Jakartakita.com – Pebalap tim Red Bull Racing Max Verstappen meraih pole position F1 GP Italia 2021 usai finis di posisi kedua dalam kualifikasi sprint yang berlangsung 18 putaran di Sirkuit Monza, Sabtu (11/9/2021).
Pole positon yang diraih merupakan yang ke-11 bagi pebalap Belanda tersebut di ajang F1, yang kedelapan musim ini.
Verstappen finis lebih lambat 2,325 detik dari pebalap Mercedes Valtteri Bottas yang finis pertama. Namun Bottas harus start dari posisi ke-20 dalam balapan yang berlangsung Minggu (12/9/2021) karena terkena hukuman akibat menggunakan daya unit baru.
Duo pebalap McLaren, Daniel Ricciardo dan Lando Norris, masing-masing start dari urutan tiga dan empat. Rekan setim Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, start dari posisi kelima.
| 2021 F1 BRITISH GRAND PRIX – SPRINT QUALIFYING RESULTS | ||||
| POS | DRIVER | NAT. | TEAM | TIME |
| 1 | Valtteri Bottas | FIN | Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team | 18 Laps |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | NED | Red Bull Racing | + 2.325s |
| 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | AUS | McLaren F1 Team | + 14.534s |
| 4 | Lando Norris | GBR | McLaren F1 Team | + 18.835s |
| 5 | Lewis Hamilton | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team | + 20.011s |
| 6 | Charles Leclerc | MON | Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow | + 23.442s |
| 7 | Carlos Sainz | ESP | Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow | + 27.952s |
| 8 | Antonio Giovinazzi | ITA | Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen | + 31.089s |
| 9 | Sergio Perez | MEX | Red Bull Racing | + 31.680s |
| 10 | Lance Stroll | CAN | Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team | + 38.671 |
| 11 | Fernando Alonso | ESP | Alpine F1 Team | + 39.795s |
| 12 | Sebastian Vettel | GER | Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team | + 41.177s |
| 13 | Esteban Ocon | FRA | Alpine F1 Team | + 43.373s |
| 14 | Nicholas Latifi | CAN | Williams Racing | + 45.977s |
| 15 | George Russell | GBR | Williams Racing | + 46.821s |
| 16 | Yuki Tsunoda | JPN | Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda | + 49.977s |
| 17 | Nikita Mazepin | RUS | Uralkali Haas F1 Team | + 62.599s |
| 18 | Robert Kubica | POL | Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen | + 65.096s |
| 19 | Mick Schumacher | GER | Uralkali Haas F1 Team | + 66.154s |
| DNF | Pierre Gasly | FRA | Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda |