Official grid: who starts where for the Italian Grand Prix

is going to lead the field away from the very front in Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix. It is a stunning pole position for the Alpine driver, who managed to pip Mercedes rival at the Monza.

Now, things get wild right behind them. had originally booked a third-place start for McLaren, but a penalty for impeding in Q2 drops him all the way down to sixth. That shift elevates the Ferraris of and , alongside the Red Bull of , into positions three through five.

Further down the order, slots into seventh for Alpine. The rest of the top-10 places on the grid are filled out by McLaren’s , Racing Bulls driver , and Audi's Gabriel Bortoleto.

Unfortunately, not everyone's weekend is going to plan before the lights even go out. Home racer Kimi Antonelli and Williams driver Alex Albon are both facing back-of-the-grid penalties. Both drivers exceeded their allowed power unit changes on their respective machines.

That is not even the end of the pit lane drama. Liam Lawson, who was already staring down a start from the back, is now launching his race straight from the pit lane after Red Bull swapped out his rear wing and suspension set-up under parc ferme conditions. Fernando Alonso is joining him down in the pit lane too, following overnight power unit element changes on his Aston Martin under parc ferme rules.