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FIA confirms Italian GP F1 starting grid, Verstappen starts seventh

Max Verstappen will start Sunday's Italian Grand Prix from seventh on the Monza grid as the FIA published the provisional starting grid shaken up by several penalties.

Filip Cleeren

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Edited: Sep 11, 2022, 4:14 AM

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Verstappen qualified second behind Ferrari's polesitter Charles Leclerc but was one of many drivers hit by grid penalties for exceeding the 2022 power unit allowance.

After having a fresh internal combustion engine added to his pool, Verstappen took a five-place penalty, although there was some uncertainty in the paddock on how that penalty would be applied.

Despite Carlos Sainz, Sergio Perez and Lewis Hamilton also taking penalties and qualifying within five positions of Verstappen, the Dutchman will still receive a net five-place grid penalty according to the FIA's existing methodology.

He will therefore line up seventh, alongside fellow Dutchman and Williams debutant Nyck de Vries.

Mercedes' George Russell will start on the front row with Leclerc, followed by McLaren duo Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo in third and fourth.

AlphaTauri man Pierre Gasly starts fifth alongside Alpine's Fernando Alonso in sixth.

Perez' 10-place penalty drops him to 13th, ahead of Esteban Ocon, who received a five-place drop.

Sainz qualified highest of the three drivers hit with a back of the grid penalty, and therefore starts 18th ahead of Hamilton and Yuki Tsunoda.

F1 Italian GP - Published Starting Grid

Cla Driver Chassis Engine 1 Monaco Charles Leclerc
Ferrari F1-75 Ferrari Ferrari 2 United Kingdom George Russell
Mercedes W13 Mercedes Mercedes 3 United Kingdom Lando Norris
McLaren MCL36 McLaren Mercedes 4 Australia Daniel Ricciardo
McLaren MCL36 McLaren Mercedes 5 France Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri AT03 AlphaTauri Red Bull 6 Spain Fernando Alonso
Alpine A522 Alpine Renault 7 Netherlands Max Verstappen
Red Bull RB18 Red Bull Red Bull 8 Netherlands Nyck de Vries
Williams FW44 Williams Mercedes 9 China Zhou Guanyu
Alfa Romeo C42 Alfa Romeo Ferrari 10 Canada Nicholas Latifi
Williams FW44 Williams Mercedes 11 Germany Sebastian Vettel
Aston Martin AMR22 Aston Martin Mercedes 12 Canada Lance Stroll
Aston Martin AMR22 Aston Martin Mercedes 13 Mexico Sergio Perez
Red Bull RB18 Red Bull Red Bull 14 France Esteban Ocon
Alpine A522 Alpine Renault 15 Finland Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo C42 Alfa Romeo Ferrari 16 Denmark Kevin Magnussen
Haas VF-22 Haas Ferrari 17 Germany Mick Schumacher
Haas VF-22 Haas Ferrari 18 Spain Carlos Sainz
Ferrari F1-75 Ferrari Ferrari 19 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes W13 Mercedes Mercedes 20 Japan Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri AT03 AlphaTauri Red Bull View full results

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