F1 2024 Italian GP at Monza LIVE: Qualifying schedule, start time, updates and times

Lewis Hamilton quickest then after a late flurry of quick laps – but his time of 1:20:117 is the one to beat!

George Russell is in second, 0.093 secs behind, with Charles Leclerc in third and Oscar Piastri in fourth.

Lando Norris is only P5 – 0.145 secs behind Hamilton – and Max Verstappen down in sixth!

7-10: Sainz, Albon, Colapinto, Hulkenberg

Meanwhile, Kevin Magnussen has been told to stop on the track in sector two right at the end of the session – maybe an engine issue?!

Fascinating session though!

Verstappen’s quickest lap yet but he’s two-tenths down and is only sixth on the timesheet!

Verstappen: “The car doesn’t seem to turn in low speed or medium speed.”

It’s now a Mercedes one-two with Lewis Hamilton in first and George Russell 0.093 secs behind!

1-10: Hamilton, Russell, Leclerc, Piastri, Norris, Verstappen, Sianz, Albon, Colapinto, Alonso

Quick… but not quick enough for top spot in FP3!

Lando Norris is 0.026 secs short of Charles Leclerc’s new leading time of 1:20:2

Oscar Piastri is a tad behind in third, with Carlos Sainz in fourth.

Max Verstappen? Down in P9!

Final soft tyre runs coming up though in the last 15 minutes!

The prospects look good for Ferrari at their home track as Charles Leclerc goes top of the timesheet with a 1:20:614, 0.092 secs quicker than George Russell behind him on mediums.

Carlos Sainz is third in the other Ferrari, with Lewis Hamilton fourth and Lando Norris fifth – there doesn’t seem to be too much difference between the soft and the medium in terms of lap time.

6-10: Piastri, Verstappen, Hulkenberg, Perez, Alonso

30 mins gone, 30 mins to go!

The only frontrunner on softs early on, Piastri sets a 1:20:887 up top, 0.063 secs quicker than Max Verstappen on mediums.

George Russell and Lewis Hamilton are third and fourth respectively, with Sergio Perez fifth.

Plenty of time for that to change though…

Third practice then! And the Sauber of Valtteri Bottas is the first car out on track at Monza…

We’re about to get underway with the third and final hour of practice in Monza!

The final chance for the drivers and teams to get up to speed with their cars and the track before qualifying this afternoon!

And it’s another belting sunny day just outside Milan!

McLaren’s Norris trails Verstappen by 70 points with nine races left but will be buoyed by his superior speed during his win last Sunday at the Dutch Grand Prix, where the Brit beat the Dutchman by 22.8 seconds.

And seven-time F1 champion Hamilton, who won his first world championship with McLaren in 2008 and was involved in a famous title race with Verstappen in 2021, hopes his compatriot can take it down to the final race in Abu Dhabi on December 8.

“There are a lot of points on the table so it is not impossible,” Hamilton said ahead of this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix.