Pierre Gasly earned his first F1 pole position on Saturday with a stellar qualifying session for the Italian Grand Prix.
The French Alpine racer hasn’t finished higher than sixth this season, though his one career win on the circuit back in 2020 came in this same race.
The 30-year-old utilized a recently updated Mercedes engine to run an impressive final qualifying lap of 1:21.786, surging him past Mercedes’ George Russell (1:21.846) and McLaren’s Oscar Piastri (1:21.966), who had been 1-2.
Piastri was later dropped from third to sixth for impeding Liam Lawson. The penalty moved Charles Leclerc (1:22.004), Lewis Hamilton (1:22.011) and Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen each up one place on the grid to third, fourth and fifth.
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