Lewis Hamilton earned the 99th pole position of his F1 career during qualifying for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Norris slotted into second ahead of Verstappen, Hamilton, Leclerc and Ocon with seven minutes to go. The fastest 15 drivers who moved on to Q2 were: Bottas, Hamilton, Norris, Verstappen, Ocon, Perez, Sainz, Leclerc, Vettel, Stroll, Gasly, Latifi, Ricciardo, Russell and Alonso. Bottas turned a 1:15.098, but Verstappen beat Bottas with a 1:14.884, and Hamilton beat them both at 1:14.817. Next up were Hamilton, Verstappen, Leclerc, Bottas, Perez, Stroll and Sainz. The fastest 10 drivers who moved on to Q3 were: Perez, Norris, Leclerc, Hamilton, Verstappen, Bottas, Gasly, Ricciardo, Ocon and Stroll. But then Hamilton took the lead with a 1:14.411 ahead of Verstappen’s 1:14.502. So, after the first runs, the order was Hamilton, Verstappen, Perez, Norris, Leclerc, Bottas, Gasly, Ocon, Ricciardo and Stroll. Verstappen, Leclerc, Gasly, Ricciardo, Norris, Bottas, Ocon and Stroll rounded out the top 10.

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