Alpine’s Gasly takes shock pole for Italian Grand Prix
Pierre Gasly snatched the first pole of his career with a best lap of one minute 21.786 seconds to beat favourite George Russell of Mercedes by 0.060 seconds.
Alpine's French driver Pierre Gasly achieved a surprising pole position at the Italian Grand Prix for his team, marking his first ever pole at the 191st attempt. The 30-year-old clocked a best lap time of one minute 21.786 seconds, narrowly beating Mercedes' George Russell by just 0.060 seconds. McLaren's Oscar Piastri secured third place, 0.180 seconds behind Gasly.
This remarkable feat came just 24 hours after the FIA's International Court of Appeal revoked Gasly's third-place finish in Monte Carlo, adding to the significance of his achievement. Gasly expressed his immense joy, stating it as something special to him at the Italian Grand Prix where he had previously won in 2020. His pole position also made him the first French driver to achieve such a feat at Monza since Jean Alesi in 1997.
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