Rosenqvist pips Leclerc to secure remaining Monza poles

Rosenqvist and Leclerc spent the first part of the session exchanging quickest times, the pair steadily lowering the benchmark and beating the Prema driver’s pole-winning time of 1m43.766s from the first session.

Leclerc broke this barrier with a 1m43.756s, but Rosenqvist retook the top spot with a time precisely two tenths quicker – before going even quicker with a 1m43.417s to put himself well and truly out of the Monegasque rookie’s reach.

Improving late on in the session to a 1m43.577s, Van Amersfoort driver Leclerc was able to cement his front row slot, ahead of points leader Antonio Giovinazzi, who ended up just under three tenths off the pace in third.

Jake Dennis, second quickest in the earlier session, took fourth, with Mucke Motorsport teammates Mikkel Jensen and Santino Ferrucci forming the third row.

Brandon Maisano, Matt Solomon, Ferrari protégé Lance Stroll, who briefly the held the top spot early on, and Markus Pommer completed the top 10.

The grid for the third race, determined by second quickest times, features an identical front two rows to that of the second, with Rosenqvist heading Leclerc, Giovinazzi and Dennis.

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