Article To news overview © Mercedes Mercedes will start Saturday's Sprint Qualifying session at Monza from the front row, although it's a somewhat surprising result as it was Valtteri Bottas who clinched top spot. The Finn set a 1:19.555 right at the chequered flag at the end of Q3, one of the only drivers to improve on the second runs and, ironically, was actually providing a tow for Lewis Hamilton on that run. Hamilton finished in second, 0.096 down on Bottas, having failed to improve on his second run. Red Bull's Max Verstappen finished in third, having put in a stormer first lap in Q3. He wasn't able to improve on his second run either, which proved fortuitous as his second run would...
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