points clear of Leclerc and his
Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez at the top
of the drivers’ standings and is red-hot favourite to claim his second straight
world title.
However he will
not start on pole at the ‘Temple of Speed’ on Sunday as he was hit with a
five-place grid penalty on Friday.
The Dutchman is
one of nine of drivers to be hit with grid penalties alongside Perez who drops
back 10 places and finished practice 0.596sec behind in third.
Others handed
sanctions include seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton and Leclerc’s Ferrari
teammate
Carlos Sainz who will both start at the back on Sunday.
Spaniard Sainz was
fourth in practice, 0.645sec off the pace while his compatriot two-time
champion Fernando Alonso was just over a second back in fifth for Alpine.
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